[2] The firm is a subsidiary of the privately owned German livestock breeding company EW Group.
Its president is Jonathan Cade; Thomas Dixon serves as the firm's director of international sales and marketing[3] Hy-Line directly operates subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Italy, Australia, Brazil, and South Africa.
In India, Amrit Group has distributed Hy-Line chickens since July 2014 when a new 'poultry hub' was established as part of plans to capture 30% of the Indian egg-laying market by 2017–2018.
[9] Hy-Line International has been subject to criticism from animal rights group Mercy for Animals following the release of a video alleged to have been filmed inside of a Hy-Line hatchery, showing the process of chick culling.
The video went viral and received widespread media attention across the English-speaking world.