About Us

Our Mission

Our MISSION is to help our customers achieve their optimization targets and enable the implementation of new, improved production methods based on in-process measurement of rheology.

Fluidan is committed to making rheology monitoring easy.

Our Vision

Our VISION is to make industrial rheology control easy worldwide. Our services and products set the standard for efficient and automated manufacture of “thick liquids” and are implemented by producers as they seek to make more high-quality products from fewer resources.

Dozens of companies making paints, detergents, lotions, foods, and other “thick liquids” have confirmed the need for automated rheology monitoring. The RheoStream sensor will enable them to control manufacturing processes better and reduce the cost of rework or waste.

Most companies have robust processes but may still have an optimization potential of a few percent. Other companies have very troublesome processes for some of their products and report wasting or reworking 25-50% of products due to rheology issues. Fluidan is determined to help them realize the savings potential – saving time, resources, and money.

Our Story

Founded in 2014 by the inventor of RheoStream®, Physicist Ph.D. Fridolin Okkels and by CEO Anders L. Østergård, Fluidan set out to develop a robust and easy-to-use instrument, that would essentially operate as a “rheology sensor,” albeit in a bigger box than most common sensors.

Fridolin Okkels, Founder

For many years Fridolin Okkels had worked on research and innovation in microfluidics, understanding liquids flow in small channels, including consulting with companies who experienced challenges when working with liquids. Recognizing these challenges led him to the fundamental idea of how to make life easier for such companies.

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Anders L. Østergård, CEO

Anders L. Østergård is a chemical engineer and business developer and the driver of innovation and business in household care products and food, including rheology modifying ingredients.

Fluidan

Located at the DTU Science Park (Danish Technical University, north of Copenhagen), Fluidan has added a dedicated and passionate team, counting competencies in instrument development, software development, application development, and sales.

In 2018, RheoStream® obtained CE compliance, which allowed for a growing list of customer projects and sales in the target industries: Paint/Coatings, Household Care, and Personal Care.

Fluidan is financed by private and semi-public investors as well as by grants from Danish funds.

Management & Team

Anders L. Østergård

Business developer and CEO

+45 2374 5664

Fridolin Okkels

Inventor and CTO

+45 2537 8686

Michał Witalec

Global Sales Director

+45 9290 9444

Mustafa Halil

Technical Sales Specialist

+45 7174 1430

Kim Mulich

Instrument Engineer

Amund Marton

Software Engineer

Teresa Regueira Muñiz

Application Specialist

Rolf Bech Kjeldsen

Application Specialist

Anca Elena Onciu

Application Specialist

Board members

Steen Hoff

Chairman of the Board.
Steen has an extensive experience primarily in the coatings business from several senior managerial positions as CTO, Managing Director, Operations Director, COO and CSCO.

Today Steens main activity is within several of Board positions in the industrial sector, of these positions 3 as chairman of the Board. Throughout the career, managing green-field project and introducing advanced production technology and continuous manufacturing principles, has been the key driver for more than 30 years. Steen has an educational background as Naval Architect from Elsinore. Later he supplemented the engineering disciplines with a general management program at INSEAD in France.

Preben Carøe

Vice Chairman. With his technical and commercial background Preben has spend almost his whole career in international business with growing responsibilities from sales to general management, and with temporary assignments in

France,The UK and the US.
Prior to retirement, Preben was heading up a DKK1B division within an American corporation managing a global team with R&D, sales and manufacturing operations in Europe, the US and Asia. Preben brings more than 30 years of sales, marketing and operational experience to the Board. He is also a judge at the The Danish Maritime and Commercial High Court.

Nils Christian Foss

Nils Christian has been advising and investing in start-up and early stage technology based companies for almost twenty years. He is currently an active shareholder in seven tech companies in Denmark and abroad. Prior to taking the role as investor,

Nils Christian co-founded a disruptive software business, He was a director at Oticon and he was a management consultant at McKinsey. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Helge Holm-Larsen

Helge Holm-Larsen is a seasoned C-level executive with industrial experience in process industry, specializing in commercial strategy, high level international contract negotiation, project & portfolio management,

team leadership and marketing & communication. Helge also has extensive professional experience in screening, grooming and financing early stage tech companies. Helge is an active shareholder in about 10 non-listed early stage companies. Helge holds a MSc degree in Chemical Engineering from DTU and a BCom from CBS.

Carsten Kronborg

Carsten comes with a versatile background from several global technological companies, where he headed up global After Sales business units for 20+ years. Carsten is now advising and investing in start-ups and early

stage technology companies. He holds both technical and commercial degrees, and finalized the DTU startup Board Education in 2021.