Sunny Side Up 2020

2020

LOHMANN BREEDERS Mitarbeiterzeitung

p1 Editorial

p2 The first ONLINE COMPANY MEETING

p 14

p 32 Administration Department

p 46 NEW employees

Renovation work “Am Seedeich”

p 22

p 49 Jubilees

Small Gesture – large effect

p 24 CORONA What does that mean for us?

p 50 Lohmandale New Barn Construction

p 64 p 56

LDG Laboratory Diagnostics Germany GmbH

Greetings from team LBC! (LOHMANN BREEDERS Canada Ltd)

p 58

p 66

LOHMANN BREEDERS Spain

H&N International New Start

p 62 Enzo Panera dos Santos Ramos & Martina Araújo Martin

p 63 Gretings from Scotland

p 69 EGG STATION – Semolina Flummery

SUNNY-SIDE-UP | CHRISTMAS Wishes

2020

CHRISTMAS Wishes Dear Colleagues, It’s that time again, the year is drawing to a close - the year 2020, which will probably go down in history due to the pandemic situation and its impact on our lives. An exciting, but above all, challenging year for each of us, all over the world.

For LOHMANN, 2020 should have been the year of innovations, at least that was the motto for this year’s edition of our Franchise Distributor Meeting, which unfortunately had to be canceled. But, of course, I could not imagine this kind of innovations and so many new paths that we all had to strike.

Nevertheless, we have managed to maintain a bit of normality and tradition: As you can see our “Sunny Side Up” is getting released this year as well. Despite Corona, a lot has happened that is worth reporting about, our renovation measures alone could fill the entire magazine. Once more we will be giving you an insider’s peek on one of our departments, we try to do handicrafts and to cook and, of course, a thorough reporting from our sister companies and subsidiaries should not be missing either!

But we were also a bit innovative here, as you have already seen. My Christmas wishes and my thanks to all of you for the good cooperation were sent by video message this year. Something different, but this way I was able to address every one of you.

Now all that remains for me is to wish you a lot of fun and enjoy our latest edition of “Sunny Side Up”.

Javier Ramírez

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | The f irst ONLINE COMPANY MEETING

2020

Andrea Callwitz Marketing Manager at LOHMANN Breeders

The first ONLINE COMPANY MEETING

T

HIS YEAR, everything was different, including the way we shared/exchanged information.

We all became familiar with meetings via ZOOM, MS TEAMS or other video platforms, as we had to use them almost every day.

We were even forced to hold our annual COMPANY MEETING completely online, due to the Corona pandemic.

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | The f irst ONLINE COMPANY MEETING

2020

In our newly renovated “AULA”, we have created the technical prerequisites to broadcast LIVE to the whole LOHMANN world on October 9th, 2020 at 2:00 p.m.

The new AULA felt like a film studio - light, sound, and cameras everywhere.

A total of 170 colleagues from different time zones watched our first ONLINE COMPANY MEETING in front of their computers, laptops, tablets, or mobile phones!!

At the headquarter in Cuxhaven, 30 colleagues including the speakers took part. In order to maintain minimum distancing, we had to use all of the new meeting rooms.

A particularly positive side effect of this ONLINE MEETING was that we were able to bring the LOHMANN BREEDERS family together across all borders and report on current events in our company.

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | The f irst ONLINE COMPANY MEETING

2020

NICOLE for

REHSE,

responsible

communication

and

PR

in Marketing since July 2020, opened the first LOHMANN ONLINE COMPANY MEETING with a warm and multilingual “Welcome” and led us through the program with verve.

The

second

addressed

by

“Welcome” our

was

managing

director, JAVIER RAMÍREZ, to the entire LOHMANN and H&N team. He once again addressed the year 2020.

This was indeed a very special and significant year for our company - marked by the Corona crisis, the innovative solutions and ideas of the entire team to overcome this crisis, the change of the company name after more than 60 years, and the reconstruction of the company headquarters in Cuxhaven - LOHMANN BREEDERS is ready for new challenges.

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2020

Afterwards he handed over the floor to the heads of department - here are the most important statements of the individual departments:

Genetics

DR. SCHMUTZ showed the 5 locations of our PED birds and explained briefly the change of the farm cycling concept to make more genetic progress from the early use of young PED males. This is the advantage of genomic selection, to identify earlier in life the males with the best breeding values.

Also, the new investments in Transponder nest system in Wanhรถden farm and in Challenge tests in Russia (Emanjelinka Farm) were shown and explained.

These investments are necessary to safeguard the long-term success of the breeding process, especially for cage free production.

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2020

Production

JĂ–RG HEIER gave us a great overview about our production activities. Over the last years, Lohmann Breeders GmbH was forced to set up more globally located production facilities. Positive pressures like increasing numbers in sales and number of purelines; while the worldwide was facing Avian influenza threats, were the main driving forces.

We built new pureline facilities, invested in additional GP farms as well as hatcheries. In total we invested more than 20 M â‚Ź over the last 4 years. Today, our entire operation is distributed in:

12 countries via 26 farms A feedmill 5 hatcheries with a capacity of 11,5 million chicks.

