Speaker

About the speaker: 

Christoffer holds a BCs in electrical engineering and a MCs in business development. He Co-founded Kelpinor 3 years ago and today he is Head of production and supply chain while leading the sales effort here in Norway. Christoffer loves a good challenge and proving that everything is possible if you just put your mind to it. Christoffer has previously lead projects at Kelpinor like design and deployment of the first farm, building and running northern Norway's biggest seaweed processing facility and designed the machines used to create our biostimulants

Company info:

Kelpinor as a company has the humble goal of creating a new sustainable large-scale ocean-based industry in Norway. They do this by developing and selling plant biostimulants intended for agriculture and recreational users alike, all made from Norwegian cultivated kelp. their products are currently sold in Germany and Norway with the rest of Europe to follow shortly. Their proprietary production process allows them to keep more of the bioactive compounds present and available to the plants resulting in a wide range of effects helping the plants deal with abiotic stresses like temperature, flooding, drought, light and mechanical stress all making the farmer less dependent on perfect weather conditions while increasing yield.

Presentation:

Who is Kelpinor, what is a biostimulant and how can cultivated kelp help farmers be less reliant on good weather and chemical fertilizers? The speaker will go through it all allowing to get to know Kelpinor as a company and more importantly the people that work there, why they make biostimulants and how they are unlocking a large market in steady growth consisting of high value customers with high retention rate and yearly demand.