Hybro conference shares top level insights into the future of Thai export market
THAILAND - Dutch broiler breeding company Hybro B.V. invited leading Thai poultry producers to a special conference in Bangkok in November, to hear from the Dutch Ambassador and other senior officials from the EU and Brazil as they looked ahead to the changes and challenges that face the Thai poultry sector in the future, as well as joining Hybro to celebrate the company’s 50th anniversary.
The theme of the conference was ‘Dynamic and changing export market:
challenges and opportunities’, with keynote presentations by several key
speakers from the Thai, European and Brazilian poultry industry.
“We chose this theme to reflect the state of affairs and pressing
realities
in this globalised market,” explains conference organiser and Hybro’s
area
manager for the region, Mr. Vladimir Walk, “The export market continues
to
change and become increasingly more demanding, and our aim was to create
a
platform where industry players [in Thailand] could be well informed on
new
developments, and the issues that need consideration to prepare
themselves
for the future.”
Mr. Ir. Frans van Dongen, Director European Affairs, who talked about EU
trends and policies, and their implications for the Thai broiler
industry,
said in his presentation that Thailand should look for additional export
markets, as competition in Europe will become fiercer against a backdrop
of
stagnating growth in poultry meat consumption.
The Ambassor of the Royal Dutch Embassy Netherlands gave insights into
Thai-EU trade relations through the years, and Hybro’s own Dr. Paulo
Martins, in his role as member of the Poultry Improvement Plan Consult
Committee in Brazil, outlined developments in the Brazilian broiler
sector
and how they have developed their competitive edge. Further
presentations
were given by Mr. Yukol Limlamthong, Director General of Department of
Livestock Development, and Dr. Anan Sirimongkolkasem, President of the
Thai
broiler export association.
“We were very proud to have such well-known speakers from the industry
join
us for this important event – and equally delighted to receive such
positive feedback from the attending delegates,” concluded Mr. Walk.
“With our long-established and growing presence in Asia’s leading
broiler
producing and export country, Hybro is keen to cement tremendous
opportunities for partnership and growth in this very competitive and
dynamic industry.
“We hope that through this extraordinary conference, we have shown once
again how well Hybro is placed to become the preferred partner for the
poultry sector in Asia.”

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