Optimum Sorting, a Belgian-Dutch company specializing in sorting technology for the food industry, proudly announces the opening of a new facility in Sacramento, California. This stra-tegic expansion follows an exceptionally strong year for the company: in 2025, Optimum Sor-ting achieved its highest growth to date, with revenues increasing to nearly €40 million. This strong performance clearly highlighted the need to scale capacity across several locations.
Expanded and modernized facility in Sacramento
After several years of operations in Turlock, Central California, Optimum Sorting relocated to a larger facility in Sacramento on June 1. The new site is approximately 1.5 times the size of its previous location. It was selected for its accessibility and ability to enhance the overall customer experience. The facility is now equipped with air conditioning, ensuring a comfor-table environment for visitors and customers during demo sessions, even during California’s hot summer months.
Steve Raskin, CSO and co-founder of Optimum Sorting, explains: “The new facility will serve as a key demo center where customers can test their own products on Optimum Sorting’s sorting machines. While the primary focus is on nut applications, the demo center is fully equipped to support testing with a wide range of products, including vegetables, fruit and confectionery.”
“The demo center will house two of Optimum Sorting’s core machines: the Novus belt sorter and the Ventus free-fall sorter. Equipped with advanced camera and laser technologies, the-se systems deliver high sorting accuracy, maximizing the value of each harvest. For custo-mers, this results in higher yields and reduced food waste.”
California remains a key market driven by the nut industry
California has long been a key market for Optimum Sorting, supported by a strong and well-established nut industry. The state is a global leader in the production of almonds, pista-chios and walnuts, all key applications for the Ventus sorter. Ventus technology can detect a broad range of defects and contaminants, including discoloration, shape and size deviations, stones, glass, foreign materials and even aflatoxin-affected nuts.
“Over the years, we have built a strong customer base in California,” says Steve Raskin. “To-day, more than 20 processors across the state operate Novus or Ventus machines, often with multiple units per site. This clearly demonstrates the value our technology delivers in processing nuts, vegetables and fresh and dried fruit. These successful installations form a strong foundation for continued growth in this key region.”
Ten years of growth in the United States
Since its founding nearly a decade ago, Optimum Sorting has been active in the U.S. market. The company’s US headquarters in Denver has been instrumental since 2018 in supporting customers and partners across North America and served as a foundation for Optimum Sorting’s international growth. To bring customers closer to the technology, a permanent demo center was opened several years later in the Central Valley of California. There, pro-cessors were able to test their own products and experience Optimum Sorting’s sorting technology in real-world conditions.
“Our recent growth confirms that we are on the right track,” says Steve Raskin. “But for us, expansion is not simply about getting bigger. It is about creating an environment where we can work closely with customers to build better processes, achieve higher yields and deliver better products. The relocation to our new facility in Sacramento supports that vision. It gi-ves us the space to continue innovating and to support our customers more intensively. That is precisely why California remains such an important region for us: it is where technology, ambition and industry expertise come together, and where Optimum Sorting can truly make a difference.”
