Jack Foged A/S

Sales and projects

Airflight ApS 

Chief Executive Officer

Technical Director

BIG 3D Print

Handling special request from clients transforming their ideas into plastic products.

DIC Group ApS

Daily i run the company together with my brother. 
I take care of all technical matters in the company while my brother takes care of sales and customer relations.
Days range from administrative things to construction in 3D and calculations of quotations.

Indehaver

Since I was a kid I have loved building stuff with my hands. 

My dad having his own workshop, let me play around with tools and various materials. 

It lead to a passion for technology and creating stuff. 

My dad got me into racing gokarts and formula/car racing from when i was 12 till i was 18. 

When I was 17 I got into MMA and have been having fights as well. 

I studied Mechanical engineering at Aalborg University for 3 years before I started my own company, DIC Group, during the summer before my 4th year. It was an incredible experience and I quickly saw that in the first 2 months of starting my own company that summer, I made more money that I would in half a year as a mechanical engineer. This, combined with my extensive background growing up in a workshop, allowed me to bet on myself and take the leap into DIC Group full time instead of finishing my studies. 

By age 22, I scaled DIC Group to 22 employees, $2 million (USD) in revenue, and made my first million in profit (DKK). Then, I experienced by biggest business hardship at the time when a massive contract went south. In the end it unfortunately cost me my company and ended in bankruptcy. Even though I felt like giving up, I refused to do so. I simply believe that the way to win is through perseverance. So, I got back up and took all of my learnings and experience into my next venture, Airflight.

Shortly after the bankruptcy I founded @Airflight together with a team ( now we are only 2 founders) with the aim of making ordinary people get an extraordinary experience by flying in a flying car.

We flew the flying car and got a lot of media attention that showed us an market opportunity within the Wind turbine industry for flying spare parts and tools. 

Airflight now applied for grants and investment to convert the flying car into an unmanned 100kg payload drone called the AF100. One of the largest quadcopters in the world. 

With the AF100 flying we raised capital and got more grants to build the AF200 a 200kg payload drone that would be able to solve multiple industry headaches. 

Unfortunately we crashed the AF200 in the midst of a funding round, forcing us to scale down operations. This crash seemed to be the end of Airflight. 

Though we found a market for our already developed payload delivery system that we had developed to solve our own problem of automatic delivery and pick up of payloads for our drone. 

The universe had me going back to my roots in industrial piping solutions. 

I love the game of business and will probably work till the day I die, because I just cant stop.

Mikkel K.

"Hold hvad du lover, selv når det gør ondt og koster dig penge."
Det råd fik jeg engang af en af Danmarks mest succesfulde erhvervsmænd.

Det er derfor Jack Foged A/S har eksisteret i snart 40 år. 
Vi holder det, vi lover. Også når det gør ondt.

Alle i industrien har lavet fejl. Det sker. 
Forskellen er, hvordan du løser det.

Vil du have en partner som kun er der, når tingene går godt? 
Eller en som har din ryg, når det bliver svært?

Vi leverer stabilitet, ærlighed og kvalitet. 

Vi skal også være her om 40 år. 
Derfor holder vi, hvad vi lover.

Mikkel Karsgaard

Pipe systems for your projects. From design to production we are your partner for more than 35 years. @JACK FOGED A/S

Nogengange så føles det som om det aldrig stopper med at være fyldt med rør hos os i Jack Foged A/S. Men det er nok ikke underligt når det er det vi lever og ånder for. 

At holde et knivskarpt fokus på rør byg gør os til en stærk partner for dig som gerne vil have lavet en rørpakke med komplet installation og dokumentation. 

Vi har eksisteret i snart 40 år og passionen brænder stadig lige så stærkt som da Jack startede virksomheden. 

Fordi vi brænder for at bygge rør.

Med både et rustfrit og sort værksted tager vi gerne de mere komplekse rør-opgaver hvor begge materialer er tilstede i rørsystemet. 

Hvad det betyder er at du med ro i maven kan vælge os til at varetage alle rør ligegyldigt om det er sort stål eller rustfrit eller et mix. 

Vi har sågar 3D CNC rørskære samt robot svejser hvis tingene er tykvægget og kræver ekstra indsats. 

Ha ro i maven når du vælger os som solid samarbejdspartner, vi har eksisteret i 39 år som familie-ejet virksomhed og vil næsten tro vi tager 40 år mere. 

