As a globally responsible business, Datamars is looking closely at how waste is created and managed through its business with the view to eliminate or minimise. The attention on waste is one part of a broader companywide sustainability focus that is anchored within Datamars’ overall company strategy. Waste from its operations is viewed in [...]
Datamars announced today that it has acquired animal handling equipment company, Prattley Industries Ltd. With this strategic move, Datamars combines its own livestock traceability and productivity solutions with Prattley’s world leading handling solutions to offer a complete package for livestock producers around the world. The acquisition is a further step in line with Datamars’ [...]
We continue our “Spotlight on” series where you get to meet some of our amazing employees from all around the globe, hear what it means to them to work for Datamars and learn more about their world outside of work. Meet Silvia Primi, Head of Marketing and Communications for the global Textile ID business, [...]
In Methven, New Zealand, Barry Flynn milks a 620-strong Friesian herd on 196Ha. He’s implemented Datamars Livestock’s Tru-Test Automated Heat Monitoring with Tru- Test Active Tag collar solution to track cow behaviour and improve animal health and breeding performance. We wanted to explore how we could improve our breeding performance. One key strategy for [...]
Datamars Spain has put much effort into its waste management practices in recent years, including clear in-house sorting protocols and staff training. Alongside significant reduction and reuse activity which reduces the total amount of waste from operations, 100% of all remaining waste is recycled (70% of waste being paper and board). This importantly means [...]
Agtrac, the agricultural service provider that Datamars owns 51% of, developed a solution encompassing Datamars Livestock software, readers and training to accurately and effortlessly test and track animals for tuberculosis disease in New Zealand. On-behalf of OSPRI, AsureQuality tested over 2.6 million animals in a year. Datamars was the only provider able to provide [...]
Pig farming is one of the fastest growing livestock activities in Uganda, increasing not just food production, but also income and employment. In 2020 Datamars partnered with the Roslin Institute, a word-leading institute for animal science research, with genetics specialists AbacusBio and Ugandan based organisations Vetline Services and Makere University on ‘PigBoost’. PigBoost is [...]
Through our “Spotlight on” series you get to meet some of our amazing employees from around the world and hear what working for Datamars looks like for them. In this edition we meet Alice Arnoldi, Product Manager – Pet Identification, based in Switzerland. Tell us about your personal background? I am Italian and graduated [...]
At the beginning of this month the Datamars Brisbane team reached a whopping 1308 lost time injury free days, and those numbers continue to grow. This is no mean feat, so we spoke to the Datamars Australia Operations Manager, Grant McVie, about how he cultivates a safety-first culture in the workplace to achieve this. [...]
As part of our Datamars ‘Spotlight On’ series, Juliette Banks, Communications Manager, caught up with Davide Mazzarella, Injection Molding Technician, based in Slovakia. Tell us about your personal background I grew up in Ivrea, a town in the province of Turin, in Italy. I studied advertising graphics at school even though I felt it [...]
