Sten Wandel

Sten Wandel

Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Omniloop

Sten Wandel has 44 years of experience as a professor in transport systems, logistics, and supply chain management. Currently professor emeritus at Lund University in Sweden. He has been engaged in many projects including 12 innovation-based startups. Currently, his full focus is on Omniloop AB which develops and provides underground capsule-pipe systems for transport of small items and waste. “Hyperloop for packages” for the last/first/mile/yard all the way to and from the final user in apartments and establishments. In many cases, one capsule of 5 kg can do the same job as a motor vehicle with 400 times larger mass. In one scenario, compared to a city district with current transport solutions, 30% less traffic and CO2, the value of the freed space was two times the system’s total cost, better service, and much lower operating cost. It also enables automatic order fulfillment since products can be stored in the pipes. Society is not yet aware of the benefits of underground logistics, despite it being first introduced in 1853 in London and followed by 44 cities for the transport of mail. The last one closed was in Prague in 2002. Today we are a handful of startups developing underground pipeline systems for packages to achieve #Hyperlogistics.

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