IXON Establishes IXON China and Signs Strategic Business Cooperation MoU with Shanghai Bright Food Group
HONG KONG & SHANGHAI — IXON today announced the establishment of IXON China, its dedicated commercialization hub for Mainland China, to accelerate enterprise adoption and industrial licensing of its patented Advanced Sous-vide Aseptic Packaging (ASAP) and natural PhantomCure preservation technologies.
Marking IXON China's inaugural partnership, IXON signed a Strategic Business Cooperation Framework Agreement in Shanghai on November 6, 2026 with Bright Food Group, China's second-largest food conglomerate, alongside the Hong Kong Food Innovation and Technology Hub (HKFIT-Hub), a food-tech incubation and acceleration platform co-founded by Sunwah Group and Bright Food Group.
Developed over a decade of food science research, IXON's proprietary ASAP and PhantomCure technologies replace destructive high-heat retort canning and energy-intensive cold-chain logistics. Achieving medical-grade sterility with zero artificial preservatives, the system locks in natural moisture, nutrients, and crisp texture for up to 24 months at room temperature.
As the first dedicated regional commercialization arm under the IXON umbrella, IXON China will drive the commercialization of IXON's intellectual property and oversee regulatory compliance across Mainland China, focusing initially on three priority sectors:
Institutional Catering & Central Kitchens: Deploying ASAP standards across student meal, hospital, and elderly care catering networks in Shanghai and East China to streamline distribution and eliminate cold-chain logistics costs.
High-Value Specialty Produce: Commercializing shelf-stable mushrooms, edible fungi, and truffles, alongside specialty agricultural produce for domestic and export markets.
Functional Wellness Ingredients: Advancing ambient aseptic processing for traditional wellness ingredients including ginseng and goji berries, addressing industry bottlenecks in aflatoxin control and thermal nutrient loss.
"Establishing IXON China creates a dedicated channel to bring Hong Kong food science into Mainland China's largest industrial supply chains, while keeping our core R&D and pilot manufacturing rooted in Hong Kong," said Dr. Felix Cheung, Founder and CEO of IXON. "Collaborating with Bright Food Group and HKFIT-Hub allows us to demonstrate at scale how cold-chain-free preservation cuts logistics costs, reduces carbon emissions, and elevates food quality from everyday catering to specialty agriculture."
About IXON
Founded in Hong Kong in 2017 by Felix Cheung and Elton Ho, IXON is an award-winning food technology company recognized among the global FoodTech 500. Through its patented Advanced Sous-vide Aseptic Packaging (ASAP) and PhantomCure technologies, IXON enables meat, seafood, ready meals, and specialty produce to remain shelf-stable at ambient temperatures for up to two years, building sustainable, cold-chain-free food systems worldwide.
About Bright Food Group
Headquartered in Shanghai and established in 2006, Bright Food Group is China's second-largest food conglomerate, operating an integrated farm-to-table ecosystem spanning modern agriculture, food processing, cold-chain distribution, and omni-channel retail. The Group manages a portfolio of household brands—including Bright Dairy, White Rabbit, Maling, and Guanshengyuan—alongside multiple listed subsidiaries and international food enterprises across Europe and Asia-Pacific.
香港及上海訊 — IXON 今日宣佈成立專責中國內地市場的商業化樞紐 IXON China，全面加速自主專利「先進低溫真空無菌包裝技術」（ASAP）與純天然鎖鮮技術 PhantomCure 於內地的企業級應用與技術授權。
作為 IXON China 成立後的首個重要合作項目，IXON 已於 2026 年 11 月 6 日在上海與中國第二大食品集團光明食品集團，以及由香港新華集團與光明食品集團聯合創立的食品科技孵化及加速平台——香港國際食品科技創新發展有限公司孵化器中心（HKFIT-Hub）正式簽署戰略業務合作框架協議。
凝聚逾十年食品科研成果，IXON 專有的 ASAP 及 PhantomCure 技術徹底取代破壞食材品質的高溫高壓罐頭工藝與高耗能冷鏈物流。系統在零人工防腐劑的前提下達到醫療級無菌標準，完整鎖住食材天然水分、營養與鮮脆口感，實現長達 24 個月的常溫保鮮。
作為 IXON 集團旗下首個區域專責商業化機構，IXON China 將全面推動集團知識產權（IP）於中國內地的商業化落地並統籌法規合規審批，首階段重點聚焦三大領域：
機構供餐與中央廚房： 將 ASAP 常溫無菌標準導入上海及華東地區之學生餐、醫院及安老院大型配餐網絡，精簡配送流程並消除冷鏈物流成本。
高附加值特色農產： 推進常溫鎖鮮蘑菇、食用菌、松露及特色農產品之商業化開發，拓展內地及出口市場。
功能性大健康食材： 針對人參、枸杞等傳統養生食材展開常溫無菌深加工合作，解決黃曲霉素控制及高溫破壞活性營養的行業痛點。
IXON 創辦人兼行政總裁張文浩博士表示：「設立 IXON China 為我們建立了將香港食品科研成果導入內地大型產業供應鏈的專屬通道，同時確保我們的核心研發與中試生產繼續扎根香港。與光明食品集團及 HKFIT-Hub 攜手合作，讓我們能夠大規模驗證無冷鏈鎖鮮技術如何降低物流成本、減少碳排放，並全面提升由日常供餐以至特色農業的食品品質。」
關於 IXON 思創食品科技有限公司
IXON 思創食品科技有限公司於 2017 年在香港創立，由張文浩博士和何耀權先生創辦，曾入選全球 FoodTech 500 強並屢獲國際科創獎項。公司憑藉專利的「先進低溫真空無菌包裝技術」（ASAP）與 PhantomCure 鎖鮮技術，讓肉類、海鮮、預製菜及特色農產品在常溫下保鮮長達兩年，致力構建可持續的全球無冷鏈食品體系。
關於光明食品集團
光明食品集團總部設於上海，於 2006 年組建成立，為中國規模第二大的綜合性食品產業集團，構建了涵蓋現代農業、食品加工製造、冷鏈物流及全渠道零售的完整「從農田到餐桌」產業生態。集團旗下擁有光明乳業、大白兔、梅林、冠生園等多個國民品牌及多家上市公司，業務與跨國食品資產遍佈歐洲及亞太地區。
