Company Amelia Ltd was founded in 2013 with the aim of providing contract research and development (R&D) of innovative products and technologies in the field of food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, chemical, and agrochemical industries. We successfully develop new products and technologies for our clients. Many of these products have been new and inventive and achieved patent protection and successful commercialization.

Our Team


Ms. Katica Cepanec, CEO
B.Sc. Agronomy

Katica is the owner and founder of Amelia, who represents, with her devoted work and commitment, spiritus movens of our organization. She has a degree in agronomy and is an expert in the field of plant protection and agrochemistry.

Mr. Ivica Cepanec, CTO
Ph.D. Chemistry

Ivica has been working in the pharmaceutical, food, cosmetic, and chemical industries for more than 20 years. He is the author of many new products, technologies, and patents. You can see Ivica’s scientific activity at the following link in the Croatian scientific bibliography, and his patent activity at the following link in the European Patent Office (EPO) database.

Our Partners


We at Amelia have our own expertise in these areas, while for some fields we use the services of our longtime external associates:

Željko Bihar Ph.D., who runs Admoveo Ltd – intellectual property protection.

Admoveo Intellectual Property

Hrvoje Mikuldaš M.Sc., who runs Supstancija Ltd – expertise in functional food products.

Supstancija Ltd