Chore-Time® News
MILFORD, Indiana, U.S.A. — Chore-Time has introduced direct-drive models of its innovative ENDURA® Fan. The new 57-inch direct-drive fans meet grower requests for low maintenance, while maximizing energy efficiency through variable-speed capabilities.
Low MaintenanceWith no belts, pulleys...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, U.S.A. — Michael Orgill has been promoted to Engineering Manager for Chore-Time, according to Jeff Miller, Vice President and General Manager of the CTB Inc. business unit. Orgill’s new duties include leading a team of engineers and support staff responsible for...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, U.S.A. — Chore-Time has updated its CHORE-TRONICS® 3 Controller with features to help poultry producers optimize productivity. The most significant upgrades focus on automatically adjusting the environment of poultry houses to enhance bird comfort and health. These...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, U.S.A. — Drexel Sales has been named Operations Manager for Chore-Time, according to Jeff Miller, Vice President and General Manager of the CTB Inc. business unit. In his new position, Sales will be responsible for overseeing Chore-Time’s production facilities in...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, U.S.A. — The KONAVI® Poult Feeding System has a unique open-style design with a green center cone that makes feed highly visible and helps attract young birds. The sloped sides of the cone also keep turkeys from getting inside the pan and soiling the feed. The KONAVI...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, U.S.A. — Chore-Time introduces the Omniflux Air Inlet, which provides independent control over both air speed and direction. This gives operators more control over the air flow in their houses than was previously possible. Traditional inlets are designed to be most efficient...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, U.S.A. — Chore-Time has partnered with Heatstar AG to offer JET™ Radiant Tube Heaters and COMFORTER™ Radiant Tube Heaters for superior heating efficiency and improved bird performance in poultry houses. Now available in the U.S. and Canada, the low-intensity...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, U.S.A. — Kevin Alger has been promoted to Sales Manager for Chore-Time for the United States and Canada, according to Jeff Miller, Vice President and General Manager for the CTB, Inc. business unit. In his new role, Alger will be responsible for leading Chore-Time’s...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, U.S.A. — Herman Engel has been promoted to Operations Director for Chore-Time Europe, according to Jeff Miller, Vice President and General Manager for CTB, Inc.’s Chore-Time Group business unit. In his new position, Engel will be responsible for driving a culture of...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, U.S.A. — Paul Janssen has been named Sales Director for Chore-Time Europe, according to Jeff Miller, Vice President and General Manager for CTB, Inc.’s Chore-Time Group business unit. In his new position, Janssen will be responsible for overseeing Chore-Time and Volito...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, U.S.A. — Daniel Etulain has been named Asia Sales Manager for Chore-Time, according to Jeff Miller, Vice President and General Manager for the CTB, Inc. business unit. In his new position, Etulain will be responsible for overseeing Chore-Time product sales for the Asia...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, U.S.A. – The following is a statement from Jeff Miller, Vice President and General Manager of Chore-Time:
“On behalf of Chore-Time, our thoughts go out to all of those affected by Hurricane Florence. We know that many of our partners in the path of this storm have...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, U.S.A. — Mindy Brooks has joined Chore-Time as the Global Marketing Director, according to Jeff Miller, Vice President and General Manager for the CTB, Inc. division. In her new role, Brooks will be responsible to enhance the Chore-Time global brand position by partnering...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, U.S.A. — Chore-Time has reinvented its E-Z START® Feeder with new outlet drop tubes that stow completely out of the way when not in use. This innovation helps get birds off to a good start and maximizes productivity by allowing growing birds unobstructed access to all...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, U.S.A. — Jeff Harville has been named Plant Manager for Chore-Time’s manufacturing facility located in Decatur, Alabama, according to Mike Mukensturm, Operations Manager of CTB’s Chore‐Time Group (CTG) business unit. Harville will be responsible for the overall...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, U.S.A. — Bob Christenson has been named the Product Manager for Controls for Chore-Time, according to Jim Kraft, Engineering Manager for the CTB, Inc. business unit. As product manager, Christenson will oversee development of Chore-Time's CHORE-TRONICS® line of...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, U.S.A. — Chore-Time (www.choretime.com) now offers the Volution Rearing System as part of its acquisition of the Volito Group, a Netherlands-based designer and manufacturer of cage-free egg production systems. The Volution System boasts lower labor needs than competitive...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, U.S.A. — Chore-Time now offers Vike Aviary Systems as part of its acquisition of the Volito Group, a Netherlands-based designer and manufacturer of cage-free egg production systems. These aviary systems are proven to provide outstanding results with multiple configurations...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, U.S.A. — Chore-Time introduces its Valego Nest Systems, available as floor nests and as integrated nests in Chore-Time® Aviary Systems. The nests’ proven product design is now offered from Chore-Time through its acquisition of the Volito Group, a Netherlands-based...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, U.S.A. — Frank Luttels has been named Layer Product Manager for Chore-Time, according to Dave Laurenz, Global Director of Marketing for the CTB, Inc. business unit. In his new position, Luttels will be responsible for managing product lines, developing marketing plans, and...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, U.S.A. — The KONAVI® Feeding System features an open-style pan design that is lower to the floor and provides easier access for birds to eat from day one. In spite of the low pan height, the feeder’s patented design deters birds from getting inside the pan and...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, U.S.A. — The recently updated CHORE-TRONICS® 3 Controller provides operators with new ways to monitor and manage productivity in their poultry houses. Enhanced features include control of drinker line water columns, zoned sprinklers and multiple variable-speed fans....
