About us
TECHTREE is a biotech company founded in Denmark in 2017. We produce elite seedlings for the Christmas tree business using somatic embryogenesis. We are the first company in the world that has been able to produce Nordmann fir trees using this technology and we aim to produce at a large commercial scale using this methode. This technology was invented by late Jens Iver Find from the University of Copenhagen.
Today TECHTREE is run and owned by Ulrik Nyvold, Sune Graae Norsker and Dr. Pramod Gupta. We produce emblings in a large biotech laboratory in Asia, and we have extensive cooperation’s with universities. Dr. Pramod Gupta is the leading person in somatic embryogenesis in the world and is our technical director.
1 year old cloned seedlings in a LED light set-up for increased growth
Somatic embryogenesis is differentiating cells into plants by shortcutting fusion of gametes by which haploid or diploid somatic cells develop into differentiated plants through embryological stages.
Somatic embryogenesis is a common process in nature and we use it to produce identical seedlings specialized for the Christmas Tree business.
TECHTREE was started as a spin off company from the university of Copenhagen in 2017 by Ulrik Kejser Nyvold and Sune Graae Norsker. The object of the company is to create superior seedlings for the industry.
These identical seedlings secures a far better quality in production thus enhancing the business case and it also improves the environmental impact of the tree production.