Arne Asplund

{{Short description|Swedish inventor}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Arne Asplund

| birth_date = 1903

| death_date = 1993 (aged 89–90)

| nationality = Swedish

| occupation = Inventor

| known_for = Invention of the Defibrator

}}

Dr. Arne Asplund (1903 – 1993) was a Swedish inventor. He invented the Defibrator pulping refiner and the defibrator-method (also called Asplund-method) for pulping wooden chips in 1930s. His invention resulted in the company AB Defibrator in Stockholm which was merged with Sunds AB to form Sunds Defibrator in 1979.[http://sn.svensktnaringsliv.se/sn/publi.nsf/Publikationerview/0EB1614A9B48728CC1256BA30043C214/$File/PUB200204-008-1.pdf Anders Johnson: De lyfte landet – en berättelse om svenska entreprenörer] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928084638/http://sn.svensktnaringsliv.se/sn/publi.nsf/Publikationerview/0EB1614A9B48728CC1256BA30043C214/%24File/PUB200204-008-1.pdf |date=September 28, 2007 }}, p. 25 {{in lang|sv}}{{cite web|title=SCA: Acquisitions and divestments |url=http://www.sca.com/en/Investors/Acquisitions/ |publisher=Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget |accessdate=20 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624045845/http://www.sca.com/en/Investors/Acquisitions/ |archivedate=24 June 2011 }}

Asplund was rewarded the Gold medal (Guldmedaljen) of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) in 1947 for the invention and his further development of the defibrator-method for pulping wood and other fibre rich materials. He was later rewarded the Great gold medal (Stora guldmedaljen) from IVA in 1969 for his efforts on defibration technology.[http://www.iva.se/upload/Verksamhet/Utm%C3%A4rkelser/iva%20medaljbok%201919-2001.pdf Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences: Utmärkelser och minnestecken 1919–2001] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831130906/http://www.iva.se/upload/Verksamhet/Utm%C3%A4rkelser/iva%20medaljbok%201919-2001.pdf |date=2010-08-31 }} ("Awards 1919-2001") {{in lang|sv}} In 2014 Asplund was inducted to the Paper Industry International Hall of Fame.{{cite web|title=Arne J.A. Asplund|url=http://www.paperhall.org/arne-j-a-asplund-2/|publisher=Paper Industry International Hall of Fame|accessdate=6 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403055242/http://www.paperhall.org/arne-j-a-asplund-2/|archive-date=3 April 2016|url-status=dead}}