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New Moba Moba Launches New Website
Moba’s new website is live, marking a major step in enhancing its digital
Website is Live: presence and customer experience. The redesigned platform, moba.net,
features a sleek, modern look aligned with Moba’s refreshed branding.
Digital Experi- With improved navigation and multilingual support powered by AI, the site

ence for Our is built around customer needs. It offers valuable insights and solutions tai-
lored to the egg industry’s challenges. This launch reflects Moba’s commit-
Customers ment to supporting sustainable egg production: Building Your Sustainable
Egg Future. And this is just the beginning, the platform is future-proof and
will continue to evolve to better serve customers worldwide.

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Pondex Spain Adopts WingScan for Automated Chick Sexing

leading animal AgTech company based in the U.S., has
A announced a strategic partnership with Pondex S.A.U., a
subsidiary of Spain’s Vall Companys Group, to implement the
WingScan system at its hatchery in Juneda, Spain. This marks
the latest move in the growing adoption of intelligent feather-
sexing automation across Europe.
The installation will allow Pondex to sex up to 1.250.000 chicks
per week, powered by TARGAN’s advanced AI imaging tech-
nology. WingScan is a fully automated, modular, and compact
system designed to scale with the operational needs of any
hatchery. Capable of processing up to 160,000 chicks per hour
with over 97% accuracy, it supports high-throughput operations
while helping address the labor scarcity that continues to chal-
lenge the poultry industry globally.
“Innovation is at the heart of what we do, so choosing to imple-
ment TARGAN’s fully automated WingScan system was a natu-
ral next step for us,” said Jose Miguel Garcia Sanchez, Hatchery
Director at Pondex. “We’re excited to integrate the most ad- mounting pressure to improve consistency and welfare at scale,
vanced feather-sexing technology available and expect to see solutions like WingScan are becoming essential. With the sys-
meaningful improvements—from the hatchery through to the tem approaching one billion birds sexed worldwide, we’re
farms and meat plants. With the support of the Vall Companys proud to support partners like Pondex as they help lead this
Group and close collaboration with TARGAN, we’re confident industry shift.”
this will positively impact our entire value chain.” “This partnership with Pondex is more than a system installa-
As automation continues to gain traction in hatcheries, Wing- tion—it’s a signal of where the industry is headed,” added Vin-
Scan is delivering value to both operations already perform- cent Fevrier, Vice President of Sales and Marketing – EUAFAM &
ing manual sexing and those adopting it for the first time. For Oceania at TARGAN. “By collaborating with one of Spain’s lead-
existing programs, it provides consistent, high-accuracy per- ing producers, we’re helping set a new benchmark for hatch-
formance throughout the day while helping address the labor
scarcity affecting poultry operations globally. For those intro- ery operations. Early adopters of WingScan are already seeing
ducing sexing, the system enables sex-specific rearing strate- measurable gains in performance, and with additional systems
gies that improve flock uniformity and support greater yield at and countries coming online soon, this partnership reflects the
the plant. In both cases, WingScan enhances operational reli- beginning of a broader transformation across Europe.”
ability while offering a more controlled and welfare-conscious Vall Companys Group operates across the broiler produc-
approach to chick handling. tion supply chain, with more than 900 poultry farms, 10 meat
“We’ve seen tremendous interest in automated feather sexing plants and four incubation centers across Spain. The company
across Europe, and the growing adoption of WingScan reflects is focused on the integration of advanced systems that guaran-
that momentum,” said Ramin Karimpour, TARGAN’s Founder tee animal welfare and are key to producing premium quality
and CEO. “As hatcheries face growing labor shortages and poultry. Circle 15 on enquiry card

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