In a January 14th release, Jonathan Cade, president of Hy-Line International, announced the appointment of Eduardo de Souza Pinto as president of Operations effective March 1st 2022.  In this role he will be responsible for internal production, exports, administration, and logistics.  He was most recently president of the Americas for Valo Biomedia, an affiliate company, producing SPF eggs.

Dr. Travis Schaal will serve as Technical Director for Operations responsible for biosecurity, welfare, veterinary activities, and lab services.  Dr. Schaal will also provide technical assistance to the Global Technical Services Department reporting directly to the president.

Dr. Danny Lubritz will continue to focus on research and development, leading a team of geneticists and technicians.

In commenting on the appointments, Jonathan Cade noted, “By creating these very clear and dedicated areas of our business, we all believe we can bring improvement in our genetics and GP and PS quality to the field faster with enhanced focus on biosecurity, quality, sales, marketing and technical support.”