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TV2 Nord visited Aalborg to cover a week in which Deepvis won two prizes: the Fynske Bank startup prize of DKK 100,000 and a DKK 250,000 grant from Det Obelske Familiefond. The company was a little over a year old.
Where the idea came from
“We had to inspect some cups we had made for Tuborg/Carlsberg, with all sorts of different faults on them. That was where we agreed there had to be an easier way of doing it.”
— Carl Fagerlund
“One thing is that we are extremely capable, but it is also about how we get it communicated. Getting these prizes is a huge validation.”
— Carl Fagerlund
Why recycled plastic changes the maths
Plastics production is characterised by high volumes of cheap units — checking every single product has simply been too expensive. But an EU directive requires that by 2038, 80% of the plastic used must come from recycled plastic, and recycled feedstock generates more faults.
So more has to be checked, and more checking is expensive in a country with high wages. Which is the argument for automating it:
“It means the manufacturing companies in the country can keep their orders, and that we can keep production here in Denmark instead of it being moved out of the country.”
— Mads Fagerlund
After plastics, the plan is to extend the same quality control into electronics and metals.
Source: TV2 Nord — “Tvillingers opfindelse kan holde arbejdspladser på dansk grund” by Tommy Hald, 9 December 2025. Quotes translated from Danish.
