Hendrix Genetics completes acquisition of Joice and Hill

Hendrix Genetics has completed the acquisition of UK-based Joice and Hill Poultry Ltd. from shareholders Henry Stewart & Co, Nick Bailey and Peter Cumbers.

The shareholders of Joice and Hill have completed the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Joice and Hill by Hendrix Genetics. Hendrix Genetics held via its affiliate Institut de Sélection Animale B.V. already 40% of Joice and Hill.

Joice and Hill, with Nick Bailey as Managing Director, becomes a managerial part of the Poultry Distribution Division (SFPA and Integra) under the leadership of Laurent Taalbi.

Joice and Hill Poultry Ltd. has 56 employees and operates a 10 million chick hatchery at Eye, Peterborough. Hatching eggs are exclusively produced on company farms in Cambridgeshire and Norfolk.

Hendrix Genetics B.V. is a global, multi-species, animal genetics company. The company has around 1,000 employees with a further 500 working in joint ventures.