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The company was founded in 2001 by a Swedish biochemist with more than 30 years experience within cereal technology.

Traditional sorting methods are not accurate enough to be able to save as much grain from disposal. By assessing each individual kernel's inner properties, the solutions allow an accurate segregation of grain batches to remove only the infected kernels to be discarded and produce fractions of grains (food and feed grades) that can be marketed at a higher value.

This means that the company is not only supporting sustainability goals on optimizing the use of its common resources, but also provide customer with an attractive return on investment by adding more value to the grain.

The company has grown with the mission to improve food safety by removal of mycotoxins from a grain lot and improve food security by sorting according to quality parameters such as vitreousness or protein content.

No matter where a customer is in the grain value chain, now the customer can use the sorted uniform quality fractions produced by Swedish solutions to efficiently increase the value of its products. This could be supplying premium quality grade to grain processors, producing high quality malt, developping the best flour with optimal baking characteristics, or marketing top quality organic pasta products etc. The customer has the possibility to develop and bring new products to the market which supports the business and brand recognition.

The Swedish company is listed and publicly traded on NASDAQ - First North Growth Market since 2020.

At present, the company offers two types of machines:

Model 1 - grain quality sorting for industrial use
-Dimensions (height x width x depth): 1800 x 1200 x 1750 mm, 5´ 10” 55/64 x 3´ 11”1/4 x 5´8” 57/64
-Weight: approx. 1000 kg
-Number of sorting channels: 96
-Sorting capacity: approx. 3 tons/hour, based on barley and wheat with TKW 45 gram
-Number of sorted quality fractions: 3
-Grain / Raw material to be processed: Durum wheat / Soft wheat / Barley, fine-cleaned
-Detector: TriQ NIT detector
-Electrical power supply: 3/PEN AC 50 Hz 400V
-Power consumption: 2,5 kW
-Energy consumption: approx. 4 kWh/ton

Model 2 - high quality grain sorting for laboratory use
- Electrical power supply: 110 / 230 V
- Internet / Ethernet connection to control PC, (not included)
- Dimensions (height x width x depth): approx. 1220 x 860 x 620 mm, 4´ 0”1/32 x 2´ 9”55/64 x 2´ 0”13/32
- Weight: approx. 150 kg
-Diameter of singulator: 550 mm
-Number of sorting channels: 1
-Sorting capacity: approx. 1000 kernels per minute, based on barley and wheat
-Number of sorted quality fractions: 6
-Detector: NIT detector

With a long tradition of innovation and engineering, and a strong international team, the company has a well-established network of distributors and partners throughout Europe and North America.

The company is now looking for distributors and commercial agents from agrofood sector in Asia and Eastern Europé.

Advantages & innovations

- Proprietary patented single kernel sorting technology - Unique assessment of the inner properties of each individual kernel using NIR T technology (Near Infrared in transmittance mode) - Up to three different fractions of homogenous quality produced at industrial scale capacity - Different sorting parameters for more versatility - Minimized ejection loss for maximum efficacy - High performance and ease of operation - Full assistance from pre study to installation and consistent maintenance

Stage of development

Already on the market

Partner sought

The Swedish company seeks distributors/commercial agents specializing in the agrofood sector, especially in agricultural machinery for the food industry on local market in Asia and Estern Europe The partners should have good understanding of the agrofood sector, good knowlege of potential customers, as well as well-established distribution channels on the local market.