Dr Tan Ee Seng, Sales Director Asia of Pas Reform Hatchery Technologies, explained: "The hatchery sector is growing rapidly in India, and our customers here will have access to rapid, on-the-ground support."

left to right: Venkatakrisnan Natarajan and Sathishkumar Soundararajan

The new Service and Projects Centre will have the full backing of Pas Reform Academy in the Netherlands, with administration, a fully stocked spare parts department and a Projects department on-site at Udumalpet.

The Projects department will provide consultation, advisory and design services, as well as specifying maintenance programmes for Pas Reform's single-stage hatchery customers. Sathishkumar Soundararajan joins the company in India as service and maintenance engineer.