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Dear American Calan customers and partners,

I am reaching out to provide an update on some of the work our team has been doing over the past few months. 

As many of you know our founder and my father Doug Briggs passed away unexpectedly on 6/30/23. Doug was a recognized expert on the feeding of dairy and beef cattle in the research environment. Over the 50 years since he founded Calan he built many lasting relationships with industry organizations and the people involved. He was humble but extremely proud of those relationships.  

Since founding American Calan in 1973 we have sold over 50,000 Calan Doors and 300 Data Rangers to the top research institutions all over the world. These feeding systems have been integral to the incredible research our customers have done.

One area Doug was not humble about is his belief that the Calan System is the best in the world for feeding animals during research studies. He never wavered on this and neither do we. He detailed his thoughts on this topic in a paper he wrote not long ago. We have made this available on our website at the following link: https://www.americancalan.com/researchers

Doug’s impact on Calan and the industry we serve will be felt for many years to come.  Our employees and the Briggs family are committed to our future in full support of our customers and partners around the world.

What We’re Up To

Since stepping in to assist the company with day-to-day operations I have had to quickly get up to speed on the market, our customers and how our equipment is being utilized.

There are two things that are abundantly clear to me:

1. As the world’s population continues to grow we are increasingly dependent on the work our customers do to ensure the world’s livestock population is healthy and productive.

2. The Calan System remains the most accurate, effective, and efficient system for feeding livestock participating in research studies.

For these reasons and many more we could not be more excited about

our future!

Over the past few months, we have focused on several projects that will

streamline our business operations and ultimately improve how we support our customers and partners. One example is we completely updated our website www.americancalan.com Please visit the site to have a look. It is a work in progress. We welcome your feedback on what

we can do to further improve the site to better support you.

You will also notice that we have simplified our product names for both

our Calan Feed Stations and the Calan Data Ranger.

Product Lead Times

Like many companies’ dependent on the global supply chain for business we are navigating the long tail effects of the pandemic. Our partners and team are working hard to deliver product orders in a timely manner. However, we ask that you provide us as much lead time as possible to ensure we meet your project timelines.  Please reach out to Kelly Adams at office@americancalan.com for quote’s and estimates when ready.

We Want To Hear From You!

Doug was intimately familiar with how our customers are using the Calan

System. I am learning more every day. I would really appreciate hearing from you and learning how your organization is using the Calan System. If you would like to send along some pictures of your facility and the system in action, I would love to see it! Please see contact information below.

The conditions in research environments continue to evolve. As we look to the future, we are considering how we can modernize the Calan System while preserving the simplicity and precision the system is known for. We welcome your feedback on this as well!

Unfortunately, our contact databases are not up to date. We want to make sure we remain in contact with our research community, our customers and users of the system. Please forward this email to other members of your organization and industry colleagues to ensure we are staying in contact regarding Calan updates and other industry news. Please be sure to register.

Happy Holidays

Darrell Briggs

President

Email: dbriggs@americancalan.com

Mobile: 215-439-4122

www.americancalan.com

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