Fecreate

In January 2015, Flekkefjord Elektro began to see great potential for the renewal of winch technology. We contacted Innovation Norway and the Research Council, which led us to VRI-Agder (Instrument for Regional Innovation Agder). Through competence-brokering, VRI-Agder put us in contact with Semcon Devotek in Kongsberg. Together with them we did a feasibility study in 2015 where we concluded that it is feasible to revolutionize winch technology by creating an electric winch with ultra compact driveline for demanding dynamics. A winch where the entire winch system is integrated into the winch drum itself. The feasibility study was funded with support from VRI-Agder and SkatteFUNN. We established cooperation with the University of Agder, designed an innovation project in parallel with a competence building project and received support from the Regional Research Fund in Agder (RFFA) for the R&D project; «Electric winch with ultra compact driveline for demanding dynamics» and support from Sørlandets Competence Fund to the competence building project “Competence boost and new R&D environment based on new winch technology”. With these fundings together with SkatteFUNN, we have funded the development of new winch technology and a new R&D environment in the Lister region, which we call FEcreate.