Mekitec Oy, an Oulu, Finland-based provider of innovative X-ray equipment for identifying unwanted objects in food packages, raised €2.2m in funding.
Backers included Finnish Industry Investment and Inventure.
The company intends to use the new funds to develop its R&D and production, accelerating its growth and internationalization process.
Founded in 2006 and led by Managing Director Mikko Nuutinen, Mekitec provides a X-ray scanning technology that allows users to identify and remove foreign objects such as metal, glass, sand, bone chips or pieces of plastic from food packages.
The company, which has 50 employees with and R&D and production operations in Finland and Xi’an in China, and sales offices in Hong Kong, Germany and the USA, already delivered food safety equipment in 18 countries, in three continents.
FinSMEs
13/03/2014