News & Insights

Innovations from the barn up

Updates from Kaleter on equipment, installations, and completed projects.

Stainless steel rotary feed spreader on a wheeled tripod frame

2026-09-10

How the Rotary Feed Spreader Works

The rotary spreader casts feed across the floor in a circle rather than presenting it at a pan, which covers more ground and suits birds that move around the house.

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White Dew solar term poster showing reed plumes against a pale autumn sky

Seasonal

2026-09-07

White Dew Arrives and the Nights Turn Cooler

White Dew (Bai Lu) is the third solar term of autumn and the gentlest line between summer and autumn, a short seasonal note from Kaleter.

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Pan feed line running the full length of a poultry house over plastic slat flooring

Product Spotlight

2026-09-04

The Hen Pan Feeding System Explained

A look at the pan feeding system built for hens: PP pans with an adjustable grill, twelve feed level settings, and 12 to 14 birds served per pan.

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God of Wealth Festival poster with traditional gold ingot and lantern motifs

Seasonal

2026-09-03

The God of Wealth Festival

The twenty-second day of the seventh lunar month is the traditional God of Wealth Festival, a day for wishing businesses and households a steady, comfortable year.

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Bank of tunnel fans in the end wall of a poultry house, seen from inside

Product Spotlight

2026-09-01

House Climate Control Needs to Change When Autumn Arrives

Autumn brings warm days and fast-cooling nights, and the swing between them is what causes trouble. Minimum ventilation and inlet control matter more now than chasing a low temperature.

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Four fruit-topped birthday cakes with Happy Birthday toppers, set out for the celebration

Company News

2026-08-31

Celebrating Our August Birthdays Together

Kaleter held its August employee birthday celebration, a simple gathering with cake and good wishes for everyone born this month.

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Control cabinet in a poultry house with bundled cable running into it from a wire tray

Product Spotlight

2026-08-29

Why Poultry House Wiring Is Laid Out the Way It Is

Straight, zoned cable runs in a poultry house are a working requirement, not a finish. They shorten repairs, protect insulation, and keep sensor data clean.

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An international team at Kaleter's Zhucheng facility, gathered under flags from their home countries

Company News

2026-08-25

China Agricultural University Interns Complete Summer Program at Kaleter

International students from China Agricultural University wrapped up a two-month internship at Kaleter's Zhucheng facility, alongside a round of new-employee reviews the same week.

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Kaleter employees, their children and the new school backpacks in a group photo under the event banner

Company News

2026-08-24

Kaleter Holds Its 2026 Student Support Event

Kaleter welcomed employees and their school-age children to the plant for its annual student support event, with gifts for the students, a few words from the children themselves, and a tour of the showroom.

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Kaleter's booth at VIV Select China 2026 in Shanghai, with the Kaleter sign above the stand and visitors on the floor

Company News

2026-08-20

Kaleter at VIV Select China 2026 in Shanghai

Kaleter brought layer cages, enriched colony housing, broiler catching cages and breeder floor rearing systems to VIV Select China 2026, and met customers from China and abroad at booth H1-C1421.

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Interior of a Kaleter broiler floor-raising house with pan feeding and drinking lines running the length of the building

Company News

2026-08-14

Broiler Expansion in China and the Equipment Behind It

Dozens of large broiler companies committed more than 9 billion yuan to new and expanded projects in the first half of 2026. Every one of those builds needs a barn system specified.

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Kaleter family mobile chicken house on wheels, standing on grass with the run door open

Product Spotlight

2026-08-13

Kaleter Mobile Chicken Houses, from 30 Birds to 400

Five movable houses built for small-scale and courtyard flocks, from a 30-bird tunnel run up to a 400-bird multi-tier unit with solar storage.

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Aerial view of the Kaleter manufacturing plant in Zhucheng, Shandong, with farmland behind it

Company News

2026-08-12

How Zhucheng Built Up Its Broiler and Hog Industry

Kaleter equipment is built in Zhucheng, Shandong, which is also the largest production base for poultry processing equipment in China. A look at the industry that grew up around it.

