Recently, a customer from Cameroon visited NPW’s headquarters in Qingdao for a two‑day on‑site inspection and business negotiation. The customer owns a large‑scale poultry farming operation in Cameroon and plans to build several modern farming facilities and integrated slaughtering plants. The purpose of the visit was to fully understand NPW’s technical capabilities, equipment manufacturing processes, and system integration capacity, and to conduct in‑depth discussions regarding specific project solutions.
📌 Project Scale and Requirements
Based on earlier communications, the customer plans to build multiple high‑standard poultry houses and slaughtering plants, including:
- Layer farms: Fully automatic H‑type stacked cage systems for 10,080 and 24,960 layers
- Broiler farms: Fully automatic H‑type chicken harvesting systems (with pull‑out floor) for 25,000 and 60,000 broilers
- Slaughterhouse: 800–1,000 BPH combined chicken & duck slaughter line, including by‑product processing and cold storage
- Supporting equipment: 50‑tonne BDF assembled water tank, manure solid‑liquid separation system, steel structure + polyurethane sandwich panel poultry houses, 400 kW diesel generator set, etc.
The entire project adopts a turnkey approach, covering civil works, steel structure, farming equipment, slaughter line, environmental treatment, cold chain storage, etc.
🏭 Factory Tour: Witnessing Manufacturing Strength
Accompanied by the NPW team, the customer toured:
- Sheet metal workshop: laser cutting, CNC punching, bending, welding – the customer appreciated the use of 304 stainless steel and robotic welding technology.
- Automated farming equipment assembly line: live demonstration of assembly and testing of H‑type cages, automatic feeding, drinking, manure removal, and egg collection systems.
- Slaughter equipment demo workshop: actual operation of a compact chicken & duck combined slaughter line (stunning, scalding, plucking, evisceration, pre‑chilling, cutting). The customer focused on hygienic design, ease of cleaning, and capacity flexibility.
- Manure treatment and tank assembly area: on‑site demonstration of screw press solid‑liquid separator and BDF water tank modular assembly – the customer acknowledged their structural strength and sealing performance.
🤝 Detailed Technical Discussions: Highlights and Customization
After the tour, the two sides held in‑depth technical discussions on each specific solution:
① Farming Equipment
- Layer and broiler cage systems: NPW explained the 3‑tier / 4‑tier H‑type cage structure, accuracy of automatic feeding metering, leak‑proof design of nipple drinkers, anti‑deviation technology of manure belts, and layout optimization of the central egg collection line.
- Chicken harvesting system (broilers): Focused on the pull‑out floor automatic harvesting system – by pulling the PVC floor, broilers drop onto the manure belt and are conveyed directly out of the house for loading, greatly reducing manual catching injuries and labor costs.
② Slaughtering and Processing
- Combined chicken & duck slaughter line: NPW demonstrated the ability to quickly switch between chicken and duck slaughter on one line by adjusting scalding tank temperature (58–62°C for chicken, 62–65°C for duck), rubber finger hardness on pluckers, and stunning parameters – meeting the customer’s required capacity of 800–1,000 BPH.
- By‑product processing: The customer showed strong interest in automatic chicken foot cutting, gizzard peeling equipment, and the spiral pre‑chiller. NPW provided detailed parameter comparisons and energy consumption analyses.
- Cold storage: For the –40°C blast freezer and –18°C cold rooms, the customer confirmed the use of international brand compressors (Bitzer / Copeland) and 150mm/200mm polyurethane insulation panels.
③ Civil Works and Environmental Protection
- Steel‑structure poultry houses: Confirmed Q355B hot‑dip galvanized portal frame + 50mm/75mm polyurethane sandwich panels. The customer compared the durability with ordinary galvanized cages (15‑year vs 5‑year warranty) and finally approved NPW’s material standards.
- Manure treatment: The customer agreed on a process combining screw press solid‑liquid separator and vibrating screen to treat 15 m³ of broiler manure and 5 m³ of layer manure per day, achieving dry manure loading and water recycling in compliance with environmental standards.
- Water and power supply: Confirmed one 50‑tonne BDF water tank per poultry house (elevated 5 m to ensure water pressure), plus a 400 kW Weichai diesel generator set as backup power for the slaughterhouse.
🌟 Customer Feedback and Next Steps
The customer remarked: “The factory management, equipment quality, and solution completeness at NPW far exceeded our expectations. From farming to slaughtering, from manure treatment to cold storage, you offer a true one‑stop service. Our technical discussions were very efficient, and many issues were resolved on the spot.”
The two sides signed a letter of intent on site, agreeing to finalise the equipment list, total price, and delivery schedule within one month. NPW will send a technical team to Cameroon for site survey and prepare detailed process layout drawings.
🔧 Significance of the Project
The implementation of this project will help the Cameroonian customer achieve:
- Farming: upgrade from traditional free‑range to fully automated caged systems, reducing labour costs by 60%.
- Slaughtering: upgrade from manual slaughter to mechanised lines, greatly improving food safety and capacity.
- Environmental protection: resource utilisation of manure, achieving zero‑discharge standards.
This project is another large‑scale agricultural integrated project for NPW in the West African market, following the successful cooperation in Côte d’Ivoire, further consolidating the company’s leading position as a provider of integrated poultry industry chain solutions in Africa.