Products used all over the world

One success story is the company D-Flow Technology, rooted in research at Luleå University of Technology. The results have generated a unique technology for flow measuring based on ultrasound. With an ultrasound meter the flow of both gases and fluids can be measured. The foremost advantage of the technology is that it meets high specifications, is robust, and has no moving parts.

D-Flow Technology is a restart of the company D-Flow AB, which was established at the end of the 80s, but become bankrupt in 2004. The new company has new management and new partners, and at the end of 2005 it joined ABI Arctic Business incubator. Today, D-Flow Technology supplies products that are used all over the world.

"We received active operative support which complemented us in negotiations with customers in different countries as well as in the day-to-day issues that crop up. That enabled us to give our customers quick and professional feedback on complex legal or business issues. This was arranged in a simple, flexible way via our business consultant and the ABI network," says Mats Lindgren, CEO and one of the founders of D-Flow.

We reduced the risks by being in the incubator environment which meant among other things that we could adapt the size of our premises to the size of our company. We also benefited greatly from different courses in areas such as negotiation, sales and law," says Mats.

"To work for yourself is a challenge, but a very stimulating one because you can control and influence your own time in the short term, as well as in the long term. The future looks bright and we are on the verge of introducing the next generation of our key component, an ASIC, after more than two years' development work. We have several ongoing projects and customers waiting for the new circuit, as well as a number of other prospects," concludes a contented Mats Lindgren.

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