rematecnews | april 2016 | no 2 | volume 16

Scotland – executing reman strategies

Industry giants andinvestors go for reman

Reviving industrial robotsthrough remanufacturing

Preparing SMEs for a tougher future

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ReMaTecNews | 3CONTENTS

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22 | Renault and other giants are increasingly turning to reman

France’s Renault are among the global vehicle

manufacturers that are following the circular

patch. Its reman factory in Choisy in Paris is

one example. US experts Bill Burkhart and Jamie

Butterworth go into detail.

12 | Bringing failing industrial robots back to life

Quietly, but steadily a German entrepreneur

has created a remanufacturing niche for

himself: reviving industrial robots that would

otherwise have been heading for the scrapyard.

ReMaTecNews visits the village in Northern Bavaria

where Ingo Förster returns robots to life.

18 | Options for remanufacturers in a changing environment

Last year, Professor Carsten Bücker, owner of

the BU Power group, sold part of his business to

a German investment group. The sale reflected

some of the changing circumstances that other

remanufacturers will encounter in an increasingly

competitive environment. Carsten Bücker provides

an overview of what lies in store for the industry.

“Big business has begun to recognise that circular strategies are necessary for future success”William Burckart, CEO, Burckart Consulting

Editorial 4

Scotland invests in remanufacturing 5

3D printing 6

World Reman Summit comes to Beijing 28

FIRM 30

APRA 31

TransTec sets up European team 35

International exhibitions 38

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EDITOR’S LETTER ReMaTecNews | 4

ReMaTecNews - the next stageThis editorial must be more or less the hundredth I’ve written since the first edition of ReMaTecNews

was published 15 years ago. Perhaps not the hundredth, but near enough to look back and take

stock.

Having penned every editorial in the magazine over such a long period, there may be some who

would argue that the time has come for a change of editor. Perhaps they have a point. Nobody is

indispensable. Now the owners of ReMaTecNews have plans to take magazine in new directions,

so it’s time for me to move on.

Consequently, from Edition 3, 2016, the editorial content of the magazine will be the responsibility

of a new team. I wish them the best of luck. Being involved with the reman industry has afforded me

great pleasure, not least because this industry attracts so many skilled and innovative individuals as

well as delivering services that genuinely benefit society as a whole.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the dedicated and inspiring people, who have

contributed to ideas, suggestions, articles and visions for ReMaTecNews over all these years. The

magazine, indeed the entire automotive remanufacturing industry, has benefited from their help,

enthusiam and advice. From CEOs, executives, marketeers, technical specialists, line operators and

entrepreneurs, the message has uniformly been one of pride in their profession and commitment

for what they’re doing.

As for myself, I have enjoyed watching ReMaTecNews play a part in the provision of news and

information within the industry as well as to a broader public. Much remains to be done in terms of

informing consumers, authorities and local and national governments of the indisputable value of

remanufacturing. Nevertheless, much has also been achieved – and there’s more to come. Hopefully,

you will continue to support such endeavours wherever they may originate. Remanufacturing is on the

right track. Long may it continue.

I hope to meet you again at some point.

William Schwarck

Editor-in-Chief

ReMaTecNews

See also pages 14, 15 and 16

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ReMaTecNews | 5NEWS

FER to extend member benefitsThe UK’s Federation of Engine Remanufacturers

has launched an extensive membership drive

to encourage British engine remanufacturers

to take advantage of its services and benefits.

The initiative comprises an 11-point service

plan designed to strengthen the association’s

members’ position in the market and help broaden

general knowledge of engine reconditioning and

remanufacturing.

“As the only corporate body representing the

interests of the engine re-manufacturing and

re-conditioning industry in the UK, FER works

domestically and internationally to support its

members”, FER said in a statement. “With a

strong philosophy that focuses on the importance

of working together to protect and develop

the interests of the industry, we are proactively

seeking potential new members.”

The 11-point service plan comprises:

• A FER Code of Practice aimed at maintaining

standards and protecting warranties;

• Recognition as part of a high quality

organisation;

• Use of the FER logo on all stationery and

advertising media;

• FER Training Programme – to protect and

improve key skills and the business;

• Free Business and Legal Help Line, provided by

the law firm, Lawgistics;

• Specialist insurance offers provided by AJP

Partnership;

• Technical bulletins and Technical Help Line;

• An ‘in-house’ service by phone and email;

• FER website, including a member section – to

promote an active and supportive community;

• Quarterly FER ‘News & Views’ magazine;

• Regional meetings and visits to places of

interest.

FER says that enquiries about membership,

services and benefits can be submitted to:

[email protected]. n

As Scotland, the home of whisky, kilts and

bagpipes, increasingly flexes its muscles

as an independent state within the United

Kingdom, the Scottish government continues

to demonstrate its commitment to the circular

economy and remanufacturing.