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2020

To manage the global production, we have a range of efficient IT tools, to be able to be linked between all global locations always in time.

The whole team is constantly and consistently working together in the daily business and to set up a global forecast for our own:

Reproduction Shipping eggs Hatching chicks for our customers.

All over the globe, nearly 200 employees are taking care about our production, emphasizing extra care to our Chicks and Breeding stocks.

We like to say many thanks to all of you, for the ongoing support. Every single one of you is part of the success and is helping to keep the production working.

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Logistics

SILVIA MOURINO informed us about the logistical challenges caused by the corona pandemic. The detailed report on page XYZ !!

Finances

MAX TIMPE reported on the good sales development, which was confirmed in the last financial year despite Corona.

A positive earnings situation can therefore be expected for 2020/2021.

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | The f irst ONLINE COMPANY MEETING

2020

Furthermore, a lot of work is currently being done on the “Paperless Office� project. The necessary investments in digitization have been initiated.

The first measures have already been implemented, such as HRM, digital vacation requests and investment requests.

This has already made it possible to save on printers and paper.

The numbers speak for themselves: Reduction of printouts

Reduction of printers

2015

2015

700,000

80 printers

2020

300,000

2020

8 printers

-60% Saving

When lined up one after the

400,000 pages

other, we cover the distance from Cuxhaven to Hamburg (> 135 km).

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | The f irst ONLINE COMPANY MEETING

LDG Laboratory Diagnostics Germany GmbH

DR. MARTIN BARZ reported on the “LDG Laboratory Diagnostics Germany GmbH” laboratory, which was outsourced on January 1st, 2020. Along with this, new business areas are to be opened up, this has already been done.

The laboratory has been carrying out tests for SARS-CoV-2 since spring 2020.

Additional analyzes for food, water and hygiene samples will follow soon.

Furthermore, the molecular biological offer is to be expanded even further.

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | The f irst ONLINE COMPANY MEETING

2020

H&N Sales & Marketing

XABIER ARBE presented the new image of H&N International, new website and the online events did in October. All of this and more to come are part of the new project that started end of 2019.

This new project is going to be based on innovation and making things in a different way with the purpose of growing the business.

There was encouragement to think outside the box and be proud to compete with the other genetic companies in the market. H&N International is going on adventures, so be sure to join us.

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | The f irst ONLINE COMPANY MEETING

2020

LOHMANN Sales &Marketing Sales

FARHAD

MOZAFAR

gave

us

a

little insight into the new life of our Technical Service & Sales Team because

Corona

has

completely

turned their working life upside down in the past few months.

The travel activity has gone down almost to zero, the contact to the customer takes place strictly online. The new situation caused made our sales team very inventive. Online training courses and online seminars took place and still take place weekly. A completely new customer proximity and presence is created/developed.

In the last few months, more than 300 online customer meetings, specialist seminars and training sessions have been held worldwide, including a webinar for China with more than 17,000 participants.

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2020

Marketing

ANDREA

CALLWITZ

presented

the new marketing activities. The marketing team used the Corona restrictions to build a completely new communication strategy.

The basis of this strategy is the new LOHMANN website (www.lohmann-breeders.com), which was presented during the event. In the future, the website should not only inform, but also be able to work with and entertain its visitors.

Together with the LOHMANN TEAM and our customers, we want to create a new “LOHMANN COMMUNICATION WORLD” - our own social media tool.

The first ONLINE COMPANY MEETING was a complete success - to be continued...

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | Renovation work “Am Seedeich” – turning old into new

2020

Nicole Rehse PR/Communication at LOHMANN Breeders

Renovation work “AM SEEDEICH” Turning old into new

I

T HAS NOW BEEN MORE THAN A YEAR since we started our renovation work. But an end is finally in sight, and with impressive results.

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | Renovation work “Am Seedeich” – turning old into new

2020

In the beginning there was a plan

The basic idea behind the renovation was to make the office building in Cuxhaven more attractive for customers. It’s not enough for you to know you’re visiting one of the largest producers of day-old parent stock chicks, but should also see and feel it. But how can that be achieved?

New meeting rooms were needed with a nice lobby where you feel welcome. And while we are already renovating, it should also be nicer for the employees - new kitchens, freshly painted walls and new floors make a big difference here.

No sooner said than done, that was the plan.

But how do you implement such a large project?

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2020

The concept We started by hiring an interior designer to design the rooms.

Mr. Kai Fischer from the architectural office “Das Syndikat” convinced us with his first drafts.

First, the two SMALL MEETING ROOMS for LOHMANN and H&N were to be redesigned. The same concept, but with two different equipment related to the respective company.

BEFORE...

...AFTER

Of course, the latest technology should not be missing here.

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2020

The LIBRARY should live up to its name again. Another kind of conference room was planned here, classic and cozy, a room that convinces without any special technology.

BEFORE...

...AFTER

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2020

BEFORE...

