September 23, 2020

UK software firm secures export contracts with major egg producers

Unitas Software, a UK company based in Coleraine, Northern Ireland has secured more than US$1m of new export sales with major egg producers in the US and Europe, Insider reported.

The company has signed new deals with Kreher's Farm Fresh Eggs in New York and Vital Farms, a pasture-raised egg producer headquartered in Austin, Texas. Additional contracts have been secured in the Netherlands with an organic egg farming cooperative.

Director Chris McCoubrey says, "Our poultry manager solution enables our customers to manage their organisations in a more efficient way and brings a new level of intelligence to increase the ability of our customers to connect all parts of the supply chain.

The going Dutch program gave us the confidence to look outside Northern Ireland and has proved invaluable for us, especially in terms of language translation, arranging meetings and generating potential customers.

Before the going Dutch experience, our sales were predominantly in the UK. Now over 50% of our business is export and growing."

Since 2015, Invest Northern Ireland (NI) has provided Unitas Software £161,590 (~US$206,000; £1 = US$1.27) of support for R&D, trade and technical development assistance. Invest NI's Grant for R&D is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund.

Steve Harper, Invest NI's executive director of International Business, says, "As one of Northern Ireland's leading agritech companies, Unitas Software recognises the value in continued investment in research and development and is showing a strong commitment to exporting.

Our teams in the US and Europe helped identify potential customers and made initial introductions, which has led to it winning new business and building an excellent in-market reputation for the delivery of its software."