The latest example comes in the form of a range

of grants awarded to nine businesses working

within the field of remanufacturing, totalling

£238,000. The recipients include Cummins Diesel

ReCon, ACS Marine, Campers Scotland Ltd and

WEEE Scotland. Projects involve areas such as

logistics in recovering products for remanufacture,

material wear, cleaning technologies and end-of-

life assessment.

The recently formed Scottish Institute for

Remanufacture, SIR, which is hosted at the

University of Strathclyde, selected the grants to

help remanufacturing businesses explore how

to make the most efficient use of materials.

Among the recipients, WEEE Scotland is a waste

management service focused on remanufacturing

and promoting zero waste while Cummins Diesel

ReCon is investigating cleaning methods for the

removal of carbon residue in high horsepower

engines. ACS Marine, a marine consultancy, is

looking to reuse and remanufacture end-of-

life shipping assets while Campers Scotland

Ltd, manufactures greener energy camper van

components.

Potential

“Remanufacturing already contributes £1.1

billion to Scotland’s annual economic activity and

has potential to add an additional £620 million

by 2020. I welcome these projects and hope

to see these companies start to fulfil some of

that growth potential,” said Richard Lochhead,

Cabinet Secretary for the Environment in the

Scottish government. “Alongside our new circular

economy strategy, this is an excellent example of

the type of action which we are promoting in EU

negotiations on a Europe-wide package of circular

economy measures.” n

Scotland cheers on remanufacturing

After nine years as Director, International

Exhibitions at RAI Amsterdam, one of Europe’s

largest exhibition venues, Theo Lingmont has

announced that he is stepping down. A well-

known figure in the automotive and heavy duty

remanufacturing industries, Theo Lingmont

had ultimate responsibility for the two-yearly

ReMaTec shows in Amsterdam and since

2014, also for the

Big R/ReMaTecUSA show

in Las Vegas. In his post

at RAI Amsterdam, he was

in charge of a portfolio

of 15 international trade

exhibitions in three

continents.

Before joining RAI

Amsterdam Theo Ling -

mont held leading roles

in a number of international businesses

and organisations in his native Holland and

the UK, the position of Managing Director

UK & Ireland for the Netherlands Board of

Tourism & Conventions and Director of

Marketing Worldwide at Golden Tulip

Hotels International. n

Theo Lingmont leaves RAI Amsterdam

Theo Lingmont

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Siemens, one of Germany’s industrial

powerhouses, recently opened a production

facility for metal 3D printed components in

Finspång in Sweden. The 200 million Swedish

krona investment represents an initial step in

the company’s plans for the mass manufacture

and repair of metal parts using additive

manufacturing. The company considers the

move “a long-term investment to build up the

skills and experience to lead to new ideas and

developments”.

In particular, Siemens’ aim is to develop new

and improved components for the industrial

gas turbine SGT-800 significantly faster, and

shorten repair times from months to weeks.

“3D printing can be used to shorten design and

technology validation, reduce manufacturing and

repair time, integrate the design and manufacturing

process, reduce the number of manufacturing

steps, allow new materials, reduce the quantity

of material used, reduce cost, regionalise support,

and reduce spare part inventory,” Rachel Gordon

of UK-based analytics firm, IDTechEx, in Cambridge

says. IDTechEx research for its report, 3D Printing

of Metals 2015-2025, predicts that around 1,000

of these types of 3D printers will be sold in 2016,

with a total market value of $540M.

What Gordon did not specifically mention is

that the new 3D Printing technology also opens

up new horizons for remanufacturing. Could it

even lead to, if not a revolution in the field of

remanufacturing, then at least radical change?

Technical advances

One research engineer who has been following

the development of 3D Printing technology closely

is Marcus Kafara of Bayreuth University’s Faculty

of Environmental Production Technics in Germany.

Kafara points out how technical advances in

the field of Additive Manufacturing (AM) in

Siemens – and others – join thequest for additive manufacturing

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recent years have led to increased use of such

technologies to produce not only prototypes but

also serial parts.

“In the beginning, additive manufacturing was

driven by demand from the product development

of the automotive industry but today the

technology is used in several other branches like

the aircraft industry, the medicine industry or the

machine building industry,” he says. “Additive

Manufacturing Technologies like Selective Laser

Sintering (SLS) or Fused Deposition Modeling

(FDM) now produce high-quality parts at a

competitive price.”

Other aspects of additive manufacturing/3D

printing mean that the processes are highly

attractive because of their definable material

use in the products as well as the low waste of

material during the process. By using Additive

Manufacturing, parts are built up layer by layer

and are not chip-removal machined.

Markus Kasara explains: “Additive Manufacturing

Technologies can show their full potential in single

parts, small batch series and reverse engineered

parts as they often appear in the reman process.

quantities or when the remanufacturer wants

to optimise parts. The available materials range

from thermoplastic polymers to several metal

alloys up to ceramics depending on the additive

manufacturing technology.”