But the highlight must be our new AUDITORIUM, THE SOCALLED AULA, in which our training courses for up to 50 people can take place in the future. Walls were torn down and a new ventilation and lighting systems were installed.

...AFTER

Technology was also a focal point here, with new screens and projectors and a panel from which everything can be controlled.

But attention is also paid to details that establish a connection to the company. For example, there are some wall elements engrained with real eggshells and our chickens were also shown on a wall.

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2020

BEFORE...

So that visitors can also be entertained if necessary, the entire RECEPTION AREA should be redesigned.

On the one hand it should look inviting, but should also offer enough space for coffee breaks and a short lunch.

Practical aspects such as tables that “disappear” when not in use have been taken into account here.

The color choice, green in connection with wood, represents the connection to agriculture.

On the whole, the entrance area should look like a large square, hence the choice of carpet, which should be reminiscent of a paving with a little green that flashes through the cracks.

But the technology cannot be missing in this area either. You can find out more about the LOHMANN and H&N companies on 8 screens, and you can even visit the website yourself on the touchscreen. A special eye-catcher is of course the workstation integrated in the reception hall with an illuminated world

...AFTER

map. Every visitor knows immediately where to turn.

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | Renovation work “Am Seedeich� – turning old into new

2020

The path (with some obstacles) is the goal And so, we enthusiastically set to work. But anyone who has ever renovated an old house knows that there is a surprise waiting around every corner and under every tile.

We were able to overcome all these minor and major surprises, but at the cost of time and nerves. Delivery delays and stoppages caused by Corona also led to a considerable delay of the process.

In some cases, however, these difficulties also led to completely new ideas, which were then promptly implemented.

All colleagues on site followed this path with interest because they were forced to. They had to have a thick skin in order to withstand the noise and dirt that such a construction site brings over such a long period of time and to continue working normally.

Sometimes long distances had to be covered to get to the workplace or the toilets, which unfortunately could not always be used. On some days it also took a certain amount of athletic skill to get to work. At this point, many thanks again to everyone for their patience and understanding!

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2020

(Not) an end in sight?

A few little big things are still outstanding. The stairwell in the office wing of “Am Seedeich 11” is still being completely renovated and we will also be active as hobby gardeners and create a pretty garden area next to the auditorium.

When the inside shines so beautifully in new splendor, the outside view should not be neglected.

The renovation team has now made friends with the new old task, even if steel beams, fire doors, sewer pipes and power lines have nothing to do with normal everyday work for some.

But you never stop learning.

Steel beams

Sewer pipes

But you never stop learning!

Fire doors

Power lines

Let’s see what else we can think of...

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | SMALL GESTURE – Large effect

2020

Andrea Callwitz Head of Marketing Global Marketing & Events

SMALL GESTURE – large effect

F

OR THE THIRD TIME all proceeds from the “birthday flower bouquet” will be donated to a good cause. In this unprecedented Corona year, we wanted to support the project “Procurement of mobile filter systems” for the Lichtenberg Gymnasium in Cuxhaven.

This campaign was brought to life by the “Circle of Friends” because mobile air filter systems can play an important role in the fight against the spread of Corona virus.

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | SMALL GESTURE – Large effect

2020

The purpose of the association “The Circle of Friends” is to promote the well-being, interests, and education of the students of the Lichtenberg-Gymnasium.

We hope our donation of € 1,050 can help ensure that regular lessons can take place safely for the students of the Lichtenberg Gymnasium even in Corona times.

We also like to make a brief statement regarding the “duck race 2020” that we had planned to support with our donation in 2019.

Unfortunately, the “duck race” has also been canceled due to the corona situation.

The promised donation of € 1,050 will be made available to the current campaign “The Tree of Hope” NG

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of the Ladies Lions Club Cuxhaven-Leuchtfeuer.

In this campaign, the ladies aim to bring joy to the citizens of Cuxhaven and give them a little hope during the Advent season.

For this purpose, the large fir tree, which the city will set up on Kämmererplatz (City center of Cuxhaven) at the end of November, will be decorated with colorful baubles.

These baubles can be donated (baubles donation from € 1).

Similar to the duck race, the proceeds from the bauble sales will be for the benefit of regional projects. More information on this at: www.lions-leuchtfeuer.de

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | Corona - what does that mean for us?

2020

Mrs. Silvia MouriĂąo Director of Planning and Logistics

CORONA What does that mean for us?

C

ORONA/COVID-19/THE PANDEMIC is still the dominant topic for us. We all know very well what effects the pandemic is having on our private lives. But what about the effects on our company, our workplace or that of our colleagues?

Of course, we all have to contend with minor and major adversities, within our field of activity. After our company meeting on October 9th, 2020 it was clear, however, which department really had to deal with the effects of the pandemic day in day out: Logistics.

This is why we would like to publish an interview with Silvia MouriĂąo, Director of Planning & Logistics, to give an impression of the daily work of chick transport during the pandemic.

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | Corona - what does that mean for us?

2020

What was the situation in March?

Transport collapse to put it quite clearly, all previously known means of transport collapsed in March. Up to 90% of our exports were made by air, mostly with reliable passenger planes.

