保護中: Act Design Co., Ltd.

保護中: Act Design Co., Ltd.

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GIVE FOOD A SECOND LIFE.
Creating New Value Through Low-Temperature Drying.

保護中: Act Design Co., Ltd.

About Us

Act Design Co., Ltd. is a technology company that transforms food by-products and underused resources into new food ingredients through its proprietary low-temperature radiant-heat drying technology.

We provide more than drying equipment.
From raw material evaluation and drying-condition development to application development and commercialization, we work with customers to create new value from food resources.

保護中: Act Design Co., Ltd.

Do you have any troubles like these?

✓Are you looking for a practical way to turn food by-products and underused resources into new ingredients and products?
✓Do you need a drying process that helps retain the color, aroma, and natural characteristics of food materials?
✓Are you struggling to establish repeatable drying conditions and transfer them from trials to production?
✓ Do you need support from raw material evaluation and drying-condition design through application development and commercialization?

Let us handle it!

Our Strength

1More Than Drying Equipment

We support the full process—from evaluating each raw material and designing drying conditions to developing applications and moving toward commercialization.

2Low-Temperature, Programmable Drying

Our proprietary radiant-heat drying technology uses electromagnetic waves generated by minerals to transfer heat efficiently into food materials, enabling low-temperature, rapid, and energy-efficient drying. Programmable operation supports repeatable drying conditions while helping retain color, aroma, and other natural characteristics as much as possible.

3From Evaluation to Production Scale

Our product lineup supports each stage of development—from compact evaluation trials with ACT-TABLE to food-factory processing with DRY-ACT I and larger-scale production with DRY-ACT II.

FEATURED TECHNOLOGY
Food by-products before and after drying

FOOD BY-PRODUCTS INTO
MARKETABLE INGREDIENTS

Food by-products such as sweet potato peels, brewer’s spent grain, and apple pomace may still contain valuable color, aroma, nutrients, and functional potential.

ACT DESIGN evaluates the material, verifies suitable drying conditions, and explores possible applications—helping customers turn underused food resources into new ingredients and products.

PROCESS VALIDATION &
REPEATABLE OPERATION
1 Evaluate the food by-product
2 Design and test drying conditions
3 Compare the dried material
4 Explore applications and product concepts
5 Transfer validated conditions to production equipment

Programmable operation helps reproduce drying conditions and maintain consistency from trials to scale-up.

Food by-products placed in the drying equipment
Loading food by-products into the drying equipment

SUPERHEATED STEAM PROCESSING
STEAM-ACT

STEAM-ACT is a compact unit that supplies stable superheated steam at high temperatures and atmospheric pressure. It enables pretreatment, sterilization, and other heat-processing applications, and can be combined with drying systems for advanced upcycling and research.

STEAM-ACT superheated steam processing system

RICE HUSK CARBONIZATION
DEMONSTRATION

STEAM-ACT can carbonize rice husks as a pretreatment step toward silica recovery and refining.

Carbonized rice husks produced using STEAM-ACT

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BUSINESS ACTIVITIES

01 Design and manufacture of drying systems and food-processing equipment
02 Evaluation of food by-products and development of drying conditions
03 Support for application development and commercialization
04 Food upcycling and regional collaboration projects
05 Collaboration with OEM partners, distributors, and development partners

Food materials prepared for drying tests

MAIN PRODUCTS & TECHNOLOGIES

ACT-TABLE

Compact dryer for small-scale evaluation and demonstration.

ACT-TABLE compact dryer

DRY-ACT I

Standard model for food-processing facilities.

DRY-ACT I drying system

DRY-ACT II

Large-capacity model for production-scale processing.

DRY-ACT II large-capacity drying system

STEAM-ACT

Superheated-steam processing system for advanced food-processing applications.

STEAM-ACT superheated-steam processing system

Low-Temperature Radiant-Heat Drying

Programmable drying technology designed to transfer heat efficiently while helping retain the natural characteristics of food materials.

Message

MESSAGE FROM THE CEO

We are looking for OEM partners, distributors, and co-development partners to help us shape the future of food upcycling.
By combining your strengths with our technology, let us bring new value in food to the world.
Transforming food that would otherwise be discarded into value for the future.

保護中: Act Design Co., Ltd.

Norihisa Masaki, CEO

Contact us

Company

保護中: Act Design Co., Ltd.

Head Office:
Green Park Okada 705, 2-6-7 Gakuen-Minami, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0818, Japan
Laboratory:
4-7-20 Sakuragawa-cho, Hitachi, Ibaraki 316-0002, Japan

Phone +81-29-886-4633

Act Design Co., Ltd.

Company Profile

Representative
Norihisa Masaki, CEO
Established
April 2023
Capital
JPY 10 million
Employees
4 (as of July 2026)
Overseas Base
Partner: 青陽企業有限公司 (Taiwan)

Corporate Website

https://www.actdesign.asia/

If you have any questions or concerns about our products, please feel free to contact us.

Contact us

保護中: Act Design Co., Ltd.

Head Office:
Green Park Okada 705, 2-6-7 Gakuen-Minami, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0818, Japan
Laboratory:
4-7-20 Sakuragawa-cho, Hitachi, Ibaraki 316-0002, Japan

Phone +81-29-886-4633