Department of Business Development and Technology

Over the next 16 months until the end of 2023, a grant from the Danish Industry Foundation will be used to test and develop new forms of collaboration between industry, Aarhus University in Herning and the knowledge institutions in the area. The vision is to establish a growth technology centre that will build a bridge between knowledge and production and thus strengthen the competitiveness and innovation in the local manufacturing companies.

The company Fellow Pay has developed a financial tool that makes it easier for SMVs to receive instant payment for their invoices. Two of the company's founders, Christian Thisted and Jacob Vorsø Pedersen, met during their Business Development Engineering (BDE) studies in Herning. In fact, in their Bachelor's Project, they examined if their business idea was sound. Since it was founded in 2018, the company has raised tens of millions, and today, it has customers around the world.

If you only drive 3,000 km a year, it will never be better for the environment to drive an electric car. If you drive 7,500 km a year, it will take eight to nine years before the change to an electric car will benefit the environment, research from Aarhus University in Herning shows. The farther you drive, the more environmental sense it makes to make the switch. For many, however, it would be more prudent to put off switching over to an electric car, according to advice from FDM and the researchers.