The reason for this was that these have been considered the most reliable for decades, as the departure times usually have few delays and there are also fewer flight cancellations.

Now

this

possibility

has

almost

completely disappeared, as there was a loss of 80% of the flights worldwide in mid-March. The remaining 20% could not necessarily be used for our purposes because the aircraft was not adequately ventilated or did not have adequate storage space.

In addition, there were also airlines that did not take chicks or hatching eggs for fear that they could spread COVID-19 or are contagious! In addition, it also failed on flight routes that did not meet our supply chain requirements or they did not have a license for AVI handling.

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On top of that, sanitary goods naturally had priority during this time, even if live animals were already booked on the flight.

Original partners who otherwise brokered and sold flights had no solutions or answers and collapsed completely.

From one day to the next we had to find several flights for the day we woke up as all flights disappeared for the exports of that day hatches and all following 3 weeks planed hatches in the machines.

We had to find solutions and orders were prepared without flight booking in advance. Every day we had to work our way up to new solutions.

Freight flights only 2nd choice?

Normally, cargo flights are only our second option, but at these times we had to use this possibility as our only one. But even these flights were rare and the departure airports were difficult to reach, i. e. our chicks were flown there by charter to catch the long distance flight on time.

We have used private charter flights several

times

and

also

tried

to

convince the major airlines to use their parked aircrafts for this. At nearby destinations, the last part sometimes had to be mastered with an air taxi or a smaller charter.

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | Corona - what does that mean for us?

2020

Another challenge was that even if a flight was found, some airports did not have staff available to load the chicks due to the quarantine rules and reduced worker numbers and making shifts to split the teams in case one shift became Corona positive. So we had to fly our team members there to help out the staff on site.

Again, there were lockdown times at the destinations, i. e. there was a curfew period from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. so that chicks that arrived at 9 p.m. could not be loaded until the next morning. Not an option for us!

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | Corona - what does that mean for us?

2020

Lockdown with customers Our customers again had the problem that their team could have come to the airport to pick up the chicks, but because of the quarantine they were no longer allowed to return to the farm, so the delivery could not be accepted.

They then decided that the workers stay at the production farm and in one example we experienced that the said team needed to sleep on the farm with the birds to follow the shutdown rules not to go from one area to another in their country.

Trucks are also not barrier-free There were also problems with deliveries by truck. It had to be closely monitored whether drivers had to be in quarantine or whether the situation has changed due to different regulations. Borders were closed and traffic jams lasted for hours - unsustainable for living animals! New routes had to be explored until politicians finally established “fast lane lines� for animals.

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | Corona - what does that mean for us?

2020

How is the situation today?

Fortunately, some flights are available again today, but not as before. The prices are also immensely high and sanitary goods are still the top priority. We continue to mainly use charter and freighters for air transport and are happy to have again more flights available to reach “unreachable destinations�.

Mainly we try to go the independent way. That means using as few passenger planes as possible, which is the safest way for us today.

In addition, we try as best we can to train newly acquired service providers in how to handle our chicks and hatching eggs and to support them in doing so.

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | Corona - what does that mean for us?

2020

What was the biggest challenge of that time?

The biggest challenge was that not just one order had no transport, but many at once. All deliveries had the same priority but had to be transported from different locations in all directions. Now it was time to create and combine new ways.

Unfortunately, the solution for one order could not serve as a model for the other deliveries.

The fact that we continued to place orders at all locations at the same time was a challenge par excellence.

Was there something to smile about, an anecdote that is fondly remembered?

Sometimes there were creative solutions that we found also amusing. For example, a difficult cargo became a VIP flight!

Our chicks were finally able to travel appropriately, because if you want to achieve top performance, you can also look forward to traveling in business class.

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2020

What does the future promise?

It will be several months, if not years, before we get to where we left off in 2019.

The pandemic has put airlines in financial straits.

Pilots have lost their jobs and parts of the airport staff have also been cut.

It will take a very long time before flights are occupied again like pre-COVID. Of course, we are still working on possibilities, independent of passenger planes and private charters, but the focus is now on guaranteeing flight time reliability, training the individual teams on the new possibilities and bringing flight prices on a profitable basis.

To transform new ways into easily controllable ways, that is our goal! Or as the saying goes: the journey is the aim!

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | Administration Department

2020

ADMINISTRATION Department

I

N EVERY, issue of Sunny Side Up, we aim to shed more light on a specific department of our establishment and introduce it to our readers, and for this edition, we take a closer look at Administration.

It goes without saying that administration is a very comprehensive term and at LOHMANN’s it’s no different. Our admin department includes everything from: Financial accounting

Contract management

Human resources

Reception and facility management.

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2020

Meet our staff and take a quick peek as to what’s accomplished here!

MAXIMILIAN

TIMPE,

CFO/Head

of

Administration, has been a member of the LOHMANN Team since Nov 2017. He started off as CFO Global Subsidiaries and since Jan 2019, has assumed the role of CFO of LOHMANN Group.