Intriguing example

An intriguing example of the power of 3D printing

technology came into evidence some weeks ago in

Germany when the famous 3,500 year old bust of

Egypt’s Queen Nefertiti in Berlin’s Neues Museum

was copied by “thieves”. Using a concealed

3D scanner the illegal copyists produced what

the press called a “breathtakingly precise copy”

for a Cairo museum. The culprits, two artists,

claimed that they wanted to redress the plunder

by German archaeologists who discovered the

sculpture in Egypt in 1912. Ever since, Egypt has

been demanding the return of the bust.

The German-Iraqi artist Nora al-Badri and her

German colleague, Jan Nikolai Nelles, say that they

will make the ancient secrets of the bust freely

available to anyone who wants to print a 3D copy.

This could mean that thousands of Nefertitis may

be found around the word in the not too distant

future. That’s remanufacturing for you! n

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European automotive industry welcomes GEAR 2030Brussels-based CLEPA, the European

Association of Automotive Suppliers,

welcomes launch of the so-called High

Level Group GEAR 2030, the association

has said. GEAR 2030 is the EU consultation

process for sectoral policy in the automotive

industry.

The High Level Group’s main objective is to

develop recommendations which reinforce the

competitiveness of the European automotive

industry by discussing the main challenges for the

automotive industry in the next 10 years.

Member States and representatives of industry,

consumers, trade unions environmental protection

and road safety will hold a regular dialogue on

all matters relating to the competitiveness and

sustainable growth of the automotive industry,

advise the Commission on policy and formulate

a set of sector-specific policy recommendations.

The Group will also support the EU Commission

in identifying key areas and setting up a

European plan in order to facilitate the roll-out of

autonomous and automated vehicles.

Commitment

CLEPA CEO Paul Schockmel said, “European

Automotive Suppliers are fully committed to

deliver on transport sustainability by improving

air quality, energy efficiency and road safety.

The automation of driving tasks is one of the

emerging technical evolutions which will help in

meeting these challenges while contributing to

European technological leadership.”

CLEPA represents 116 of the world’s most

prominent suppliers for car parts, systems and

modules and 23 National trade associations and

European sector associations comprising more

than 3000 companies. Member companies employ

more than 5 million people and cover all products

and services within the automotive supply chain.

Based in Brussels, Belgium, CLEPA is recognized

as the natural discussion partner by the European

Institutions, United Nations and fellow associations

such as ACEA, JAMA, MEMA and others. nCLEPA CEO Paul Schockmel

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VW sees further declineVolkswagen brand’s global vehicle sales fell 4.7

percent in February, hit by declines in China,

the U.S., Brazil and Russia, the newsagency,

VW has reported. However, Europe was a

bright spot for VW Group’s core unit.

VW brand deliveries dropped to 394,000 last

month from 413,700 a year earlier, the company

said in a statement today.

Demand in China, the brand’s largest single

market, fell by 3 percent due to the Chinese New

Year celebrations, while sales in the U.S. dropped

by 13 percent amid negative publicity over the

automaker’s cheating of U.S. diesel emissions tests.

Over the first two months, VW sales dropped

13.8 percent in the U.S., a market that gained 3.4

percent. Sales in Brazil plunged 40 percent while

volume in Russia was down 7 percent.

Improvement in Europe

VW brand’s sales in Europe, where the company

is recalling 8.5 million diesel cars fitted with

manipulated software, rose 3.7 percent. “Our

customers remain loyal to us in a challenging

period,” sales and marketing chief, Juergen

Stackmann, said in a statement.

Stackmann said the latest-generation Tiguan,

which rolls out in Europe from next month, will

give the brand a big push. VW said it has received

15,000 pre-orders for the compact SUV in the

past seven weeks.

The Tiguan is Europe’s second best-selling

SUV after the Nissan Qashqai with a European

volume of 148,940 last year, down 1.3 percent,

compared with sales of 232,788 for the Qashqai,

up 14 percent, according to data from market

researchers JATO Dynamics. n

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Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance. The Diamond

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customer service, changeover support, marketing

and sales assistance, and support by its sales

representatives. Michael Kitching, GB’s President

& CEO and Russ Barker, GB’s Director of Sales and

Marketing, accepted the award on behalf of GB

Remanufacturing.

“We are honored to receive the inaugural

Diamond Award from the Alliance. We have been

supplying the GB gasoline and diesel fuel injection

program to the Alliance Shareholders since 2006.

We have worked very closely with the Alliance

Parts Warehouse to bring incremental business

in a category that previously was in a downward

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Bringing robots back to life

Accounting for substantial investments in

machinery, time, skills and money, robots are a

crucial part of today’s production environments.

If and when they fail, or reach the end of their

useful life, it may have a major impact on a

business. Do we discard the old equipment and

buy new? Is it necessary to instal new computer

systems and retrain staff to use them? Do we have

to admit to customers that their order cannot be

met due to equipment failure?