For når vi har de lange briller på så ses vores forhold ikke som blot et ekstra nummer i regnskabsprogrammet, nej vi er partnere. 

Er vi perfekte? Nej. 
Begår vi fejl? ja. 

Men vi forsøger hver eneste dag at blive 1% bedre end igår. 
Hvorfor? Fordi vi elsker at bygge rør for vores kunder.

Så er Jack Foged A/S landet på Ajour 2025.
Skal vi snakke rørsystemer så hiv fat i mig. 

Vi ses derude!

Under the insulation many places hides beautiful NDT approved welds from Jack Foged employees. 

PN100 316L stainless pipe system on display. 

You need the right partner to deliver, Fast and with top quality and documentation then we are your partner. 

Because we love pipes!

Når processer og miljø er på plads så går tingene normalt hurtigere end på site. Derfor hjælper vi et hav af kunder med units hvor rør bliver svejst på værkstedet og monteret i stålstativer så der er klar til hurtig montering på site. 

Dette er oftest et godt alternativ hvis tingene skal instaleres hurtigt på site for at minimere downtime eksempelvis. 

Samtidig er det oftest mere konkurrencedygtigt at gøre det på denne måde da  sikkerhed, kvalitet og pris oftest er bedre når tingene er lavet på værkstedet. 

Står du og skal have lavet units med rør så kan det være du godt vil have et sæt ekstra øjne på tingene. I dette tilfælde så skal du blot skrive eller ringe til mig så tager vi en uforligtende snak og ser om vi kan være behjælpelig. 

Jack Foged - fordi vi elsker rør.

This month something hit me hard.

Doesn't matter how tough you think you are. 
Doesn't matter if everything's going well.

Life will find a way to punch you in the face.
And it did.
Bad news. The kind where you just sit for a minute and go "fuck."

Then after sitting with it for a while, I started looking for what was still good in the situation.
Not to make myself feel better.
Just because it was there.

The bad thing is still bad. I'm not pretending it's not.
But there's also good stuff that happened before this. Real things. Years of good.
I can hold onto that too.

I used to think acknowledging the good meant I wasn't taking the bad seriously enough.
Like I had to be completely destroyed to prove it mattered.
But that's bullshit.

You can look at a bad situation and still say: "yeah, but at least we had this."
That's not denying reality. That's seeing all of it.

The bad and the good. Both true at the same time.

Same thing happens in work. Project fails. Deal falls through. Team member leaves.
You can hold the loss and still see what you built along the way.

What do you hold onto when life punches you in the face?

Så er det i morgen at der er Ajour 2025. 
Skal vi snakke rør så hiv fat i mig jeg er rundt omkring. 

Glæder mig til at møde de gode folk der holder industrien kørende! 

Vi ses!

Week after week pipespools are leaving our production. 
This is only possible because we have some of the best people at Jack Foged A/S. 

People who chose to go the way of the builder. 
The people who put the work in to construct the constructions and piping systems that are designed. 

This Monday I just want to express my gratitude for all the people working in a service/construction role. You guys are awesome, thank you for your effort in making the world being built and going around.

When you are genuinely excited for Mondays you know you are on the right track. 

There will always be work that is more fun than other work. 

But if you generally is happy to meet up on Mondays, just be grateful and appreciative you are already ahead.

Jacob and Philip started working in their father's workshop as kids. Not watching from the sidelines. Actually working.

Their father Jack started this company almost 40 years ago with his hands, and his sons learned the trade the same way. They got their blue-collar education first, working on the shop floor, before they went on to get their white-collar credentials.

I think that's a big part of why we've been successful as a contractor in the piping systems industry.
Because I came up the same way.

I was raised in a workshop myself. I've spent more than 15 years in steel and manufacturing, and thousands of those hours were spent building and welding. Learning what works in theory versus what actually works when you're 20 feet up with a torch in your hand.

That shared background creates something you can't get from a company where the leadership has only seen projects from a desk.
When you're dealing with complex piping systems and tight deadlines, you need people who understand what's happening on-site. Not just what the drawings say, but what actually happens when tolerances stack up and nothing quite fits the way it should.