Alongside his CFO duties, he is also the head of the entire Administration department of more than 12 global legal entities around the globe (Germany, Denmark, Spain, Canada, Scotland, Russia).

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2020

His main task is the operational tracking of global business performance

and

the

monitoring

of

strategic

target

achievements. Continuous management improvement, with added focus that all global resources function in the most efficient way are part of his daily challenges and motivation.

I’m very proud to work day-by-day with a highly committed and dedicated team that supports the entire LOHMANN family in any matter requiring our attention.

Even if a lot of administrative activities take place in the background and mostly in secret, we are very motivated, committed and proud to be able to make our contribution so that the LOHMANN Group can continue to grow and expand on its successes.

Our credo is that we want to work very closely with all the other departments and provide them with the best possible support to help them meet their own specific requirements. Large interface areas are in HR, investment requirements, information management to get right numbers for right decisions and process management in order to make the individual activities in the company as efficient as possible.

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2020

We have a great team together that is represented by high experiences, excellent knowledge, above average engagement and lively dynamic. Our current focus is to continue to use the current situation in order to push the progress of digitization further and to use the available capacities as efficiently as possible by using limited resources as sparingly as possible.

We have therefore been trying already; for some time, to replace manual paper-based business processes with digital and electronically supported software and IT solutions (vacation requests, travel requests, investment requests and much more).

An interims target achievement is the reduction of paper printouts by greatly minimizing the number of printers from 80 (in 2015) to 8 in 2020. This enabled over 60% of printouts to get saved or, in other words, if you were to set all the printed pages next to each other, it would’ve covered the distance from Cuxhaven to Hamburg, year after year.

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KERSTIN

2020

ZIEBELL,

HR

and Accounting, Accounts

2004

Receivable + Banks

In 2004 Kerstin did her apprenticeship as an industrial clerk at LTZ, while handling 50% sales at Valo (2007-2009).

Accounts

Payment

receivable

transactions

From 2009, she took on full accounting responsibilities at LTZ

VAT returns

Expense reports

And in 2017, was appointed

2017

as

Advance

head

of

HR,

payroll

accounting and contracts, and training officer.

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | Administration Department

2020

CARSTEN

SOMMER,

Accounts

Payable, has been with LOHMANN since 1995 (celebrating his 25th anniversary in 2020).

He is responsible for accounts payable for all German LOHMANN companies LOHMANN Breeders

LOHMANN Breeders Germany

H&N

GERMANY

LOHMANN

LTZ Grundstücksgesellschaft

Breeders Farms

LDG Laboratory

FARMS

Farm Wanhöden

Diagnostics Germany

GmbH

Previously, he was also involved in accounting for LOHMANN India River, Valo Bio Media and Vaxxinova. His main tasks include: Accounts Payable Processing of incoming invoices and their corresponding payments, monitoring of the approval

process

(document

capture)

and

corresponding with suppliers.

Asset Accounting Determination of the usefulness of the assets, determination and posting of depreciation, forecast creation of the residual book values at the end of an economic period.

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TANJA

ARBEITER,

2020

Controlling.

Tanja’s been part of LOHMANN since August 2003. The main focus of controlling is on the creation of

management

reports

and

optimization of work processes.

Since 2019, her focus has shifted to optimizing and expanding the Navision software, as well as standardization and automation of reporting / KPIs.

Since 2018 Tanja is also 50% active for the EW Group as group controller which includes: Creation of benchmarking reports ELD / ILD Egg Cost / Chick Cost (costs per egg / per chick).

Advice on Navision.

General process optimization.

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MARTINA

HASS,

2020

Customer

Claim

Management & Contract Management.

Martina is a member of the LOHMANN Team since August 1994 (over 26 years) and part-time employee since September 2010. She is a member of the Global Finance Team since September 2016

Ever since I joined the LOHMANN-Team I have enjoyed my field of duties as well as the company of nice fellow workers here at the head office and the pleasant teamwork with the many colleagues who work outside Cuxhaven.

We are a melting pot of people from different countries and cultures and it just feels so natural to get along well with everybody. I think we are a good example of how things should work in general – and not only within our LOHMANN Family.

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2020

ANNA

MARIA

GALLEGO

ZAPATA, Reception

I was born in Viersen (North Rhine-Westphalia) and grew up bilingual (German + Spanish) in Colombia (Popayรกn), where I completed my foreign trade studies.

My daughter was born in 2008. After my studies we emigrated to Equatorial Guinea (Africa) and lived there for 5 years.

I worked there in two different companies in accounting and finance. Cuxhaven has been our new home for 7 years and I have been a member of the LOHMANN team since 2015.

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2020

JANET ESTEVEZ-FERNANDEZ, Facility Management and Guest Care Janet is also member of the LOHMANN family since 2015. She ensures that all our guests feel right at home and are well taken care of. Without Anna’s and Janet’s magic, it would’ve been near impossible for us to attain the level of our daily comfort that we have now!