There is another solution and a 50 year-old

German business entrepreneur in a tiny village

hidden away in the northern part of Bavaria has

found it. Ingo Förster remanufactures robots –

and on a scale that vastly exceeds the apparently

modest surroundings of Harsdorf in the region of

Upper Franconia.

Global customers

In fact, his service team can, in urgent cases, reach

A visit to many, if not most, production plants is likely to reveal an often bewildering array of industrial robots, all of them replacing manual

tasks and those who perform them. Today, across the world, tens of thousands of robots undertake increasingly complex work for manufacturers

whose productions are dependent on the reliability of their robots.

Ingo Förster (right) and co-director Michael Ettenauer Robotif has established itself as a world-leading remanufacturer of

industrial robots

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a customer more or less anywhere in the world,

within a time frame of 48 hours. If, and when,

the four-man service team is engaged elsewhere,

Robotif will ship a robot for temporary use by the

client until a proper repair can be carried out or

a remanufactured part installed. The year of the

company’s foundation, 2009, suddenly seems a

very long way away.

”Besides Germany, we have customers in

Malaysia, Israel, Brazil and the US and we can get

to them within a day and a half or two days,”

Förster explains. ”In most cases, even within 24

hours. We also, of course, offer training courses

for the customers’ operators. Robots can be very

complex machines and to get full use out of them,

you have to know what you’re doing.”

Almost like a case-story from a business school,

Robotif’s early beginnings were modest indeed.

From day one, Ingo Förster, who had previously

worked for a robot manufacturer, was the only

person on board, handling everything himself,

from repairing the first robots, dealing with

customers, dispatching deliveries and answering

the phone.

”I realised that robot manufacturers at the time

offered terms of service and parts supply, so I

decided to have a go. However, if someone had

told me how the business would develop, I would

have laughed,” he says. ”Today we’re around

twenty people here and I expect that we will be

some more before the end of the year.”

Key players

Possibly the world’s leading remanufacturer

of industrial robots, Robotif specialises in

remanufacturing parts from three of the key

players in the market, Adept, Bosch, Denso

and Staubli. The potential for expanding the

business is perhaps best illustrated by the fact

that between them, these manufacturers have

around 14,000 industrial robots in use around

the world while the total production figure for

all robot manufacturers is estimated at 1-1.5

million. In other words, there is plenty of scope

for expansion. This is not least in view of the

fact that robots are used worldwide and in

different sectors such as automotive, aviation

and aerospace, semi-conductor manufacturing,

pharmaceutical, solar, food, glass and porcelain

industries as well as in shoe production, musical

instrument manufacturing and industrial watch

production, just to mention a few.

However, Ingo Förster does not want to appear

over-optimistic. The market runs in cycles, he says.

Some years it may grow by as little as 1 per cent

whereas other years see growth of 15-20 per cent.

“Only a few years ago, everyone wanted to

be fully automated. Since then, you see more

manufacturers who want to maintain a degree of

manual control on the shop floor, which is a good

thing because it preserves jobs and maintains

skills. Nevertheless, I think there’s little doubt that

remanufacturing robots will still provide Robotif

with a solid business well into the future,” Ingo

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He gave everything to our industry By Jack Stack, President & CEO, SRC Holdings Corp. US

William Schwarck called me the other day and told me he was leaving ReMaTec to

pursue new opportunities. Two thoughts flashed through my mind - one self-serving

and one about our industry as a whole.

My first thought was, what could be more exciting than remanufacturing? And my

next thought hit me like a ton of bricks - and that was how William Schwarck could

be leaving the industry that he spent so many years building throughout the world.

A good part of his life he gave everything to our industry and asked for nothing in

return. He gave us so much through his distinctive written style bringing us together

with real stories, sometimes brave and always strong. His obvious aim was to grow the

industry internationally through recognition of its people

and the companies who contributed to it.

We will miss his tenacity to excite and unite us and we

will always love this man and this industry for what he

has done for it.

William Schwarck moved this industry with a story, an

infectious smile, a small camera and a big heart. It is with

a sense of sadness that we see him leave and wish him a

triumphant new beginning.

This edition of ReMaTecNews will be the last presided over by William Schwarck in the position of Editor-in-Chief, a position he held for the past

15 years. During a period of tremendous change to the remanufacturing industry, William Schwarck has built a magazine that has reflected the

extensive development of remanufacturing for the past one and a half decade. ReMaTecNews asked a number of industry leaders to assess the

impact of the magazine since its beginning.

As editor of ReMaTecNews William Schwarck created the Remanufacturer of the Year Award in 2005. In the photo he and fellow judges, Doug Wolma,

Dana Corporation (left), and Volker Schittenhelm (right), congratulates Jack Stack, President and CEO, SRC Holding with the 2014 Award.

