Curious about how remanufacturing can revolutionize your business in China? Our latest report dives into the challenges and opportunities of this rapidly evolving industry. Remanufactured automotive parts not only offer up to 60% in cost savings but also bring significant environmental benefits. China’s ambitious sustainability initiatives like the 14th Five-Year Plan and Extended Producer Responsibility […]
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Closing product loops and creating added value for the environment, customers and companies. A best practice from the automotive industry. In a functioning circular economy, one ideally sees not only the customer again, but also the products, in order to repair them – contrary to the linear economic model – refurbish them, feed them into […]
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Rethinking Circular Economy through a European-wide logistics platform for the return and reprocessing of automotive components – Encory is working on this vision together with its partners Kühne Logistics University (KLU) and Do-Tank Circularity e.V. The revolutionary goal: to increase sustainability while reducing costs in the aftersales sector at the same time through an industry-wide increase in the reprocessing of used […]
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1. Executive Summary An empirical study in the form of an online survey was used to question 202 people on the subject of “Demand and acceptance of remanufactured parts as a repair solution for passenger cars – What are important arguments for customers of automotive repair shops?”. In total, complete surveys from 180 participants were […]
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Executive Summary The automotive industry on the verge of transformation had to fight the largest crisis of the century, the COVID-19 pandemic. Long-coming trends of shared economy, autonomous driving, connected cars and electric vehicles were all affected. The shared economy took a turn and evolved into individual once again. Hygiene concerns and less need for […]
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Executive Summary In the past, the success of automobile manufacturers was largely measured by the sales of new cars. However, the topic of mobility has changed significantly in recent years. Owning your vehicle is increasingly taking a back seat, especially for young people. Furthermore, during the financial crisis and the decreasing sales of new vehicles, […]
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Executive Summary In the past, the success of car manufacturers was measured largely by the sales of new cars. However, the topic of „mobility“ has changed significantly in recent years and owning one’s own vehicle is increasingly moving into the background, especially for young people. Furthermore, during the financial crisis and the accompanying decline in […]
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With the continuing caution by politicians (and perhaps a greater degree of luck on all sides), the Covid 19 pandemic may be entering a late stage for now. Whether the crisis will return to haunt us within the next twelve months, no one can predict with any degree of certainty. What is clear, however, is […]
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“All that glitters is not gold.” William Shakespeare (1564–1616). On the other hand, not everything that looks dreary, grubby or dirty is valueless. Most motorists have passed scrapyards piled-high with car wrecks. It is here broken, rusty, old or obsolete vehicles come to die. It is the final stop for automotive or heavy-duty vehicles with […]
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Twenty years ago, the writer of these lines took up the position of editor of a magazine dedicated to remanufacturing. “Dedicated to what?”
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For years, there has been a gap between theory and practice in remanufacturing in China, one of the world’s largest economies and its largest and most rapidly expanding automotive market. The “theory” in this case is the Chinese government’s oft stated commitment to remanufacturing against “practice”, i.e. how “reman” is playing out in the markets, […]
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