OptiCept Launches Validation Project with Leading Juice Producer in Vietnam
OptiCept Technologies has signed an agreement with one of Vietnam’s largest food companies to validate the CEPT® technology for juice extraction. The project includes a fee-based testing period during which the CEPT® application will be integrated into the customer's production lines for pineapple and passion fruit juice.
This initiative marks an important step in OptiCept’s strategic expansion in Southeast Asia and strengthens the company’s position in the global juice segment. During the third quarter of 2025, an OPTICEPT® LJ7 unit is planned to be installed at the customer’s facility in Vietnam. The goal is to demonstrate the technology’s ability to increase extraction yield and improve product quality.
“We see great opportunities in the region, and this collaboration confirms our ambition to grow in the Southeast Asian market. We already have very strong results for pineapple and see significant potential in passion fruit as well, which is a more technically challenging raw material. Taking these results from lab scale to industrial scale is an important step forward,” says Thomas Lundqvist, CEO of OptiCept Technologies.
Additional information on the market potential for pineapple and OptiCept’s growth opportunities can be found in the company’s latest market deep-dive, available via the link: OPTINSIGHTS ANANAS
About the Customer
The Vietnamese food company was founded in 1995 and is one of the country’s largest players in the cultivation and processing of fruits and vegetables. The company specializes in fresh fruits, fruit juice/NFC, purée, concentrate, IQF, and dried fruits. Its production is spread across multiple facilities in Vietnam, with six factories and an annual capacity including 12,500 tons of IQF products, 17,000 tons of juice concentrate, and 10,000 tons of purée/NFC. The company also operates two seed institutes with a total of 12 hectares of greenhouses and a capacity for 12 million plants per year.