Our history
40 years of experience in rabbit industry breeder performance.
1980
THE FIRST
RABBITS AT
GRIMAUD FRÈRES
1978
In 1978, on the strength of a first successful experiment in duck breeding, the Grimaud brothers decided to start producing breeding rabbits. The first ones were marketed under the HYLA brand.
1984
In 1984, Grimaud Frères set up its own rabbit’s selection project in the form of a partnership with INRA in Toulouse (France), and created its own brand, HYPLUS.
1990
DEVELOPMENT
OF RABBITS
1990
Strong innovations in the business sector: Artificial insemination, breeding management techniques…
1992
Creation of Grimaud Italia which, 30 years later, remains an essential partner in the Italian sector.
2006
Grimaud Frères embarked on a new venture, focused on producing pharmaceutical raw materials from rabbits.
2010
ESTABLISHMENT
OF THE RABBIT
BRANCH ON ITS
OWN IN THE GROUPE
2010
In the space of 25 years, Grimaud Frères and its partners had made numerous innovations which had profoundly modified rabbit farming, making it possible to attain the position of European leader.
2010
The company began exporting its products all over the world.
2010
In 2010, Hypharm became a full Groupe company.
2020
LAUNCH
OF NEW
PRODUCTS
2017
In 2017, following a merger-takeover operation, HYPHARM and EUROLAP united their destinies and together reconsidered their new genetic offering.
2018-2019
New design of a unified selection scheme around the notion of breeding SUSTAINABILITY, the opening of genetic pools, new breed blends and creation of new lines.
2019-2020
Performance validation and commercial launch of new HYLA and HYPLUS female line products within the new OPTIMA range…
Hypharm, the RABBIT subsidiary of Groupe Grimaud
Hypharm is Groupe Grimaud’s rabbit farming branch; the brand is active in 25 countries.