The Nutrave poultry company in Bargas (Toledo) is running an R&D project with a budget of €1 million over three years in partnership with the CDTI (Centre for Industrial Technological Development).

The basic lines of action of the study are: to design new high value-added products, study the process of increasing appreciation of hen meat and its by-products and assess the impact of automation on the quality and efficiency of the combined chicken and hen slaughtering systems.

Nutrave S.A. closed the 2009 financial year with a turnover of €21.65 million, 8.35% more than in the previous year.