JANA BÖHM, Trainee Jana started her training as an industrial clerk in August 2019, under the supervision of Kerstin Ziebell. During her traineeship, Jana regularly passes through all of LOHMANN’s different departments in order to enrich her knowledge and unlock her skills as much as possible.

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | Administration Department

2020

Do you know the meaning of the individual administrative areas well?

A quick recap for everyone to look up:

ACCOUNTS

RECEIVABLE

(Kerstin)

Receivables

management,

dunning,

customer

payments

booking to

of

customer

accounts,

balance

confirmations.

BANK

MANAGEMENT

(Kerstin)

Posting account statements (incoming payments) and performing payment runs.

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE (Carsten) Processing of incoming invoices from suppliers,

authorities,

processing

via

institutions

document

capture,

electronic / digital releases.

ASSET ACCOUNTING (Carsten) Accompaniment of all processes after a

successful

invoice

investment

processing,

application,

balance

sheet

activation of the fixed asset and posting of the monthly depreciation.

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2020

INVESTMENT-MANAGEMENT (Max) Processing of investment applications, profitability calculations for amortization.

BUDGET PLANNING (Max) Earnings

planning

for

the

next

financial years to present the business development

and

shareholders

to

to

convince

approve

the

further

investments and financial resources.

ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS / TAX RETURNS (Max) Preparation

of

statements

under

in

accordance

annual

financial

commercial

with

law

international

accounting standards (IFRS) and tax returns for the German companies.

CONTROLLING (Tanja) Preparation of management reports, optimization of work processes. Since 2019 focus on optimization and expansion of Navision software, standardization and

automation

of

reporting,

comparisons and cost control.

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | Administration Department

2020

CUSTOMER CLAIMS (Martina) Credit Notes Issue of credit notes for order related claims or issues (except for shortages which are credited directly by Team Logistics on hatching day) Handling of bank documents when customers pay by Letter of Credit or Cash Against Documents.

CONTRACT-MANAGEMENT (Martina) Updating of our sales contract templates when requested, filing of all sales contracts, feeding all order relevant data of the contracts into the COP system via Navision and CRM.

RECEPTION (Anna) Coordination

of

reception,

dispatch

(administration), travel, guest care.

FACILITY MANAGEMENT (Janet) Building

cleaning,

warehouse

management (office supplies, kitchen supplies), guest care.

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2020

Digitization Replacing manual paper-based business processes with digitally and electronically supported software and IT solutions (Vacation requests, travel requests, investment requests and much more).

Reduction of paper printouts by greatly minimizing the number of printers from 80 (in 2015) to 8 in 2020, thus economizing over 60% of printouts.

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | NEW employees

2020

NEW employees Dr. Hakimeh Emamgholi Begli

Since March, DR. HAKIMEH EMAMGHOLI been

BEGLI

supporting

has our

Genetics department as a Statistical Geneticist. She has also moved to Cuxhaven since that time.

Hakimeh studied poultry science and got her master’s degree in Animal Breeding.

Following her MS degree, she continued working at a hatchery company as a production and statistics expert, while also working as a researcher at the Animal Science Institute.

Hakimeh completed her PhD at Tarbiat Modares University in Iran.

During this time, she spent 10 months at Aarhus University in Denmark as a visiting student and research assistant.

She also gained some teaching experience at the university when she worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Guelph in Canada.

In her free time, Hakimeh likes to cook and do sports, especially when she has the possibility to go climbing.

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | NEW employees

2020

Andreas Bublat

Also new in the LOHMANN team is ANDREAS BUBLAT. He’s been supporting the Global Technical Service as Veterinary Specialist since the middle of October.

Andreas is 35 years old and lives in Gießen, Germany.

A Certified Veterinary Specialist in Poultry, he completed his studies in Veterinary medicine in Budapest and Gießen.

Andreas was responsible for the vaccine portfolio and the technical support of these products at Ceva Tiergesudheit and IDT Tiergesundheit before joining us.

During his studies he gained experiences at the Health Service Hesse – Clinic for birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish.

Andreas balances work with enjoying the nature while climbing, hiking or hunting.

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | NEW employees

2020

Akshaya Nagarajan

We welcome our new team member

MRS.

AKSHAYA

NAGARAJAN, and are proud to announce that our IT team finally has a lady’s touch, that of a software developer.

Akshaya is 28 years old and lives in Cuxhaven together with her husband.

She

is

originally

from

India,

where

she

has

completed her bachelor studies in Electronics and Communication Engineering in SNS College of Technology and followed up with a master’s degree in VLSI Design in Anna University.

Afterwards

she

started

working

as

a

Junior

Developer in Vishal Automation for 3 Years, in India.

Akshayas hobbies include travelling, listening to music and playing badminton. She is also combining her profession into her leisure time as she actively seeks out new technologies and stays up to date on new trends and advancements.

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | JUBILEES

2020

JUBILEES Carsten Sommer Seedeich, Accounting

25 years of service 01.05.1995

Farhad Mozafar Director of Sales & Technical Service

10 years of service 01.06.2010

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | LOHMANDALE new barn Construction

2020

Jan Lengers Maintenance

Lohmandale New Barn CONSTRUCTION

T

HE CONSTRUCTION of the new barn at the Canadian Lohmandale site was successfully completed spring 2020.

