“ We see that we can help customers reduce waste matter , increase line chance and take reward of the high-pitched roseate quality to get gamy prices with OptiBoost engineering science , ” says Johan Möllerström , master executive police officer of OptiCept .
OptiCept Technologies developed its OptiBoost engineering that uses vacuity extract to saturate cut bloom with a nutrient solution to extend the flowers ’ shelf life sentence . The treatment can be done at any point survey the harvest , such as at the farm , the wholesale adeptness , or in the grocery store itself . According to the OptiBoost website , the handling take aim only 36 seconds and can bring off +40,000 rosiness per hour . Its modular design means that the real manipulation mental ability depends only on how units are instal .
Through a joint collaboration with Syngenta and Prebona , OptiCept launch the technology at the beginning of 2022 .
“ With OptiBoost , we see that the bloom opens more nicely , the leave and stem will be greener , and the flower will have a dear shelf life story , ” says Johan .
Untreated rose wine on the odd , OptiBoost - treated blush wine on the right .
OptiBoost to process all Axfood Group ’s rosesIn 2021 , the OptiBoost system undergo broad rating at Axfood Group storage which sell both untreated and OptiBoost - treated cutting roses . The rating proved successful as sales were importantly increased and waste product was quash in store trade OptiBoost - treated pink wine . These promising results have prompted the Axfood Group , which include about 600 own and collaborating entrepot in Sweden , to treat all its rose with OptiBoost . With the aspiration to address all their supply of cut flowers recollective - term as the technology is developed .
“ Roses are a gamy - note value crop , and globally , we are investing a lot in growing roses . We think that it is a pathos to waste this kind of investment . With 20 % waste matter , we are not using our rose - growing footmark well . If we determine to make this footprint , allow ’s ensure that we do so responsibly , ” explain Johan .
OptiBoost is also being trialed in UK supermarkets , with a demonstration machine at London ’s Mercato Metropolitano and with Flamingo Group International , the second being the enceinte wholesaler of undercut blush wine in the UK . The company also plans to have machines operational in Holland in the near future . Johan also excuse that there is a huge demand for OptiBoost technology in Asia , with China being in particular up - and - coming .
OptiBoost proving to be very flexibleAccording to Johan , OptiBoost can be used at any sentence following harvest , whether it be on the farm , at the wholesaler ’s facility , or in the market itself . This makes the engineering science very adaptable to unlike stone’s throw of the supply range , as roses can be treated before freight oversea , upon unpacking at the stores , etc .
Certain OptiBoost drug user are also using OptiBoost to treat other cut flowers with beneficial results .
On the 7 - 9thof June , the OptiBoost is attending the Floriexpo exposition in Miami to showcase their engineering science .
For more information : Johan Möllerström , CEOOptiCeptwww.optifreeze.se
OptiBoost[email protected]www.optiboost.se
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