TARGAN Secures Major European Contract with Poland’s IKO Kompania Drobiarska at EuroTier 2024
Bringing TARGAN’s AI-driven WingScan™ system to the European market
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, November 14, 2024 — Animal AgTech company TARGAN, Inc. (TARGAN) has announced a new contract with IKO Kompania Drobiarska (IKO), for the installation of WingScan™, TARGAN’s automated feather-sexing system. Following its debut at EuroTier 2024 in Hannover, Germany, this collaboration demonstrates TARGAN’s commitment to delivering innovative, AI-powered solutions to poultry producers across Europe.
Founded in 1999, IKO is a fully integrated poultry producer in Poland, providing high-quality protein products to major retailers, wholesalers, and partners across Europe, Africa, and Asia. The company’s CEO, Zbigniew Idziaszek, said, “We’re proud to be one of the first in Europe to integrate WingScan™ into our hatchery and look forward to the positive impact as we continue to expand our operations. TARGAN’s system aligns perfectly with our goals of increasing efficiency, enhancing quality, and improving welfare standards across all stages of production.”
The WingScan™ system offers a throughput of 40,000–160,000 chicks per hour, depending on configuration, with up to 98% accuracy. Automated chick sexing enhances efficiency and performance, providing downstream benefits at both the farm and processing levels. By implementing gender-specific rearing strategies, producers can improve flock uniformity, ultimately optimizing plant operations.
Ramin Karimpour, TARGAN’s Founder and CEO, said, “As the first commercial feather-sexing system, our WingScan™ patented technologies has proven its value to producers across North America, processing nearly half a billion birds to date. Now available for European customers, our WingScan™ systems have been specifically designed with the European market in mind, bringing proven reliability, precision, and dedicated support to hatcheries.”
Viscon Hatchery Automation, TARGAN’s commercial distribution and service partner for WingScan™ across select European markets, was instrumental in facilitating the agreement with IKO. Area Sales Manager, Tomasz Zimnicki, said, “This collaboration provides a tremendous opportunity to meet the specific needs of the European market. IKO is well-positioned to fully capitalize on the downstream benefits at every stage of production— From hatchery to farm to processing plant—maintaining a strong competitive edge. We are excited about the continued collaboration between TARGAN and Viscon and are fully prepared to provide the highest quality support and service as more customers adopt the WingScan™ system.”
The European launch of WingScan™ reaffirms TARGAN’s commitment to advancing animal protein production globally by delivering scalable, next-generation automation that meets the increasing demands of the poultry industry.
About TARGAN
TARGAN is an innovative animal AgTech systems company focused on transforming animal protein production industries worldwide. Founded in 2015 and based in Raleigh, North Carolina, the company's mission is to provide affordable, individualized technologies that will improve speed, accuracy and animal welfare. For more information, visit TARGAN.com
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