We've all been there. We know what goes wrong and why it goes wrong.
That's the foundation of how we work with our customers. We're not just quoting and delivering. We're in it with you when the project gets complicated.

So if you're looking for a supplier who sends you a price list and moves on to the next job, we're probably not the right fit.

But if you need a partner who understands the technical challenges because we've lived them ourselves, then we should talk.

The requirements for documentation is increasing which is why it is important to have a piping partner that is used to dealing with high documentation requirements. 

At Jack Foged A/S we have implemented multiple digital solutions that increases the efficiency of the documentation which in the end benefits our customers. 

Investing in processes and documentation is a must when you want to deliver at the highest quality possible. 

So if you are a tender manager or bid manager and you can see the projects has high demands on documentation, then maybe it is time we have an informal talk about how we potentially can help you and your company delivering the project on time and well documented.

We all make mistakes in life!
It is simple inevitable and it is okay. 
Just fix your mistake and get back on track. 

But let me tell you something that I have learned in my career that have been confirmed to me over and over again. 

There exist people out there that see their mistakes and then they don't fix them, simply because they think no one sees them or will discover it. careless behavior...

Like this guy who pissed on the floor without cleaning. you got NO excuse on this one... Every man who uses a urinal knows that you can't miss to see if you pissed on the floor. 

This type of person is the same person that doesn't clean the toilet after them. careless of other people. This type of person doesn't belong on a high performance team. 

Needless to say I cleaned the floor so I was hopefully the only one with shoes filled with yellow dirty water. 

If we all just care 1% more about each other then maybe just maybe it will make a big impact.

Someone asked me the other day: " how can I be more authentic" 
Without hesitation my first answer was:

Just start saying NO more. 
Way to many of us say yes to things that dont feel right, but we do it to be "polite" or whatever. 

When you start acting more in accordance to how you feel deeply, that is where you will find your authentic self in my opinion. 

What do you think? 
What makes someone authentic?

I just finished reading the book of Stefan Avivson this morning and it was a good reminder of something: 

That we need to be reminded more than we need to be taught. 

His book is almost like a small bible on sales, cut to the bone, no fluff. 
Just simple principles that work. 

How do I know they work? 

Because I use most of them in my daily life. 

The book is worth a read if you are in sales, not because you will be blown a way by fancy small hacks to linkedin or newest AI sales tools. 

But because you will be reminded on that simple things that have worked the last 100 years will keep working. 

Why? 

Because we humans still have the same brain that functions in the same way. 

Great job Stefan on the book. 

Packed with valuable reminders and insights if you are new to sales.

No amount of material possessions can you give you: real deep down status. 

Because the real status is when you look yourself in the mirror, that good feeling you get there....

That's status.

I like to share what I believe is also a great colleague:

Today is maybe the day where you tell that colleague of yours how much the mean to you. 

It got me reflecting on the question: " Are the best colleagues actually friends in disguise 🥸 "???? 

What do you think?

When the student is ready to learn the teacher will show.

Nogengange så kan en enkelt sætning ændrer vores humør eller perspektiv til det bedre. 
Måske en af disse kan være en hjælp for dig idag.

Linkedin is one of the most powerful tools in the world if you know how to use it correctly. 

I have been using the last month to sort out and unfollow so many people. 

The reason. 

I want to use it as an intelligence platform where I get info and speak to people where we can bring value in Jack Foged A/S. 

It has increased the quality of the platform sooooo much. 

Its seems that is the recipe for taking the "normal" social media out of linkedin and putting it back in to my arsenal as a powerful sales tool. 

Have you also been tired of the state of linkedin for a long time, maybe it is time for you to clean it like I have done. 

What do you think is the best thing about linkedin these days?

Founder | Workflow Automation | Follow for daily posts about Process Improvement & Effective Leadership | ex-Amazon

Hi, I’m a former brand marketer who’s now an expert in process improvement.

At Amazon, I led big marketing operations projects and saw firsthand how improving processes can make a huge impact. Today, through my consulting firm, I help marketing teams grow more efficiently by using smart management methods like Kaizen.

I work with CMOs of mid-to-large companies, especially those with teams of 10 or more, to streamline workflows, improve teamwork, and get the most out of their marketing tools. By spotting inefficiencies and turning them into productive actions, I help teams achieve more with less effort.