moreMILFORD, Indiana, U.S.A. — Chore-Time has launched a new Mobile App that lets poultry managers monitor and control their poultry house systems using their mobile phone or device.Growers can interact with their CHORE-TRONICS® 3 System remotely using a mobile server and an Android™ or...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, U.S.A. — Chore-Time, a leading worldwide supplier of poultry and egg production equipment, today announced that Jeff Miller has been named Vice President and General Manager of CTB’s Chore-Time Group division, according to Doug Niemeyer, President and Chief Operating...
moreMILFORD, Ind., U.S.A., November 8, 2016 – CTB, Inc. today announced that it has acquired the Volito Group B.V., a designer and manufacturer of cage-free layer housing systems. The company has three locations in the Netherlands, including its headquarters in Veenendaal and manufacturing plants...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, U.S.A. — Chore-Time has launched a new website at www.choretime.com. The redesign was undertaken to better serve Chore-Time’s customers through improved website functionality, navigation and multilingual capabilities.Featuring responsive design, the new Chore-Time...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, U.S.A. — Building on the success of its REVOLUTION® Broiler Feeding System, Chore-Time recently introduced a floor flood feeder model with many of the advanced features found on its premium feeders. The Chore-Time REVOLUTION Floor Flood Feeder lets you add more comfort,...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, U.S.A. — Chore-Time's LIBERTY® Broiler Feeder’s open grill provides easy access to feed for broilers of all ages and weights. With just four grill struts, the LIBERTY Feeder features openings in the top of the grill to deliver light and air to birds while...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, U.S.A. — Chore-Time, a division of CTB, Inc., held its annual distributor reception and awards presentation on January 25, 2016. The event was held at Ventanas overlooking downtown Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. Chore-Time distributors from around the world attended the...
moreMILFORD, Ind., U.S.A. — On Friday, October 30, 2015, Chore-Time celebrated a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the official opening of its $7.1 million building expansion. Milford and county officials who helped cut the ribbon included Milford Town Council members Bob Cockburn and Doug Ruch,...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, U.S.A. — Chore-Time, a division of CTB, Inc., today announced that it has purchased the intellectual property, including all manufacturing and marketing rights, associated with the CUBO™ Line of air destratifying and heating systems from CGM S.R.L. of Cuneo,...
morePoultry Specialties, an authorized independent Chore-Time distributor serving Virginia and West Virginia, recently hosted an open house attended by over 200 customers at the distributorship's new 32,400 square foot facility located in Broadway, Virginia, U.S.A.
Poultry Specialties offers turn-key...
morePANNINGEN, Netherlands — Chore-Time Europe B.V., part of CTB’s Chore-Time Group, hosted a regional sales meeting in Viseu, Portugal in May 2015 for European distributors of its poultry and egg production systems. Participants included 40 distributor personnel from 19 different...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, U.S.A. — Chore-Time, a division of CTB, Inc., hosted a global sales and technical service training meeting in November at its headquarters in Milford, Indiana, U.S.A. The group included 38 professionals from the U.S., Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and...
moreMILFORD, Ind., U.S.A. – CTB, Inc.'s Chore-Time Group division announced today its plans to expand its manufacturing operations at its headquarters in Milford, Indiana.