Industry voices appreciation for work of Editor-in-Chief

Thank youBy Professor Rolf Steinhilper, Chair of Manufacturing and

Remanufacuring Technology, University of Bayreuth, Germany

As I have been working with new remanufacturing technologies

and applications for 35 years - since 1981 - I see two distinct

periods: one is the the first twenty years of struggle where it was

hard to make the outside world aware of the exciting business

called remanufacturing. The second period began in 2001 when

William Schwarck started editing his ReMaTecNews, promoting

remanufacturing with professionalism, enthusiasm and a flair for

interesting, up-to-date news. We would not have arrived where

remanufacturing is today without William´s endeavours and

commitment, which one could

define as “media statesmanship”.

His magazine has bridged readers

east and west of the oceans and

formed a real global community

for remanufacturing. Last but not

least, he set the stage for the

successful World Remanufacturing

Summits, William´s idea back in

2011, which today is in its fifth

annual edition.

Thank you, William.

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By Ian Buxcey, Senior Manager, Global

Remanufacturing in BorgWarner’s Turbo Systems

business unit

To my surprise I recently heard that William was

leaving his post as editor of ReMaTec News, a post

that he has held to my knowledge for at least the

last 15 years and an act that will be hard to follow.

William has been a great supporter of the

automotive remanufacturing industry and with

ReMaTecNews developed a communication and

information channel that has given visibility to

the players within it and an insight to many

companies’ activities which would otherwise

remain unknown to us.

His global reach and reputation has enabled us

all to follow the development of automotive

remanufacturing around the world and not

forgetting the Remanufacturer of the Year Award

which he instigated several years ago and which

many of us are proud to have on display.

I shall miss his telephone calls where his opening

statement “can you spare me 5 minutes” always

turned into a 30 minute conversation where he

asked if there was any interesting news that was

worth reporting and despite you thinking “not

really” he always managed to squeeze snippets of

information out of you which he then turned into

informative articles.

William, good luck in your next venture, our

industry will miss you.

A hard act to follow

By Rex Vandenberg, Managing Director Innovative

Mechatronics Group Pty Ltd

Being in Australia, we sometimes feel a bit isolated from

what is happening in the reman world, so it’s been great

that for many years now we have been regularly receiving

ReMaTecNews. It has been keeping us informed about

what is happening in the reman industry, not only in

Europe, but all around the world.

It’s a huge credit to William Schwarck that he has

delivered this quality magazine for many years now

and his obvious passion for our industry is clearly seen.

At each remanufacturing trade show or conference, whether

in Europe, USA or Asia, it has been good to personally catch

up with William and hear about what’s happening in various

parts of the world. The respect he has obtained from others

in our industry is obvious and with his many contacts he has

been able to connect us personally to many others in the industry

as well.

I wish all the best to William for whatever he takes on in the

future. I am sure that his legacy of the ReMaTecNews magazine

will go on for many years serving our industry.

All around the world

Part of an elite groupBy William C. Gager, President of APRA

1988-2013

When William Schwarck became Editor of ReMaTec

News back in the early 2000s, I was sure that they

had hired a “winner”. He built up the publication

to become a real leader in the industry.

William had the right temperament for the job.

He was very cordial and friendly to everyone

he met who was involved with the Automotive

Parts Remanufacturers Association (APRA) and the

remanufacturing industry. I had been involved with

APRA since 1978 and had known all the Editors of

the various industry publications. William joined

this elite group of editors who reported on the

happenings of the industry and what it meant

for the future of the industry. And he became

one of the real leaders of the automotive press

community.

He was very instrumental in promoting and lifting

up the remanufacturing industry,

which I have always thought of as

the world’s “Hidden Green Giant

Industry”. Not many people really

knew what the industry was all

about and its contributions to the

world economy, job creation, and

extending product life so that all

products would have a longer life

and benefit the consumer.

William attended all the

International BIG R Shows in the

USA and the Automechanika

shows in Germany as well as the ReMaTec shows

that started in Europe. He was always looking

for a good story about the good people in the

industry who were building their businesses. In

2011 APRA was pleased to make

him an Honorary Life Member

of the association. He deserved

the honour.

I do not know what is next for

William but I’m sure whatever he

does he will meet and conquer the

challenges. With his departure as

Editor-in-Chief of ReMaTecNews,

the remanufacturing industry

has lost a real contributor to the

growth of the “Hidden Green

Giant”.

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A cold callBy Jens Lindholm, Owner, Artec, Illingen, Germany

One afternoon in the autumn of 2001, I received

a call from a journalist, whom I didn’t know and

from a magazine which I’d never heard of. As the

CEO of Holger Christiansen A/S, formerly owned

by Hella and today by Bosch, I was often contacted

by journalists and had developed a dislike of

being cold-called. Consequently I, perhaps not too

politely, told the caller that I would call him back

later, if I was interested. Absolutely no need for

him to call me again!

