SOLECTA TO SHOWCASE DAIRY MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS AT CHEESEEXPO 2026

Boston, MA - Solecta, an Acuriant brand and a leading provider of advanced polymeric membrane solutions for the dairy industry, announced today that it will exhibit at CheeseExpo 2026, held April 14 to 16 at the Baird Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The company will bring its team of applications engineers and senior leadership to the show floor, offering dairy processors direct access to the expertise behind some of the industry's most significant membrane performance improvements.

CheeseExpo, organized by the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association, is the premier gathering for the cheese, butter, whey, and cultured dairy products processing industry, drawing thousands of professionals from across the supply chain.

Membranes Create Potential. Performance Creates Advantage.

Every membrane system has inherent capability. The difference lies in how much of that capability is actually realized in daily operation. Many dairy processors live with gradual performance erosion: cleaning cycles that extend, flux targets that get reduced, yield variability that becomes routine, throughput that stabilizes below design capacity. The potential is there. The performance is not.

Solecta's applications engineers work from within the client's process to close that gap. With elements in more than 400 installations worldwide and deep expertise across whey protein concentration, milk protein concentration, whey protein isolation, permeate polishing, and brine clarification, the Solecta team brings unique insight into how membrane systems actually behave in operation, and what it takes to turn that inherent potential into sustained, measurable performance that becomes a strategic advantage for the processor.

Across documented engagements with dairy processors, Solecta's application-driven approach has delivered:

• Yield: 10 to 15% percentage increases in protein yield, translating directly to revenue per unit of feed processed
• Uptime: 10 to 20% increases in production uptime through stabilized operating ranges and reduced cleaning burden
• Cleaning efficiency: 20 to 25% reductions in CIP water and cleaning chemistry usage, lowering both operating cost and environmental footprint
• Capacity: Additional throughput from existing membrane systems without capital expansion, achieved by addressing operating behavior rather than adding physical footprint
• Product consistency: Fewer off-spec batches and tighter process variability across production cycles, reducing product downgrades and strengthening finished product reliability

"Membranes create potential. Performance creates advantage. That is not just our theme at CheeseExpo, it is the way we work," said Juergen von Hollen, CEO of Acuriant Technologies, Solecta's parent company. "At CheeseExpo we will have applications engineers on the floor who have collectively helped dairy processors recover millions in yield, uptime, and resource efficiency. A 20-minute conversation at our booth could be the most valuable meeting a processor has at the show."

Meet the Solecta Team at CheeseExpo

Dairy processors interested in scheduling a meeting with Solecta's team during CheeseExpo are encouraged to contact their Solecta representative or email info@solecta.com. For more information, visit solecta.com.

About Solecta

Solecta, an Acuriant brand, provides polymeric membrane solutions across microfiltration, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, and reverse osmosis for dairy, food ingredients, life sciences, and advanced manufacturing. The company's applications engineers work within the client's process to improve membrane system performance against defined operational and economic targets. For more information, visit solecta.com.

About Acuriant Technologies

Acuriant Technologies is a global membrane technology company delivering advanced filtration and separation solutions for industrial operators and municipal utilities. Formed through the merger of Solecta and Nanostone Water, Acuriant combines precision-engineered polymeric membranes with robust ceramic ultrafiltration across MF, UF, NF, and RO. The company serves dairy, food ingredients, life sciences, semiconductor, advanced manufacturing, and water treatment markets. Acuriant is headquartered in Boston, MA, and maintains major operations in Oceanside, CA and Halberstadt, Germany. For more information, visit acuriant.com.