Chore-Time will invest $7.11 million to construct and equip a 45,000-square-foot (4,180-square-meter) addition to...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, U.S.A. – Chore-Time hosted a regional sales meeting in Bali, Indonesia, in June for Asian distributors of its poultry and egg production systems. In attendance were 44 people, representing 14 distributorships from 11 different countries.
A variety of topics were addressed...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, USA - Chore-Time introduces its high-performance ENDURA® fan. Featuring a long glass fiber composite shroud for durability and corrosion resistance, the patented with additional patents pending fan produces 27,100 CFM and 23 CFM/Watt performance at a static pressure of 0.10...
moreMILFORD, Ind., U.S.A. – CTB, Inc. (www.ctbinc.com) finalized its acquisition of Meyn Holding B.V., the parent company of Meyn Food Processing Technology B.V. (www.meyn.com), based in Oostzaan, the Netherlands. Meyn is a leading designer and manufacturer of poultry processing systems and...
moreMILFORD, Ind., U.S.A., July 24, 2012 — A group of more than 600 Milford-based employees and many retired employees gathered on July 17, 2012, at CTB’s Conference Center in Milford, Indiana, to celebrate the Company’s 60th anniversary. CTB (www.ctbinc.com) was founded as...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, USA - Chore-Time's unique RELIA-FLOW® Nipple Drinker has been designed for a reliable, university-confirmed flow rate consistent with the way birds actually drink. The resulting nipple drinker helps poultry producers provide an optimum water flow rate to their birds to meet...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, USA - Chore-Time offers poultry producers convenient control of the water pressure levels in all nipple drinker lines in the house with its updated PDS Controls. With Chore-Time's PDS (Pneumatic Drinking System) Controls, users can change the pressure in all lines in the...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, USA - Chore-Time has announced the release of its LIBERTY® Feeder for poults and for turkey hens up to 12 weeks of age.
Bird Positioning Ring
Chore-Time's LIBERTY® Feeder features a green feed cone with an incorporated Bird Positioning Ring to encourage birds to eat from...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, USA - Turkey producers can give their turkey poults a great start with Chore-Time's ADVANTI-FLOW® Nipple Drinker. The nipple drinker's uniquely designed discs attract poults to the drinkers and direct water as birds drink. Dual catch cups under the discs help...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, USA - Chore-Time has introduced a Run-Time Monitor for poultry feeder lines. Part of Chore-Time’s CHORE-TRONICS® line of controls and software, the Monitor can be connected to every feeder line in a poultry house to track daily run time per line. Each Monitor...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, USA - Chore-Time’s new Tunnel Doors offer poultry producers improved in-house air mixing and potential energy savings for tunnel ventilation systems. The innovative tunnel doors produce a cyclonic air movement that shoots air upwards and then swirls it down and around from...
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MILFORD, Indiana, USA - Chore-Times CHORE-TRONICS® Ethernet Local Talk (ELT) Interface converts information from CHORE-TRONICS® 2 Controls into a web-friendly format for viewing...
moreDid you know Chore-Time has an Air Speed Meter that can help you to verify tunnel fan performance by dependably measuring air flow? Working together with your CHORE-TRONICS® 2 Control, the air speed meter measures air flow over 125 feet per minute and can help assure that minimum airspeed is...
moreMILFORD, Indiana USA - Designed specifically for pullet and breeder applications, Chore-Time’s CHORE-TRONICS® 2 Breeder Edition Control makes breeder management easier with advanced features for whole house and egg room control.
The CHORE-TRONICS® 2 Breeder Edition Control includes...
moreMILFORD, Indiana USA - Chore-Time's Retro Box is designed for retrofitting an existing CHORE-TRONICS® Control to add expanded features and the capabilities of the newer generation CHORE-TRONICS® 2 Controls. The Retro Box converts CHORE-TRONICS Model 32 or 40 Controls to the...
moreMILFORD, Indiana, USA - Chore-Time's Modular Manure Belt Cage System offers egg producers the outstanding production performance they expect from Chore-Time, plus greater shipping simplicity, easier assembly and repair, and improved egg roll-out - all in an economical cage system designed for long...
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