OptiCept Technologies has completed negotiations with Aperam BioEnergia LTDA in Brazil. The parties have entered into a commercial agreement for OptiBoost for cuttings. Aperam become OptiCept's second commercial customer in a short time for the OptiBoost application for cuttings which was launched in 2022.

The agreement is based on OptiCept's regular price list of ?0.035 ? ?0.0225 per cutting depending on the quantity. Aperam pays a monthly minimum fee of ?3,500.

Aperam produces approx. 30-50 million Eucalyptus cuttings annually. Aperam's ambition is to transition from seed sowing to cuttings production and to plant 100 million Eucalyptus trees from cuttings annually.

The focus is on treating high-yielding cutting clones and maximizing their use in production.