However, this particular journalist didn`t give up

easily. His name was William Schwarck, his newly

established magazine was called ReMaTecNews

and over the intervening 15 years he, much

to my initial surprise, succeeded in building

the magazine into a valuable

source of both information

and inspiration for the entire

automotive remanufacturing

industry. I can’t think of many,

who could have achieved this

in a niche industry which, at

the time, was still sorely lacking

general recognition, let alone

information. Several had given

it a try, but no one had really

succeeded!

Over these many years, William

has helped to give automotive

remanufacturing a sense of community that did

not exist to the same extent prior to his arrival

on the scene. I believe that his contribution to

the industry has been significant

and I am sure that many

remanufacturers across the world

will share my view.

William and I have since then

joked many times obout our first

contact, but I have always said

to him – and I will say it again –

that I´m happy that he persisted.

Without that kind of persistence

there would have been no

ReMaTecNews in the form as we

all know it today. I believe many

will join me in wishing William

all the best in whatever he chooses to do going

forward. Hopefully he won’t be lost to automotive

remanufacuring entirely.

The voice of remanufacturing By John Collins, Managing Director Autoenterprises UK

For Autoenterprises, ReMaTecNews has been a valuable

asset throughout our growth and continues to be so. It is

something that has kept, and continues to keep,the industry

up to date with all that happens within it. I have seen the

magazine develop from being just a few issues a year to

nearly one per month. It has always led the way and pulled

the different parts of our industry together - allowing different

sections to overlap when we have all come together at various

shows and symposiums.

ReMaTecNews is the voice of the remanufacturing world.

Provided it keeps to its original benchmarks of driving the

remanufacturing industry forward, I hope it will continue to

be the leader in its field for many years to come.

It is with sadness I hear that William will be leaving the team. I wish him all

the best in what he does in the future and I am sure whatever he chooses

to do will be a success. He has been ever present at all

the events and it will take a little getting used to not having

him around.

I know the ReMaTec team has seen some changes in

personnel over the years and I know I am not the only one

who has been sorry to see certain people go. I do hope

that the future of the magazine does not start to diversify

from the main challenges that it faces and will continue

to be the voice of the remanufacturing industry for the

years ahead.

I would like to say a big thank you to all the ReMaTec team

for doing a splendid job so far and long may it continue.

Professionalism and passion By Nabil Nasr, Associate Provost and Director of

the Golisano Institute for Sustainability,

Rochester, New York

I was sorry to learn of William Schwarck’s

upcoming departure from ReMaTec, and I know

everyone in the remanufacturing community will

want to join me in sending him our thanks and

appreciation for all his hard work over the years

as well as our very best wishes for his future

endeavors.

I first got to know William many years ago

through his insightful work at ReMaTecNews,

and I was impressed by his professionalism and

passion for the remanufacturing industry. For

over 10 years, I have seen William walking the

aisles at various reman events;

making connections, asking great

questions, sharing information and

contributing great ideas for the

reman community.

When Rolf Steinhilper and I

were working on developing

the concept of the World

Remanufacturing Summit, William

was a wonderful collaborator. He

understood the importance of

bringing the industry together to

learn about latest advances. He was instrumental

in pushing this event forward and contributing

to the success of each one over

the years. I will always remember

and appreciate his knowledge and

dedication to the industry, as well

as his willingness to listen and

learn. His friendship and guidance

have meant a lot to me over

the years.

We will always be grateful to

William for his friendship, his

leadership and insights. Thank you,

William – you will be missed!

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Remanufacturing in Europe is dominated by OEs. Less than 5% of reman companies manage

and account for more than 70 per cent of the revenue generated by remanufacturing. Future

growth in the reman market will mainly be governed by the decisions of OEs and by political

considerations.

Political decisions like the G7 “resource efficiency”

programme, therefore, will have a major impact

on the resource efficiency strategies of all OE

companies in respect of:

• Product portfolio and product design

• Warranty and service strategies

• Resource efficient sustainability policy of OE.

The need for responsible use of natural resources

and emissions reduction as well as the requirements

of the circular economy combined with the

politically enforced sustainability programmes will

have a deep – and positive – impact on all business

activities aimed at these targets. As a result, the

remanufacturing industry will experience a kind of

renaissance as the top management of industrial

and automotive OEs integrate resource efficiency

into their business strategies and plans.

What is clear is that product development

programmes will increasingly integrate “designed-

for-reman” aspects, existing remanufacturing

portfolios will be expanded and products that

are not yet remanufactured will be analysed for

remanufacturing opportunities. A major part of

OE reman strategies will, therefore, focus on

reman sourcing:

• More and more OEs will centre in-house reman

activities on their own IP products. They will

insource many outsourced remanufacturing

operations from current reman suppliers.

• On the other hand, some OEs may increase their

outsourcing activities on remanufacturing of

products supplied by tier 1 suppliers.

