Founder & CEO, nornnorn
Based on his passion in sustainability and his family’s 95-year experience in the mattress industry, Mr. Nophol Techaphangam founded “nornnorn”, the world’s first Circular Economy product subscription platform, in early 2018.
Starting from premium mattresses, nornnorn makes access to brand-new, high-value, long-life products more financially viable for businesses and general consumers while ensuring that our planet’s finite resources are used more productively by retrieving and recycling the used products at the end of every subscription free of charge.
In addition to operating the subscription platform, nornnorn is driving the development of innovative recycling technologies, such as those related to polyurethane foam used in mattresses and other products, in collaboration with a number of R&D partners, including the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and the University of Cambridge.
Now running in Thailand and Indonesia, the start-up has received many accolades from around the world, including:
- The Japan-based crQlr Awards 2021 in the Model Business, Redesigning Relationships, Green Hospitality and Health & Wellness Impact categories;
- The Switzerland-based World Tourism Forum Lucerne Start-up Innovation Camp 2021’s First Prize in the Impacting Category;
- Being highlighted as one of the top five global zero waste travel solutions by StartUs, Europe’s leading startup and innovation network, in July 2022; and
- Thailand National Innovation Awards 2022 First Prize in the Social and Environmental Contribution (Social and Community Organisation) Category.
Mr. Techaphangam holds a Post. Dip. in Economics from the University of Cambridge and a BSc. (1st Hons) in Physics with Theoretical Physics from the University of Manchester.
