Optimum Sorting opens new Sacramento facility following record growth in 2025

Optimum Sorting, a Belgian-Dutch company specializing in sorting technology for the food industry, has announced the opening of a new facility in Sacramento, California. The expansion follows a strong year for the company, which reported record growth in 2025 with revenues approaching EUR 40 million (USD 46 million). According to the company, the growth highlighted the need to expand capacity across multiple locations and further strengthen customer support in key markets.
 

Expanded and modernized facility in Sacramento

After several years of operations in Turlock, California, Optimum Sorting relocated to a larger facility in Sacramento on June 1. The new site is approximately 1.5 times larger than the previous location and was selected to improve accessibility and enhance the customer experience. The facility includes a dedicated demonstration center where customers can test their own products on Optimum Sorting equipment. While the primary focus is on nut processing applications, the site is also equipped to support demonstrations involving vegetables, fruit and confectionery products.
Steve Raskin, CSO and Co-founder of Optimum Sorting:

"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 demonstration center features the company's Novus belt sorter and Ventus free-fall sorter. Equipped with advanced camera and laser technologies, the systems are designed to improve sorting accuracy, helping processors increase yields and reduce food waste.
 

California remains a strategic market

California continues to be an important market for Optimum Sorting due to its large nut processing industry, including almonds, pistachios and walnuts. The company's Ventus sorter is designed to detect defects and contaminants such as discoloration, shape and size deviations, stones, glass, foreign materials and aflatoxin-affected nuts. Steve Raskin:

"Today, 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."

According to the company, these installations provide a strong foundation for continued growth in California and the broader North American market. 
 

Ten years of growth in the United States

Optimum Sorting has been active in the United States for nearly a decade. Its US headquarters in Denver has supported customers and partners across North America since 2018 and has played a key role in the company's international expansion.

The new Optimum Sorting facility in Sacramento, California, expands the company's North American presence and provides additional space for customer demonstrations, technical support and future growth

Several years later, the company opened a permanent demonstration center in California's Central Valley, allowing processors to evaluate sorting solutions under real-world operating conditions.
 

Steve Raskin:

"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 company said the new Sacramento facility will provide additional space for innovation, customer collaboration and product demonstrations, supporting future growth in one of its most important regional