Swami is a well-known poultry integrator in Southern India. Established in 1988, today it is the third-largest poultry integrator in Tamil Nadu.
The new hatchery features 18 x SmartSense™-6 setters, including SmartSense™ trolleys, which monitor egg weight-loss and measure eggshell temperature, and 24 x SmartHatchPro™ hatchers. The facility also features a fully integrated climate control system.
SmartSense™ is Royal Pas Reform’s latest and most advanced development for modular single-stage incubation to date – reliably ‘sensing’ the changing needs of the growing embryo. It uses a next-generation series of intelligent, high-accuracy sensors for both adaptive incubator control and predictive process information. This results in ongoing optimization of the incubation process to maximize the number of best-quality chicks.
The modular design of the SmartSense™ single-stage incubation series allows careful management of the conditions required by the developing embryos per incubator section. Each incubator zone is supported by its own temperature, heating, cooling, humidification and ventilation systems. This is the only way to guarantee a homogeneous temperature in incubators containing more than 130,000 hatching eggs.
By controlling each section individually, a range of incubation environments can be created to meet the specific needs of each egg, according to breed, flock, age or storage profile. The result is maximum uniformity and optimal climate conditions for each batch of eggs at every stage of the incubation process – making specific trolley positioning and transfer during incubation redundant.
Swami’s journey began in 1988 – when founder and current Managing Director, Mr Sri. P. Muthusamy started his own poultry farm with 500 chicks in his native village Nathapalayam, near Moolanur, Tiruppur district, Tamil Nadu.
Over the years, the company developed into an established poultry integration – first setting up its own breeding farm in 1992, followed by a feed mill and hatchery in 1998. Swami also expanded its business into Andra Pradesh and Karnataka. Today, the company, which has two further, completely bio-secure hatcheries located in isolated areas, collaborates with more than 3,000 farmers and 300 channel partners.
Mr. Muthusamy says: “In Royal Pas Reform we have found a supplier that works with us throughout the process – from sales and commissioning, hatchery planning, project management and installation to after sales, technical back up and training services. We have been extremely pleased with our relationship with them, so Royal Pas Reform was the natural choice to support our plans.”
Bouke Hamminga, Pas Reform’s Director International Sales & Business Development, comments: “We are delighted that such an important company as Swami Feeds has chosen to work with us. I am sure that we can prove to be a leading partner with Swami Feeds across the entire Indian subcontinent.”