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A long run of Kaleter evaporative cooling pad installed along the side wall of a poultry house

Product Spotlight

2026-08-11

How Cooling Pads Bring Down the Temperature in a Poultry House

Once a layer house passes 28°C, heat stress starts costing eggs and feed conversion. Fans alone only go so far, and a cooling pad system is what makes up the difference.

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Broiler breeders standing on white PP slat flooring in a Kaleter-equipped poultry house, with a red drinker line running down the row

Product Spotlight

2026-08-10

Kaleter PP Slat Flooring for Poultry Houses

Kaleter's PP slat flooring keeps birds off their manure, resists corrosion, and installs on uneven floors with adjustable legs that take up 10 cm of height difference.

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Beginning of Autumn (Li Qiu) poster with golden rice fields, a swallow in flight, and a farmhouse in the hills

Seasonal

2026-08-07

Beginning of Autumn Arrives While Summer Lingers

Beginning of Autumn (Li Qiu) opens the autumn half of the year, though the heat has not finished with us yet, a short seasonal note from Kaleter.

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Kaleter's invitation poster for VIV Select China 2026 in Shanghai, booth H1-C1421

Company News

2026-08-05

Kaleter Heads to VIV Select China 2026 in Shanghai

Kaleter is heading to Shanghai for VIV Select China 2026, August 19-21, where the team will show its full range of intelligent poultry farming equipment at booth H1-C1421.

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Kaleter and Munters Group-Hotraco Agri representatives at the signing ceremony stage

Company News

2026-07-31

Kaleter Signs Cooperation Agreement with Netherlands' Munters Group-Hotraco Agri

Kaleter signed a cooperation agreement with the Netherlands' Munters Group-Hotraco Agri covering climate control systems for cage-free housing, opening a new channel between the Chinese and European markets.

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A fruit-topped birthday cake decorated with a gold Happy Birthday script for Kaleter's July celebration

Company News

2026-07-31

Warmth in July: Celebrating Our July Birthdays Together

Kaleter hosted a company-wide birthday celebration for July-born employees, complete with cake and warm wishes for the year ahead.

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More than 150 attendees gathered for the opening session of the Third Cage-Free Layer Hen Development Forum

Company News

2026-07-30

Third Cage-Free Layer Hen Development Forum Concludes in Zhucheng

More than 150 industry leaders, farmers, and experts gathered in Zhucheng for the Third Cage-Free Layer Hen Development Forum, capped by a new signing between Kaleter and the Netherlands' Hotraco Agri.

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Kaleter booth display at the Third Cage-Free Layer Hen Development Forum

Company News

2026-07-26

Kaleter Prepares for the Third Cage-Free Layer Hen Development Forum

Preparations are complete. Kaleter is ready to welcome industry colleagues to its booth as the Third Cage-Free Layer Hen Development Forum opens tomorrow.

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Major Heat (Dashu) poster with lotus pond artwork and koi fish

Seasonal

2026-07-23

Major Heat Marks the Peak of Summer

Major Heat (Dashu) marks the hottest, most humid stretch of summer, the last of the year's six summer solar terms, a short seasonal note from Kaleter.

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Interior of a Kaleter cage-free floor-raising house with hens on multi-tier platforms

Company News

2026-07-21

Kaleter Equipment Earns US Animal Welfare Certification

Kaleter's cage-free floor-raising and welfare cage equipment have both passed independent US animal welfare certification, confirmed by an on-site audit of Kaleter's factory and a partner farm.

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Kaleter recognized on stage during the awards ceremony at the 15th International Poultry Forum

Company News

2026-07-19

Kaleter Wins Innovation Award at 15th International Poultry Forum

Kaleter attended the 15th International Poultry Forum in Nantong, China and won the 2026 China Poultry Equipment Industry Innovation Benchmark Award.

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Kaleter's AI inspection robot moving down a center aisle between rows of layer cages

Product Spotlight

2026-07-17

Kaleter's AI Inspection Robot Finds Hens That Have Stopped Laying

Kaleter's intelligent inspection robot uses AI vision to identify unproductive hens and check egg quality automatically, replacing the slow, error-prone manual method used on most large-scale egg farms.

