August 31, 2012
Japfa Hypor Genetics Company opens in Vietnam
Jafpa Hypor Genetics Company (JHGC), joint venture between Vietnam's animal feed producer Japfa Comfeed Long An Ltd (Japfa) and swine genetics company Hypor B.V. (Hypor) opens its 700 sow pig breeding farm in Vietnam on August 17.
Construction of the 700 sow nucleus farm was finished the summer of 2012 and Hypor breeding stock, consisting of the two dam lines Hypor Large White and Landrace and the sire lines Hypor Maxter and Magnus, will populate the farm in the next quarter. With this product portfolio built on Hypor's strategic pure lines, top genetics will become available for the Vietnamese pork value chain.
"Good genetics is comparable to solid foundation", Dr Kuswanto Sukojo, senior vice president and country head of Japfa stated. "And a solid foundation is a precondition for long-term success. Japfa and Hypor share a vision in improving pig genetics in Vietnam."
Antoon van den Berg, CEO of Hendrix Genetics said, "The joint venture is the first and crucial step of our partnership to build the best breeding company in Indochina." He added that Hypor products will help the producers to reduce production cost in the pork value chain and maximise total system profitability.
Based in Long An province, Japfa Comfeed Long An Ltd has extensive operations in integrated poultry and pig production. Its core business activities include animal feed manufacturing, chicken breeding, poultry processing, and pig population in Vietnam in particular. Based in the Netherlands, Hypor is part of Hendrix Genetics.
