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Rotecna exclusive distributor of Nooyen

15/11/2006

Since October 1, 2006, Rotecna is the exclusive distributor for Nooyen in Spain and Portugal products. Paridera Nooyen is, without any doubt, the product of the firm Nooyen greater acceptance has been achieved in the pig livestock world. Rotecna, S.A. made the official presentation of the agreement during the celebration of the fair Expoaviga, in Barcelona, held from 17 to 20 October 2006.

Nooyen is a Dutch family business founded in 1978. Nooyen family had their own farm of pigs and was trying to discover how to improve the standard of hygiene in the paridera. The solution to this problem was to remove the manure from the paridera. For this reason, they invented a ground which would allow the manure to fall directly into the pit. This floor was made of round bars of iron in which each 20 mm had an opening of 10 mm.

The first floor were built was destined to his own farm in pigs. Before having to point the production of this soil, a swineherd colleague was so excited that he purchased these lands before them using on his own farm of pigs. After a time, many other farmers were interested in these soils. Then, the 6 brothers of the Nooyen family decided to go to the VIV to Utrecht, which is the agricultural fair in the Netherlands, where he was a huge interest in the soil of Nooyen.

The fair of 1978 was the beginning of the expansion of the business Nooyen. At first, they began to produce only for the Dutch market, but few years there was also interest from abroad and also began to sell land in other countries. Today, Nooyen sells its soils throughout the world.

The first important aspect in a paridera is hygiene. For this reason, Nooyen created a land of iron to replace the concrete. It was not only positive for hygiene but also for the cleaning of the same. These two reasons were the best selling point for the Dutch farmers to choose this product. If concrete is used in a paridera, there will always be more manure in the paridera and this will attract diseases. And also, in the concrete floor, manure does not fall so easily into the pit with a floor of iron.

The first produced soil was carried out with round bars. The great advantage of this way was the level of hygiene, and that it was very easy for the bristles to stand, although it was not the most optimal surface. For this reason, Nooyen started to conduct some experiments which have concluded that the ideal form of the bar should be in a triangle, to facilitate the manure to fall directly into the pit.

Later, and after much research, Nooyen noted that in the paridera had to create two different climates: the temperature should be fresh for the sow and warm for piglets. For this reason, Nooyen decided to develop the material "supercoated" with a layer of plastic that covers all the metal.

This material is, at the same time, warm for the lechoncitos and soft so that they may not suffer any damage. Independent places testing trial in the Netherlands confirmed that the layer of plastic material is better for piglets. Another advantage of the layer of plastic material is that it is very easy to clean.

Nooyen made the industry of the farms of sows in the Netherlands capable of reaching a very high production level. With his experience, Nooyen is convinced that Rotecna, S.A. will also be able to make an important contribution in the improvement of the technical results in Spain and Portugal.