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Interior of a Kaleter multi-tier layer house with hens moving freely between levels

Company News

2026-07-16

Kaleter's Welfare Farming Is Why Its Eggs Are Safe to Eat Raw

Japan and Korea grade eggs for raw eating by controlling contamination at the source. Kaleter has followed the same logic since 2016, moving into cage-free, welfare-style layer farming to produce naturally safe, high quality eggs.

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Kaleter small family mobile chicken house on grass at dusk, with the Kaleter facility in the background

Product Spotlight

2026-07-10

Kaleter's Compact Mobile Chicken House Is Built for Home Flocks

Kaleter's small family mobile chicken house is sized for backyard and household flocks, with a two-level layout, self-collecting eggs, and outside feeding built in.

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Close-up of day-old chicks feeding inside a four-tier welfare broiler cage

Product Spotlight

2026-07-09

Kaleter's Broiler Cage Lets Day-Old Chicks Feed on Their Own

Kaleter's welfare-style broiler cage is built so one-day-old chicks can feed themselves as soon as they arrive, with cage spacing, feeding, and ventilation designed around chick welfare and uniform growth.

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Kaleter employees lining up for an on-site health checkup at the factory

Company News

2026-07-09

Kaleter Brings Free Health Checkups to the Factory Floor

Kaleter organized a free, on-site health checkup for frontline production employees, bringing a professional medical team directly into the factory so no one had to leave the plant.

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Minor Heat (Xiaoshu) poster with lotus artwork

Seasonal

2026-07-06

Minor Heat Marks the Start of High Summer

Minor Heat (Xiaoshu) marks the official start of high summer, a short seasonal note from Kaleter.

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Interior tunnel view of a four-tier broiler cage house with rows of cages and ventilation fans

Company News

2026-07-05

3.5 Million Birds a Year: Kaleter Completes Four-Tier Broiler Cage EPC Project

Kaleter has completed a turnkey EPC project for a four-tier broiler cage system rated at 3.5 million birds a year, combining top-tier climate control, redesigned caging, and high-efficiency ventilation in one standardized build.

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Kaleter Farm ICX environmental controllers mounted on a poultry house wall

Product Spotlight

2026-07-05

France's Poultry Heat Crisis Is a Case for Automated Climate Control

Extreme heat has devastated poultry farms across France this summer. It is a stark reminder that automated climate control is essential at commercial scale. Here is how Kaleter's environmental control system keeps flocks safe when temperatures spike.

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Row of Kaleter mobile chicken houses under trees on a pasture at a countryside resort

Product Spotlight

2026-07-03

Kaleter Mobile Chicken Houses Bring Full Transparency to Farm-Fresh Eggs

At a countryside resort, Kaleter's mobile chicken houses let visitors see exactly how their eggs are raised, which turns the farming process itself into a selling point.

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Two Kaleter mobile chicken houses loaded on a flatbed truck ready for shipment

Company News

2026-07-02

Two Kaleter Mobile Chicken Houses Ship Out to Hebei

Kaleter shipped two mobile chicken houses to Hebei this week, extending its flagship flexible-farming product deeper into one of North China's core poultry regions.

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Halfway Through 2026: A Midyear Note from Kaleter

Seasonal

2026-07-01

Halfway Through 2026: A Midyear Note from Kaleter

As July begins and the year reaches its halfway point, a short thank-you from the Kaleter team to everyone who keeps our farms and partners running strong.

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Assorted cake slices laid out for Kaleter's June birthday celebration

Company News

2026-06-30

Warmth in June: Celebrating Our June Birthdays Together

Kaleter hosted a company-wide birthday celebration for June-born employees, complete with cake, a shared meal, and warm wishes for the year ahead.

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Row of Kaleter smart feed pans installed along a broiler house feed line

Company News

2026-06-28

Kaleter Wins Bid for Zhucheng Waimao's Broiler Welfare Farming Project

Kaleter's self-developed feed pans, perching frames, and activity platforms were selected for Zhucheng Waimao's new cage-free broiler welfare project.

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Shenglong Group delegation visiting Kaleter's facility

Company News

2026-06-26

Warmly Welcoming Shenglong Group's Visit to Kaleter for Inspection and Research

To deepen strategic cooperation and empower industrial collaborative development, the core client team from Shenglong Group visited Kaleter's production base for an on-site inspection and research tour.

