Where is IMAGO Engineering active?

Government-backed deployments are underway in Malaysia (the first five plants) and Uzbekistan, with partners including MIDA, UPM and Uzbekistan's poultry union.

Who is behind IMAGO Engineering?

A team of operators, engineers and entomologists led by founders Leonid Nikishov (CEO) and Viacheslav Kaptenko (CTO).

What makes IMAGO's approach different?

It uses the fast-growing housefly in an enclosed, patented bioreactor, completing the manure-to-protein cycle in 4 days rather than months.

About IMAGO Engineering: Poultry Waste Recycling Pioneers

About Imago Engineering

Imago Engineering develops industrial insect bioreactor systems for converting poultry manure into valuable protein and organic fertilizer. We focus on scalable engineering, modular deployment, and circular infrastructure for modern poultry operations.

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Who we are

About IMAGO Engineering

We are the operators, engineers and entomologists behind a waste-free poultry solution. The company builds modular insect bioreactor plants that recycle poultry manure into feed protein and organic fertilizer on-site, with government-backed deployments underway in Malaysia and Uzbekistan. The poultry industry produces roughly 1.2 billion tons of manure worldwide every year, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization — a burden our plants are built to absorb. Explore our poultry waste technology or see how IMAGO Engineering serves each poultry industry we work with.

Our mission

To make poultry farming more circular, more efficient, and less waste-intensive by transforming manure into useful agricultural products through scalable engineering.

What we build

What the IMAGO Engineering company builds

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Containerized pilot units
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Modular industrial plants
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Process architecture for manure-to-protein conversion
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Automation-ready bioreactor systems
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Integrated fertilizer output systems

Why this matters

Poultry manure is a growing environmental and operational burden. Existing solutions are often too slow, too land-intensive, or too low-value. Imago Engineering was created to offer a faster, more industrially viable alternative.

1.2billion tons / yearglobal production of poultry manure

Built around engineering, biology, and process control

Built by an insect biotechnology company

Bioconversion science
Industrial engineering
Automation and scalability

THE TEAM

Operators who have built and scaled before.

Engineering, marketing and strategy leaders with track records in manufacturing, automation and government partnerships.

LEADERSHIP

Leonid Nikishov
CEO / Founder
Founded an engineering company that grew revenue 13× in one year.
Viacheslav Kaptenko
CTO / Founder
Developed and launched a fully automated brick production facility.
Mikhail Mitryakov
CMO
30 years of omni-marketing experience across many industries.
Ilya Kravchuk
CSO
Built a consulting business to $20M during COVID; led trade missions across Kenya, Uganda & Zimbabwe.