FRANDSEN INDUSTRI HOLDING APS

Their core work

Frandsen Industri is a Danish industrial SME that developed a proprietary system for the eco-efficient decommissioning of wind turbine blades — specifically through on-site mechanical shredding and material separation. Their core contribution addresses a growing problem in the wind energy sector: what to do with composite blades at end-of-life, which are difficult and costly to transport and almost impossible to landfill sustainably. The company moved through the full EU SME Instrument pipeline, from feasibility study to commercial development, suggesting they built an actual product or deployable system rather than purely a research concept. Their work sits at the intersection of circular economy, waste management, and renewable energy infrastructure.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Frandsen Industri's H2020 trajectory is narrow but deliberate: both projects share the same name, concept, and technology, representing a single innovation taken from feasibility (SME-1, 2015) to full development (SME-2, 2017-2019). There is no diversification in the data — the company committed entirely to the EcoBlade concept across its EU-funded activity. The absence of keyword metadata makes deeper thematic evolution impossible to trace, but the SME Instrument phase progression itself signals maturation from concept validation to market-ready product development.

If the SME-2 phase concluded successfully by 2019, the company may have moved into commercialization or licensing of the EcoBlade system — potential collaborators should investigate whether the technology is now market-available rather than in development.

How they like to work

Frandsen Industri operated exclusively as coordinator across both H2020 projects, suggesting they are product-driven and prefer to lead rather than join consortia. Notably, the data records zero unique consortium partners, which is unusual — this likely reflects the solo-company structure typical of SME Instrument Phase 1/2 grants, where the applicant is the single beneficiary rather than a multi-partner consortium. Working with them would mean engaging with an independent innovator protective of their IP, not a research network.

The available data shows no formal consortium partners and no cross-country collaborations within H2020, consistent with the SME Instrument funding model which funds individual companies rather than consortia. Their collaboration footprint is effectively a single-company operation based in Hobro, Denmark.

What sets them apart

Frandsen Industri occupies a highly specific niche: industrial-grade, on-site processing of decommissioned wind turbine blades — a problem that will only grow as the first generation of large-scale wind farms reaches end-of-life in the 2020s and 2030s. As a Danish SME in a country with deep wind energy heritage, they are geographically and industrially well-placed to serve both European wind operators and blade manufacturers. Their value to a consortium partner lies not in research breadth but in owning a concrete solution to a concrete waste problem in the energy transition.

Highlights from their portfolio

• EcoBlade (SME-2)
  The largest grant (EUR 1,394,400) and the full development phase of the EcoBlade system — this is where the actual product was built, making it the defining project for understanding the company's technology.
• EcoBlade (SME-1)
  The Phase 1 feasibility study that unlocked the Phase 2 grant, demonstrating that the EcoBlade concept passed EU-level commercial viability screening as early as 2015.