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1923
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Farm Saazehof built by Thijs Hendrix (1884-1954) in Ospel, Limburg, the Netherlands
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1954
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Farm Saazehof taken over by son Harry Hendrix. Activities: cropfarming, dairy, poultry, pigs.
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1959 |
Harry Hendrix (1926-2010) starts layer hatchery and layer rearing farm |
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1983 |
Acquisition Valder in Neer, expansion in egg production |
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1986 |
Acquisition egg farm “Horst” |
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1991 |
Foundation of Hendrix Poultry Breeders (by Thijs Hendrix, Frans van Sambeek and Peter van der Krabben). Acquisition of Bovans layer breeding company (Stevensbeek, Deil and Oirlo) and the assets of Hypeco-CPI (Coöperatief Pluimveefokkers Instituut) at Nuland
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1998 |
Merger layer breeding activities Hisex (Euribrid-Nutreco Holding NV) and Bovans into Hendrix Poultry Breeders BV, a Nutreco Company |
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1998 |
Acquisition Villa “de Körver”. Former familyhouse of Wim Hendrix, founder of Euribrid, Hendrix Feed (now Nutreco) and Intervet |
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2000 |
Acquisition of DeKalb Poultry Research Inc. USA. Former owner Toshoku Ltd Japan/Cargill |
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2004 |
New Strategy of Nutreco: “Rebalancing for Growth” |
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2005 |
Hendrix Poultry Breeders 100% family owned. |
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2005 |
Foundation of Hendrix Genetics BV by Thijs Hendrix and Antoon van den Berg. |
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2005 |
Hendrix Genetics acquires Hendrix Poultry Breeders (Bovans, Hisex, Dekalb, Warren, Kimber), Institut de Sélection Animale (ISA, Shaver, Babcock, Golden Comet) and SFPA. |
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2005 |
Alain Audubert Président Honoraire of Hendrix Genetics |
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2005 |
Acquisition of PIGS-Online, pig breeding technology company (founded in 2002 by Servé Hermans) |
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2007 |
Acquisition of the animal breeding division of Nutreco: Euribrid (Hybro, broilers, Hybrid, turkeys, Hypor, pigs, Plumex, hatching eggs) and the RTC (Research and Technology Center) |
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2007 |
Installation of International Advisory Board (IAB). Members: Richard van Wijnbergen, Aalt Dijkhuizen, Yves Roucaud |
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2008 |
Hybro combined with Cobb-Vantress Inc.. Joint development agreement (JDA) with Cobb-Vantress. |
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2008 |
Acquisition France Hybrides, number 1 privately owned pig breeding company in France. Former owner Glon-Sanders/Sofiprotéol |
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2008 |
Sofiprotéol S.A., Paris, France, becomes 12% strategic long term shareholder in Hendrix Genetics
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2008 |
Michel Boucly new member of International Advisory Board |
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2009 |
Yves Roucaud steps down from International Advisory Board, to become personal advisor of Thijs Hendrix Beheer BV |
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2009 |
Acquisition of Shade Oak Swine Ltd, pig breeding (Duroc) company in Ontario, Canada. Former owner Arnold Ypma family |
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2009 |
Acquisition of Joice and Hill Ltd., layer doc distribution company in UK. Former owner Robert Haynes |
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2010 |
Passing away of Harry Hendrix on January 14
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2010 |
Acquisition of Integra a.s., layer distribution company in Czech Republic. Former owner is Nutreco. |
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2010 |
Acquisition of Designed Genetics Ltd., Manitoba, Canada. Former owner family Paul Riese |
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2010 |
Acquisition 3 GPS farms Grelier in France |
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2010 |
Entry in Aquaculture breeding with the acquisition of Landcatch and LNS (Lithgow family) |
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2011 |
Families Grelier and Hendrix Genetics join forces to create a leading poultry distribution company in France. |