Ole Green from the Department of Engineering is in the final of DRs Væxtfaktor based on sensors that can detect humidity and temperatures in the grain, silage and seeds and thereby prevent food producers lose millions because of decomposition.

After a regional vote and a semi-final is AU researcher Ole Green from the Department of Engineering among the three remaining candidates who will compete against each other in a final show of growth companies in the DR 20 June.

It is clear after the semifinals that was shown on DR 6 June. When selected Ole Greens judge, the former Irma director Alfred Josefsen, pointing to him as a participant in the finals over two remaining semifinal participants.

Alfred Josefsen is full of praises of Ole Greens wireless sensors and the company Webstechs potential:

- Oles business is radically new, it's high tech, it is based on research. From research to business is a direct line. It has an insanely large global perspective, says Alfred Josefsen.

Ole Green welcomes shot goal and participation in the program, which he himself chose to attend, but was appointed to be in.

- I learned a lot by participating in the program. Media-wise, I have learned to make my messages short and precise, and at the same time, I welcome that others recognize the work I have done in recent years. So it's a big pat on the back, says Ole Green.

Regardless of the final position in the final program, he is in no doubt that it meant a lot to his business be in Væxtfaktor - not least in relation to attention.

- For me it is something that the most important that there are people who believe in and can see the opportunities in the research and development that is within my area of ​​research. And it is gratifying that the focus on some positive stories in relation to agriculture, says Ole Green.

The future looks bright for Webstech, but it will not necessarily with Ole Green head of the table - there is the inventor in his belly too big.

- I must have put a growth strategy for the company, and to be connected the right resources to secure it. I also realized that I'm better at developing products rather than to manage a business. These are two different disciplines, explains the inventor of the AU.

The latter emphasized by Ole Green has just won first prize at the Agro Business Park innovation competition for the development of an intelligent scarecrow that is able to scare wildlife away from the fields.

In the final, somber Ole Green from companies Skagenfood and Daintel. The winner will receive in addition to the honor and title of a prize worth 500,000 kroner.

Read the article "Farmers are assisted by new equipment"

See Ole Green in this television advertisement explain about his business. Provost at the University of Aarhus, Søren E. Frandsen, also participates in the feature.

Read more about the competition - and vote for one of the finalists.

Source: AU