Construction started late fall 2019 with extensive groundwork to prepare the site for the new barn. During the following months, the building was constructed.

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | LOHMANDALE new barn Construction

Concrete walls and the floor where poured.

Walls got erected and trusses were set for the roof.

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2020

SUNNY-SIDE-UP | LOHMANDALE new barn Construction

2020

Spray foam was used in the walls and ceiling.

The installation of the BIG DUTCHMAN rearing cages started in March.

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | LOHMANDALE new barn Construction

2020

The middle tier of the 3 tier system was outfitted with LED lights inside the cages to give the day old chicks propper lighting to find water and feed in the first days.

The top tier is specialy designed for the male rearing with a higher cage hight to accommodate the taller males.

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | LOHMANDALE new barn Construction

2020

To improve bio security the manure cross conveyor moves only out of the building when manure is removed.

Otherwise the manure chanel is closed with 2 doors.

This prevents rodents from entering and cold air to come into the barn.

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | LOHMANDALE new barn Construction

2020

Covid made the final phase of the project a bit tricky but at the end the installation was ready for the first flock in time.

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | GREETINGS f rom team LBC

2020

Jyoti Grewal HR Administration

GREETINGS from team LBC! (Lohmann Breeders Canada Ltd)

We have some buzzing news to share with our global colleagues Administration

I

N FINANCE, we have added a new Finance Clerk to our team.

AMANDA JACKSON has joined LBC on a full-time basis. Amanda has 20+ years of experience in accounting, customer service, and administration.

She has a solid background in all accounting functions. She possesses a variety of transferrable skills and strengths. It is a pleasure to have Amanda on our team.

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | GREETINGS f rom team LBC

2020

LOHMANN BREEDERS CANADA is also growing.

Our LOHMANN family has introduced a newest addition to our LOHMANN family. Michael Miranda, from our hatchery

welcomed

a

baby

boy

“Mason Miranda”.

In September, we had a covid-19 friendly staff appreciation lunch to recognize everyone’s hard work and efforts during this difficult time.

We invited all our employees to our Brantford head office for a food truck catered lunch. It was nice to have everyone get together and enjoy a nice lunch and play soccer at the back of our building.

We are looking forward to a brighter, jollier, covid-19 free 2021.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Team Canada.

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | LOHMANN Breeders Spain

2020

Martin Koksa Hatchery Manager Spain

LOHMANN BREEDERS Spain

H

OLA! FROM THE WHOLE TEAM HERE IN SPAIN. Time is passing fast; we are a little over three years old now. This year for all of us has been an exciting one. We have shared cheerful moments and many alarming times.

In 2020 we are celebrating two newborns in Spain. We wish the very best for Neusa and her baby boy ENZO. Also, the very best to Ricardo and his baby girl MARTINA.

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | LOHMANN Breeders Spain

2020

All of us have faced different challenges and restrictions this year but none of us quit. We found solutions and moved forward with no failures. Turning our focus on working hard.

Making a study of our LOHMANN BREEDERS SPAIN team we have found many interesting facts.

LOHMANN BREEDERS Spain Emplyee Growth 2017 2018

Our small group has grown over the

11

past years. Meaning more hands to

16

support each other in good and bad 2019

times.

17

2020

LOHMANN BREEDERS Spain Emplyee Age

21

0

14%

Age 50-60

5

10

15

20

25

14%

Age 20-29

Most of our colleagues are of a younger generation.

34%

Age 40-49

38%

Always

taking

examples of our older co-workers.

Age 30-39

LOHMANN BREEDERS Spain Spanish vs International

18%

We have diversity with almost a quarter

International

of the team being international.

82%

Spanish

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | LOHMANN Breeders Spain

2020

LOHMANN BREEDERS Spain Ladies vs Gentleman

35%

Gentlemen, we have a great pleasure to work with a large group of Ladies.

65%

Always remember to open the door for them!

LOHMANN BREEDERS Spain Employee retention

94%

Also,

we

are

proud

of

the

group

demonstrating dedication to LOHMANN 6%

BREEDERS SPAIN with 94% of colleagues happy to be working with us.

We would like to take this opportunity to say a big sincere Thank You! to all of our colleagues and friends. Let’s welcome the new year with the same positive attitude that we have.

Happy Holidays!! Feliz Navidad!! To all of LOHMANN and families.

Saying goodbye to this interesting 2020 we welcome a New 2021 soon.

Happy New Year!

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2020

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | ENZO Panero dos Santos

2020

Mother’s name Neusa dos Santos Ramos

Baby Name Enzo Panera dos Santos Ramos Birthday 17 may 2020

Born in Salamanca, Spain

Weight 3800 g

Mother and father name Teresa Martin and Ricardo Araújo

Baby Name Martina Araújo Martin Birthday 31 May 2020

Born in Valladolid, Spain

Weight 3135 g

Length 49,5 cm

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | GREETINGS f rom Scotland!

