From a two-man band to a world leading company listed at Nasdaq

Oct 4, 2022

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CEO Michael Stadi and Founder Martin Kiener

Founder and CEO

FOM Technologies started as a “one man band” with a single product in 2012. The company spun out of the prestigious Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). In our early days, we specialized in benchtop roll coaters for organic solar cell research.

Today, FOM Technologies offers a diverse range of standardized and customizable tools for a wide variety of R&D applications. Our clients, partners and distributors span the globe, and we are proud to say that our team includes a high percentage of PhD’s in Chemistry, Nanotechnology and Chemical Engineering to ensure that the needs of our clients sit at the heart of our company.

MISSION

To help professionals around the world
discover, develop & commercialize
new, innovative functional materials, through
our equipment, technology & knowledge. 

VISION

To grow and develop into the leading
company within the slot-die coating
technology, contributing to a
cleaner and more sustainable world.

History & Milestones

2012 – 2013

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FOM Technologies was founded, as the machinery part of the R2R material research, is spun off from Risø/DTU (Danish Technical University).

FOM stands for Functional Organic Materials

2014 – 2016

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FOM Technologies starts gaining recognition, as a pioneer of cutting-edge precision machinery and equipment for slot-die coating of new functional materials. Worldwide customer base established.

2017 – 2018

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Change of ownership and new management appointed.

 A new business strategy developed. FOM focused on becoming the leading provider of slot-die coating technology for new functional materials.

2020 –

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Through external capital and new investors, FOM is expanding its staff, organization, and platform.

The aim is to scale sales and distribution internationally – to a new level.

Staff over the years

2012

2 people

2

2018

6 people

4

2021

10 people

10

2022

16 people

15

Q3, 2022

22 people

22

Equipment

old vs new
We constantly strive to keep our equipment updated and optimized to keep up with the always-evolving industry, both from a design perspective and most important, features and function. In the above image, we have one of the first prototypes of the FOM nanRC on the left, and on the right, we have the newest edition.

Global presence

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From the beginning there have been interest in our equipment from all over the world, in fact today we still only have a few customers locally in Denmark.
We are partnering with leading institutions worldwide to provide access to unrivalled training facilities and instruction. Today we have facilities at University of Washington – Clean Energy Institude in the USA, Helmholtz Innovation Lab – HySPRINT in Germany and at Unviversity of Sourthern Denmark (SDU).

Our slot-die coating workshops and training provide new users with the opportunity to jump start their knowledge with a hands on introduction to all aspects of precise, continuous, and scalable thin film production via slot-die coating.

Experienced users will also benefit from a chance to sharpen their skills, fill knowledge gaps and discuss their most pressing challenges with world leading instructors during these extensive training sessions.

Washington Uni
HySprint
SDU