My goal is simple: save time, cut waste, and create a culture that’s always improving. With my experience in brand marketing and process optimisation, I’m here to help you scale your marketing operations smoothly and effectively.

In short: I help marketers improve their processes by removing inefficiencies, automating tasks and eliminating wasteful activities.

Oliver Ramirez G.

Leaders who punish mistakes also punish progress.

(here’s what most leaders miss)

When leaders obsess over avoiding mistakes, 
they unknowingly block innovation.

Here’s what happens when “no mistakes allowed” becomes the culture:

❌ 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀
↳ Teams stop taking risks.
➞ Innovation shrinks to safe, incremental tweaks.

❌ 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻
↳ Fear of failure keeps people quiet.
➞ The best ideas never see the light of day.

❌ 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗽 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆
↳ While you’re busy avoiding errors, competitors are busy learning.
➞ They adapt faster and win faster.

❌ 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲
↳ High performers won’t stay in a punishment place.
➞ You end up with compliance, not creativity.

The truth is simple:

✅ Mistakes can be fixed.
❌ Missed opportunities can’t.

Just ask Blockbuster, Kodak, or Nokia. 
Playing it safe was their biggest mistake.

💭 Has fear of mistakes ever hold you back?

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➕ Oliver Ramirez G. for leadership & process improvement.

Working with people smarter than you
is a blessing, not a threat.

I've seen too many leaders protect their ego by
choosing "manageable" candidates over top talent.

The cost:

❌ You avoid people who might question your decisions
❌ Every major decision becomes a bottleneck through you 
❌ Innovation dies because nobody challenges your thinking

Harvard Business Journal found that bad hires 
drive 80% of employee turnover.

But when you hire up, everything scales:
✅ Smart hires spot problems before they explode
✅ They bring solutions, not just execution
✅ High-performers attract other high-performers

The fastest-growing companies are led by founders
who know their gaps and hire exceptional talent to fill them.

"Try never to be the smartest person in the room.
And if you are, find a different room."
-Michael Dell

💭 Which part resonated with you most?

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If blame is your reaction to mistakes,
you shouldn't be in management. 

The only way to avoid repeating mistakes
is to allow the space and security to self-reflect.

Here are 4 tips to learn from mistakes:

1️⃣ Start with safety
↳ Focus on learning, not blaming
↳ Fear kills honest feedback
↳ Begin with wins before discussing challenges

2️⃣ Focus on systems, not people
↳ Look at processes, not personalities
↳ Prevents defensive reactions
↳ Ask "what caused this?" not "who did this?"

3️⃣ Make it actionable
↳ Turn insights into concrete next steps
↳ Good ideas disappear without ownership
↳ Assign owners and review progress next time

4️⃣ Deep dive to uncover underlying issues
↳ Use the fishbone framework and 5 whys
↳ See the problem from different angles
↳ Document first the event and then deep dive

Teams that learn naturally outperform:

✅ Structured reviews deliver results
↳ Using retrospectives show +39% team performance
↳ Regular reflection cycles allow to improve faster

✅ Psychological safety promotes honesty
↳ High-trust places = more breakthrough ideas
↳ Fear-free zones encourage people to speak up sooner

✅ Documentation prevents repeat failures
↳ Tracked improvements compound over time
↳ Shared knowledge helps the whole team level up

The teams that win don't make fewer mistakes,
they learn from them faster. 

💭 What's your favourite tip?

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Sources: GoRemotely (2023), BusinessMap (2024)

85% of people believe they're over-performers.

(how your ego can kill your growth)

An unchecked ego can sabotage your growth:

1️⃣ The Feedback Filter
↳ You dismiss criticism as "they don't understand"
↳ Only hear praise, ignore improvement areas

💡Escape it by regularly asking for 360 feedback

2️⃣ The Fixed Mindset Trap
↳ Challenges threaten your "smart" identity
↳ You avoid situations where you might fail

💡A growth mindset requires you to challenge yourself 

3️⃣ The Comparison Obsession
↳ Focus shifts from learning to looking good
↳ Energy goes to protecting image, not developing skills

💡Keeping up appearances only fools yourself

4️⃣ The Knowledge Ceiling
↳ "I already know this" blocks new information
↳ You stop asking questions that reveal gaps

💡 Studies show curiosity drives career advancement

The answer is to develop a "quiet ego".