2020

Julian Daeth

GRETINGS from Scotland

G

ET TO KNOW THREE NEW TEAM MEMBERS HERE.

FINLAY MEARNS, ANDY DUNCAN & AMY WILKINSON. They have been with us for 3 months and seem to be enjoying working here.

Moreover, we are happy that ALEX DOW who has taken on the role of Animal Welfare Officer for the farm effective from July 2020.

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | LDG Laboratory Diagnostics Germany GmbH

2020

Dr. Martin Barz Managing Director LDG

LDG Laboratory Diagnostics Germany GmbH

T

HE YEAR 2020 started with big changes for us. The laboratory has been a 100% subsidiary of LOHMANN BREEDERS GmbH since January 1st, 2020.

As a result, the decision was made to expand the range of examinations and no longer offer strictly poultry diagnostics.

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | LDG Laboratory Diagnostics Germany GmbH

2020

The first opportunity was offered by the ongoing corona situation. We had just received the permit required for diagnostics and established the necessary examination method, when at the end of April we were involved in a mass testing of the passengers of a cruise ship that was in quarantine in the port of Cuxhaven.

In the following time, the service for investigations for the SARS-CoV-2 virus was continuously expanded and new regional customers were constantly acquired.

We are currently working on accreditation for further diagnostic areas, for example to develop the analysis of food and water.

JANUARY 10th company anniversary of Dr. Anne Bolte Anniversaries

FEBRUARY

and Events

Eliana LucĂ­a GonzĂĄlez de Barz is born JULY End of training and takeover of Maja Steinmann in the laboratory

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | H&N International

2020

H&N International New Start

H

&N INTERNATIONAL, turned 75 years in 2020. For a company that is a great age to take a fresh start, “because the more experience you already have under your belt the better you can position your business and the more proven track records you can offer to your customers�, says Xabier Arbe, Head of the Business Unit who leads the global H&N team into H&N Internationals new future.

New Colleague Her

content marketing mostly for global

Marketing

IT players whom she worked for on

in March 2020 as global

customer and on agency-side. She also

communication specialist and

strategic

encompasses

public relations, media relations and

SASKIA RIEDEL joined H&N International

background

gathered experience as copy editor and

content

recruitment agent and holds a master-

creator.

degree in mediation.

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | H&N International

2020

New Website Transforming

the

H&N

International

Brand Identity into a visual concept included a new website as core platform and information hub.

We want to make the people feel our birds and get the right information they need without wasting their time, explains

XABIER

ARBE.

Launched

October 2020 it is a dynamic website with some new tools like The Chickipedia, that gain a lot of positive feedback.

New “Facts that Figure” What can we write? Hm, let’s see… let’s take a look back. And the next thing we knew was that our “Facts that Figure”, in short FTF, had grown to a massive 88 pages.

We soon jokingly called it the “Bible”, although it’s not the least bit complete and we could have gone on with many more stories.

But an anniversary edition can be bigger and to comply to the paperless office in future we will focus on offering content presumably online and limit printable materials to print-on-demand.

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SUNNY-SIDE-UP | H&N International

2020

New Event-Format We did many things differently on purpose thanks to our new mission as independent company. Taking the annual academy for customers online was different, though, and quite a pioneering effort. The personal get-together time in the past obviously mattered most to form strong bonds but was not possible this year.

Yet, we did not just want to do one presentation after another but find a way for personal exchange even though it would have to be done online, explains XABIER ARBE. So, H&N tried to take as much from the usual format as possible and offered parallel break out rooms with real time discussion.

New Learnings The intensive collaboration over three days and three time zones were received very well from some five hundred active registrants from all over the world. From 6th to 8th October 2020 the virtual event split into three times Layer Academy, three times Campus and one entire day Distributor Meeting.

OCTOBER

6-8

Of course we need to apply some changes to our next events to make them even better, and we will, says XABIER ARBE. And as soon as personal meetings will be possible again, we will definitely do these again, too!

And what’s next?

We have used the past year to rebrand and position ourselves, learned our lessons in doing online events and will now be delivering on our brand promises, concludes XABIER ARBE. 68

SUNNY-SIDE-UP | EGG STATION – Semolina Flummery

2020

SEMOLINA flummery

10 persons 0,5 l milk 50 g semolina

1 2

125 g sugar 8 gelatine sheets or alternative Agar-Agar

3

Boil fresh whole milk with a part of the sugar, vanilla, lemon grated and a pinch of salt.

Stir in the semolina and continue to cook until the mixture thickens slightly.

The semolina should be cooked.

Then add the soaked gelatine to the warm mousse and the separated egg yolks with the rest of the sugar while stirring.

5 eggs 0,4 L cream

4

Then put it in a cold place and fold in the weighed whipped cream at the last moment.

½ teaspoon vanilla pulp Lemon abrasion

5

Fill into small moulds and put them in a cool place.

6

Garnish with fresh fruit, fresh mint and some fruit sauce.

Pinch of salt

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