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Petter Planke

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Nationality
  
Norwegian

Known for
  
Co-founder of Tomra

Occupation
  
Businessperson

Relatives
  
Tore Planke (brother)

Born
  
7 March 1937 (age 80) (
1937-03-07
)
Oslo, Norway

Petter Planke (born 7 March 1937) is a Norwegian businessperson, known for the foundation of Tomra.

He was born in Oslo to Sverre Martens Planke and Vivien Brath, and is a brother of Tore Planke. He married Grete Rønneberg in 1958.

Planke co-founded the industry company Tomra in 1972, along with his brother. He was thus a pioneer in the production of reverse vending machines. As of 2000, Tomra had about 75% of the world market of reverse vending machines. He was a board member of Norges Industriforbund from 1981 to 1985, and a member of the Norwegian Export Council from 1987 to 1989. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 2015.

References

Petter Planke Wikipedia


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