These changes offer tremendous growth

opportunities for the remanufacturing industry,

largely depending on decisions made by OEs and

influenced by political considerations. Once these

decisions (political pressure on resource efficiency,

reman as businesses with their own strategies,

design-for-reman, reman focused and skilled

management etc.) have been made, the necessary

organisational structures will be implemented.

Subsequently, when consumers become more

aware of remanufactured products, the reman

industry could well become a rising star - either as

stand-alone businesses or as part of aftermarket

or service enterprises.

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Professor Carsten BückerProf. Dr.-Ing. Carsten Bücker is the managing owner

of BU POWER GROUP, currently one of the world‘s

largest Perkins distributors. He is also Vice Chairman of

APRA Europe and lectures in Remanufacturing & Service

Engineering at the University of Bayreuth.

In 2000, he took over the Bücker family engine remanufacturing

business, Motoren Bücker & Essing. Having reorganised the

company between 2000 and 2003, Carsten Bücker established

two independent business groups under the BU umbrella: BU

DRIVE (engine remanufacturing & turbocharger distribution)

and BU POWER (Distribution of Perkins engines & parts).

Growing the revenues of the former Motoren Bücker and

Essing from 17 million euros in 2003 to a powertrain specialist

with a revenue of 145 million euros in 2014, he decided (based

on considerations as mentioned above) to refocus the group’s

business activities on BU POWER and subsequently sold BU

DRIVE and its shareholding companies to two investors. Going

forward, the company’s focus therefore will be the distribution

of Perkins branded products (engines & parts) including

international service for its OE customers.

Mergers and acquisitions will change the

face of the reman market

A further effect of market growth will be that

merger & acquisition (M+A) activities over the

next five to ten years will change the face of

the European remanufacturing market. Today the

market is served mainly by OEs and SME family

businesses (as OE suppliers or as Independent

Aftermarket (IAM) remanufacturers). However, as

usual for growing markets, the reman segment

will become very interesting for financial investors.

In order to share in the growth and to defend - or

even improve - present market positions, companies

require sufficient financial resources to grow their

businesses on a national or even international level.

While financial capability is usually available for

OEs, it’s bound to become a major challenge for

SME/family businesses. Cash flow in a profitable

and healthy SME reman business allows for the

financing of good organic growth.

But in case of disproportionally high market

growth, SMEs need additional financing in order to

share in that growth. Typically, additional financial

resources are provided to SME/family businesses

by banks. But when fast growing (and eventually

internationally growing) family businesses are

seen as a “risk” rather than an “opportunity”

by banks, financial investors will see attractive

business potential because their business models

are based on rapid and disproportionally high

growth markets. Financial investors, therefore,

are going to change the face of the European

remanufacturing and service market by buying

SME/family businesses and merging them into

large reman and service organisations on an

international level. Such M+A generated reman

companies/conglomerates are likely to emerge as

strongly competitive players alongside the above-

mentioned OE and SME family businesses.

Growth will be taken by OEs and Tier 1

Hence the major challenge to SME/family

businesses will be to find their role within the

new growth opportunities. There is no doubt that

the biggest portion of this growth will be taken

by the industrial and automotive OEs and their

Tier 1 suppliers.

Nevertheless, there will remain a large segment

of the growing reman market that will be served

by SME remanufacturers. In order to participate,

however, they will have to focus their activities

on innovation and financial stability. In addition,

a few large SME family businesses might also

use the opportunity to grow by the acquisition of

other SME reman businesses as long as these fit

their strategy and business focus.

“SME/family businesses have to find the right balance between growth and sustainable economic stability. The prime target is “surviving” not just maximising profits.”Challenges to SME/family reman businesses

One of the critical success factors for SME reman

companies will be to defend or improve their

market position through profitable growth. In

addition to some other criteria, achieving such

profitable growth depends on innovation and

the capacity to develop new products, reman

solutions, service strategies and processes.

SME/family businesses must find the right balance

between growth and sustainable economic

stability. As the prime objective is “surviving”,

not just maximising profit, growth must be linked

to an acceptable risk level. Uncontrolled growth

through searching for every apparent opportunity

can be a very dangerous game while healthy

growth will improve market position as well as

enhance productivity.

In the competition between SMEs and the large OE

and financial investors the family business usually

has one big advantage - “Entrepreneurship”:

• ... creating the future and making decisions

• ... driving in-house innovation of products and

processes

• ... driving executive excellence based on

lean corporate structures and short decision

processes

• ... sense of proportion

• ... courage and charisma

• ... vision

• ... assertiveness

Other success factors comprise “human capital”,

which is probably the most important individual

resource for SME/family businesses aiming to

achieve sustainable success, successful innovation,

entrepreneurship and value orientation.

Human capital

In many cases, human capital can be considered

even more crucial for innovation than technology.

While large companies “buy” innovation through

acquisition of businesses, brands, patents as well

as external R&D activities, SMEs tend to develop

innovations internally, based on the ideas and

experiences of their employees.

