Nordluft Automation AB

Nordluft is a Swedish drone tech startup based in Stockholm-Sweden. The company was founded on the idea to expand the capabilities of drone into the field of physical work. Main focus is a high capacity drone-based spreading system for aerial distribution of materials like fertilizer, seeds etc in forestry and agriculture. First targeted applications are bioash recirculation and nitrogen fertilization in Nordic forestry. In these applications the current solutions are helicopters and forest forwarders. These are expensive and impractical methods that comes with a number of environmental problems. Spreading with electric autonomous drones is a very promising alternative. It will reduce costs for spreading and enable spreading anywhere and also for owners of smaller forest plots. New spreading technology will expand these forest measures, which will give a strong impact on forestry productivity and carbon sequestration. 

A proof of concept has been demonstrated and the company recently secured strategic seed funding from one of the major Swedish forestry companies, Södra Skogsägarna. Commercial spreading operations will start in small scale 2025 and will expand rapidly. In the near future, the company will launch a business plan for expanding its offer into precision agriculture, where its technology will help in increasing yields with reduced need of chemicals.