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Four Kaleter high-temperature manure fermentation tanks installed at a farm site

Product Spotlight

2026-06-24

New Rules Put the Spotlight on Kaleter's Manure Fermentation Tanks

New regulations make compliant manure treatment mandatory. A look at the fermentation tank Kaleter already builds to that standard.

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Father's Day poster with silhouette of father and child on a mountain ridge

Seasonal

2026-06-20

Father's Day: A Love That Holds Steady Like a Mountain

On Father's Day, a short reflection on the quiet, steady support fathers give, no fancy words needed.

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Summer Solstice poster with green mountain landscape and crane

Seasonal

2026-06-20

Summer Solstice: The Longest Day of the Year

The summer solstice marks the longest day of the year, a short seasonal note from Kaleter.

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Boxes of fresh eggs prepared as Dragon Boat Festival gifts for Kaleter employees

Seasonal

2026-06-18

Happy Dragon Boat Festival from Kaleter

As the Dragon Boat Festival approached, Kaleter shared festive gifts with every employee as thanks for their hard work.

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Kaleter employees in red safety helmets attending a safety training session

Company News

2026-06-17

Safety Production Month: Expert-Led Training Across the Company

For National Work Safety Month, Kaleter brought in outside safety experts for company-wide training on hazard awareness and emergency response.

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Laying house cage system with red privacy curtains installed

Product Spotlight

2026-06-16

Why Modern Laying Boxes Need Privacy Curtains

Privacy curtains replicate the dark, secluded nesting spot hens instinctively look for, cutting stray eggs, pecking, and stress.

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Suspended hen chain feeding line hanging from the ceiling of a poultry house

Product Spotlight

2026-06-14

Inside Kaleter's Hen Chain Feeding Line System

How Kaleter's hen chain feeding line works, the three ways it installs, and the built-in design that keeps roosters out of the hens' feed.

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Kaleter employees in a training session wearing red safety helmets

Company News

2026-06-14

Saturday Special Training: Reimbursement, BOM, and Equipment Skills

Kaleter ran a company-wide Saturday training covering financial reimbursement, bill-of-materials practices, and chain feeding line equipment.

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Product Spotlight

2026-06-12

Inside Kaleter's Modular Steel-Structure Farm Building System

A look at the four module types that make up Kaleter's modular steel-structure poultry house: gable walls, standard sections, cross-bracing, and cooling pads.

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Kaleter slatted-floor automatic broiler cage

Product Spotlight

2026-06-09

Broiler Catching Cages: Two Automatic Systems (Part 2)

Part 2: Kaleter's two automatic broiler cage systems (slatted-floor and chain-type) and how they differ.

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Broiler house interior with rows of feeders under a fully enclosed roof

Product Spotlight

2026-06-09

Beat Summer Heat Stress: Inside Kaleter's Poultry House Environment Controller

Kaleter's IoT-based environment controller runs a closed-loop sense-transmit-analyze-act cycle to keep broiler houses stable through hot weather.

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Kaleter single-sided manual broiler catching cage

Product Spotlight

2026-06-08

Broiler Catching Cages Explained: Single-Sided vs. Back-to-Back

Kaleter offers two manual broiler catching cages, single-sided and back-to-back. Here's the difference, and what they share.

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Seasonal

2026-06-06

Grain in Ear: A Season of Harvest and Planting

Marking Grain in Ear, the early-summer season of harvesting ripe crops and sowing the next.

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Kaleter booth at VIV Europe 2026 in Utrecht

Company News

2026-06-06

Kaleter on the Global Stage at VIV Europe 2026

Kaleter brought its full equipment lineup to VIV Europe 2026 in Utrecht, the Netherlands, connecting with producers and partners from around the world.

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Product Spotlight

2026-06-03

Inside Kaleter's Fully Automated Farm-Wide Feed Conveying System

How Kaleter moves feed from central silos to every house with zero manual hauling: central storage, one-touch control, precision weighing, closed-loop delivery, and electric drop valves.

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