SNC-Lavalin Agro is the primary engineering firm in France and Canada in the animal nutrition sector, from feed plants for hogs, cattle and poultry to pet food. This acknowledged expertise enables SNC-Lavalin to assist clients throughout the world. One example is Royal Canin, which has so far awarded projects to SNC-Lavalin in France, South Africa, Russia, United States, Great Britain & Canada. In 2002, the teams executed a world first by building a poultry feed plant in France that meets the sanitary requirements for human nutrition plants: strict “marching forward” technique and air filtration of facilities after thermal treatment of products.