Who is “Balticovo”?

“Balticovo” has been operating since 1972 and is currently the largest producer of eggs and egg products in Northern Europe – our hens lay more than 600 million eggs per year.

The company products are available in the shops, and used in the hotels, restaurants and households of Latvia, but the majority – about 70% – of the products, are exported to several European Union countries and other countries in the world, in total – to 20 countries.

“Balticovo” quality control is performed from the production of poultry feed, poultry farming and egg production, to sorting, packaging and the production of various egg products. We do not want to create waste, we turn it into a resource: we process manure into biogas, from which electricity is produced. “Balticovo” has its own accredited laboratory that controls raw materials and products.

The products offered by the company are healthy and such can only be produced by healthy chickens in a safe environment. This is our main driving force of innovation – to ensure that the result of our joint work is safe and valuable. We have developed the rearing of laying hens outside cages. Such barn of free-range hens is located in the Madona area, as well as cooperation with farmers ensures that we can supply consumers with all four categories of eggs, cage-laid (3), barn-laid (2), free-range (1), and also organic eggs (0).

We are constantly looking for new ways to improve our performance, while at the same time making our daily lives easier. Time-tested value – a motivated and cohesive team – allows us to introduce innovations. “Balticovo” is a place, where every employee is heard, and where the suggestion of every person can become a solution to the problem.

Management team

Vladimir Mkhitaryan

Chief executive officer

Toms Auškāps

Director of Communication and Development

Sergejs Plotnikovs

Chief operating officer

Vjačeslavs Kočetkovs

Commercial Director

Ovsanna Mikhaylovskaya

Director of Poultry Production

Alvis Vītols

Director of Quality Department and Laboratory

Līga Lazdāne

HR Director

Alexei Smirnov

Director of the technical department

IVARS BEŅISLAVSKIS

Director of food production departament

Jūlija Galkina

Financial director

Aurika Ratkeviča

Director of the Procurement Department

Facts

310

EMPLOYEES

70%

EXPORT

50M

EUR PER YEAR
TURNOVER

Mission

Our mission is to think in the long run, not only about the company, but also about the people, who work and will work here, about the chickens, who are our main producers, about the environment and nature, whose resources we use, as well as about the society, which is ultimately not only our support, but also our customer.

Neither “Balticovo”, nor Latvia is isolated from the rest of the world; therefore, by taking our priorities that are provided below into account, we are also striving towards the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN – each of our initiatives helps to solve global problems.

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Customers

We are proud of and highly appreciate every customer of our company.

Export

The products manufactured by JSC “Balticovo” have gained the trust of consumers both in Latvia and beyond its borders. JSC “Balticovo” provides the delivery of the produced eggs and egg products to customers not only in Latvia, but also in other countries. Products are exported to other Baltic states and also more than 20 other countries: to the Scandinavian countries, Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Belgium, as well as to the African and Middle East region.

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Production

3.1 MILLION BIRDS

Our herd consists of both pullets and laying hens, which we take care of on a daily basis, and we provide them with the best conditions for laying eggs.

2 MILLION EGGS PER DAY

This is how many eggs are laid by our chickens every day. Part of the shell eggs are packaged, and part of the eggs are used for processing into liquid and boiled egg products.

100 000 TONNES OF FEED PER YEAR

Every day each hen eats about 120 grams of feed, which we carefully prepare from grains supplied by local farmers.

Quality control

IN ALL STAGES OF PRODUCTION
1
PRODUCTION OF BIRD FEED
2
BREEDING OF PULLETS
3
EGG PRODUCTION
4
EGG SORTING
5
MANUFACTURING OF EGG PRODUCTS
6
SALES AND LOGISTICS

Quality and food safety systems

Production according to HACCP

“Balticovo” accredited laboratory, ISO 17025 standard

State Veterinary Control

History

The state-owned company “IECAVAS putnu fabrika” is established.

Construction of multi-storey hen stalls with a modern egg collection and transportation system is begun. Production capacity reaches more than 140 million eggs per year.

Egg powder is launched on the market.

The company changes its name to “Balticovo”.

“BALTICOVO” becomes a 100% private company owned by Latvian entrepreneurs.

The first large-scale investments and development in the construction of a new, modern equipment hen farm for more than 100 000 birds.

Reconstruction of a hen feed production workshop.

The egg production workshop is launched.

The hen feed plant and storage facility for 24 000 tonnes are constructed.

Nine modern laying hen stalls for 1.63 million birds begin their work and the operation of a powerful egg sorting centre is launched.

Production plant of boiled eggs launches its operation, which produces boiled peeled eggs.

Liquid egg products (egg whites, pancake dough) are launched on the market.

Production of quail eggs is begun.

The first large-sized free-range hen stall in the Baltics is opened.

A production line for filling egg products in “Tetra pak” packaging is opened.

Retail

Wholesale

GRAIN PURCHASE

We purchase grain and rapeseed for producing feed for laying hens. Ensuring that the laying hens have a balanced diet is the key to success; therefore, Balticovo chicken feed contains wheat, corn, barley, rapeseed cake, sunflower and soybean sprouts, rapeseed oil, yeast and other natural, organic feed additives in various proportions. We produce the feed ourselves in order to fully control the ingredients, to provide high-quality, healthy, safe and tasty egg production.  

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EU projects

JSC “Balticovo” has purposefully and responsibly participated in several European Union research, export promotion, innovation and development projects, by participating in which and by successfully involving educational institutions and IT and communication companies, as well as by developing the agricultural sector in Latvia, several research and innovative development projects have been implemented.


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