Tore Planke (born 25 January 1943) is a Norwegian engineer, inventor and businessperson. He was born in

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

to Sverre Martens Planke and Vivien Brath, and is a brother of

Petter Planke 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-f ...

. He was married to Grete Lind from 1970 to 1991, and to Ingrid Elisabeth Planke from 1994. Planke graduated from the

Norwegian Institute of Technology The Norwegian Institute of Technology (Norwegian: ''Norges tekniske høgskole'', NTH) was a science institute in Trondheim, Norway. It was established in 1910, and existed as an independent technical university for 58 years, after which it was m ...

in 1969, specializing in cybernetics. He co-founded the industry company

Tomra TOMRA is a Norwegian multinational corporation manufacturing collection and sorting products, such as reverse vending machines for the food, recycling and mining industries. With over 82,000 ( RVMs) installed, 10,000 food sorters and 6,000 recy ...

in 1972, along with his brother. The company produced

reverse vending machine A reverse vending machine (RVM) is a machine that allows a person to insert a used or empty glass bottle, plastic bottle, or aluminum can in exchange for a reward. After inserting the recyclable item, it is then compacted, sorted, and analyzed ac ...

s based on his inventions using electronics and optics for recognizing the bottles.

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1943 births Living people Engineers from Oslo Norwegian Institute of Technology alumni Norwegian inventors Norwegian company founders {{norway-engineer-stub