It's not about suppressing confidence,
it's right-sizing your self-perception.

Research shows that individuals with quiet egos have:
✅ More authentic relationships
✅ Higher wellbeing and life satisfaction
✅ Greater learning capacity under pressure

How to develop a quiet ego for growth:

1️⃣ The Reality Check
↳ Ask "What don't I know?" before every project
↳ Seek feedback from 3 different perspectives 

2️⃣ The Growth Challenge
↳ Choose 1 task monthly that makes you uncomfortable
↳ Document what you learned from failures

3️⃣ The Authentic Leadership
↳ Celebrate others' wins publicly
↳ Share your mistakes and lessons learned openly

The strongest leaders aren't those who never fail.
They're those who learn fastest from discomfort.

Your ego wants to protect you from feeling small.
Growth requires embracing what you don't know yet.

💭 What tip works best for you?

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➕ Oliver Ramirez G. for leadership & process improvement

Sources: The Quiet Ego Scale (2015), Growing a growth mindset (2020).

Take care of your team, 
and they’ll take care of your business.

Strong teams are built with training, 
motivation, and opportunities.

Here are 5 ways to build a strong team:

1/ Training is a smart investment
 ↳ Firms that train generate 3x more rev. per employee
 ↳ Stagnant teams lead to stagnant business.

💡 Make development a KPI, not a 'nice to have'.

2/ A good culture retains employees
 ↳ 62% of employees leave due to bad culture.
 ↳ Money attracts, but culture retains.

💡 Build a mission-driven, psychologically safe space.

3/ Accountability empowers employees
 ↳ Ownership fuels retention by 97%.
 ↳ People stay where they feel responsible.

💡 Give autonomy, allow mistakes.

4/ Empathy isn’t soft, it’s a superpower
 ↳ Employees with empathetic leaders are more loyal.
 ↳ People often don’t just quit jobs, they quit bad bosses.

💡 Listen, pulse check through direct/indirect channels.

5/ Well-being isn’t a perk. It boosts productivity.
 ↳ Burned-out employees cost millions in lost output.
 ↳ Happy teams outperform unhappy ones by 20%.

💡 Balance workloads, don't overwhelm your best talent.


Train people so well they can leave.
Treat them so well they won’t want to.

💭 Which point resonated most with you? 

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Sources: ATD Research, Charity Job Finder, Gallup, EY Empathy in Business Survey, University of Warwick.

Unproductive teams always display the same traits.

(spot these 8 issues & how to solve them)

Unresolved inefficiencies can cripple any team:
🚩 Tasks take longer to perform
🚩 Frustrations build up
🚩 People begin to stop caring

The worse part about work inefficiencies is that
they often go unnoticed until something big breaks.

Here are 8 common issues and how to solve them:

1/ Relying on a ‘Single Expert’
 ↳ One person trains everyone on a process
 ↳ Creates bottlenecks + knowledge gaps

💡 Document + record to share knowledge

2/ No standard way of doing things
 ↳ Everyone does the same task differently
 ↳ Leads to delays, rework, confusion
 
💡 Map, benchmark, document, align

3/ Manual-heavy onboarding
 ↳ Shadowing, 1:1s, endless presentations
 ↳ Eats up senior team time

💡 Automate; use onboarding tech

4/ Projects keep restarting
 ↳ Leadership changes direction mid-project
 ↳ Wastes time + drains morale

💡Align on success, get buy-in early

5/ Messy work environment
 ↳ Can’t find docs, assets, info
 ↳ Teams waste hours hunting for basics

💡 Organise, standardise, maintain

6/ People accept broken processes
 ↳ “That’s just how we do it”
 ↳ Innovation stalls, issues repeat

💡 Use PDCA to continuously optimise

7/ Misaligned team metrics
 ↳ Teams chase different goals
 ↳ Creates tension + competing priorities

 💡 Align everyone to a few core KPIs

8/ Underused software tools
 ↳ Features ignored or disconnected systems
 ↳ Manual work stays manual
 
 💡 Train, track adoption, integrate

Your team’s productivity is only as strong
 as the systems you've built.

Prioritise removing inefficiencies as you 
encounter them to set your team for success.

Start by auditing and optimising a key process this week.

💬 Which inefficiency trap resonated the most?

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➕ Oliver Ramirez G. for leadership & process improvement.

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