In addition, human capital is a source of value-

based management, i.e. the prerequisite for

sustainable increases in the value of companies

and correspondingly higher chances of survival

and success.

Both entrepreneurship and human capital are

essential to survive, to protect market positions

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and overcome critical internal growth barriers

such as:

• Strategic deficits

• Organisation & leadership

• Operational deficits

• Lack of competencies

By combining focused, new business fields (and

the appropriate support for these “babies”),

with an existing company culture, qualified

employees and excellence in execution, SME/

family companies are well set to compete against

large, dominant OEs and financial investors. If, at

the same time, SMEs are able to eliminate internal

resistance to change (whether from employees

or management), they should be well placed to

achieve leading market positions in well-defined

or niche market segments.

Summary

The G7 decision on “resource efficiency” is already

becoming a new driver for the reman industry. As

OEs will now make decisions and changes aimed

at growing their reman business, I believe that the

entire reman market is set to see very substantial

growth.

As in all growing markets, M+A activities will

also change the reman market. Large companies

will grow through acquisition of SME/family

businesses, new players will arrive and some

financial investors will create large reman

companies through mergers and acquisition, thus

establishing themselves as significant factors in

the market.

At the same time, the banks (as the main

funding sources for SME/family businesses) will

emerge as a kind of risk for SMEs that need to

grow (internationally) in order to protect their

market position and survive as independent

remanufacturers.

Refocus business models

SME/family businesses have to re-focus their

business model in order to achieve healthy,

sustainable growth. They need to analyse their

business models and exit business areas that

require excess liquidity and deliver reduced

profitability - even if this were to review the entire

(family) business history.

Supporting the development and enhancing

the human capital base while creating lean

organisation structures, fast and good decision

processes will become essential for SMEs to survive.

Moreover, against the dominating OE and PE

players of the future, owners and managers also

put in an extra effort towards synchronising the

innovation and streamline executive management

in order to implement innovation. n

Professor Carsten Bücker, owner of

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Renault: spearheading reman – and the circular revolution

The plant is the most profitable of all of Renault’s

operations, and uses just 20% of the energy

and 30% of the materials required by traditional

automotive plants, according to its former COO.

Renault is among a new wave of businesses that

have adopted the principles of a circular economy,

which shift away from the traditional, linear way

of production (take, make and waste) to a circular

approach (reduce, reuse and recycle). This allows

both growth and the development of clever ways

to use fewer limited (and costly) resources like

energy, land, and materials.

Global brands are adopting the circular economy

framework in response to increasingly volatile

commodity prices and advances in technology

– consciously re-designing business models,

products, and services so that they are restorative

and regenerative.

Huge savings

Within a circular economy, products are meant

to cycle through the economy many times, which

means less waste and more opportunities to sell

and resell a product. If a company recycles its own

parts and generates its own supply of renewable

energy, it becomes more self-sufficient, resilient,

competitive, and usually more profitable.

A relatively small increase in circularity could save

European manufacturers $630 billion by 2020,

according to an analysis by the Ellen MacArthur

Foundation and McKinsey & Co. Expanded

globally, the savings would be in the trillions.

Remanufacturing and refurbishment – key parts

of the circular economy model – are not new

concepts, but they have the potential to be

game changing as part of new business models.

For instance, Philips, the Netherlands-based

electronics and healthcare giant, now leases

both lighting and healthcare equipment to its

customers rather than selling these products

outright. When a customer is done with the

equipment or needs an upgrade, Philips takes

back the old product, refurbishes it, and sends it

on to another customer.

The company, now as a service provider, is

beginning to redesign its products to fit this new

business model. IBM has also adopted this circular

economy model: Since 2002, it has processed

over 1.09 billion lbs. of machines, parts, and

material; harvested and sold over 44.4 million

parts; and processed and sold more than 3,893

rebuilt mainframes.

The outskirts of Paris might not seem like the most likely home of the next industrial

revolution – but along the bank of the River Seine, the vehicle manufacturer Renault is

operating a groundbreaking re-manufacturing plant that is transforming old car parts into

like-new or better-than-new condition – all to be used in its new cars.

The authors

Jamie Butterworth

Partner,

Circularity Capital

William Burckart

CEO, Burckart

Consulting

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New types of investment

But to seize the opportunity that circular business

models offer, we need to finance them. In a

new report released by the Money Management

Institute entitled “Bringing Impact Investing Down

to Earth: Insights for Making Sense, Managing

Outcomes, and Meeting Client Demand,” we

examine how circular economy business models

create new impact investment opportunities.

Impact investments are meant to make both

a profit and a positive social or environmental

impact – something clients are asking for more

than ever before.

“Big business has begun to recognize that circular strategies are necessary to future success.”

The growing demand for impact investment

opportunities reflects a broader reshaping of

global priorities. Rising income inequality, climate

change, and increasing demand for water, energy,

and other resources are factors investors consider

as they decide where to put their money. They are

looking for ways to help solve global problems

while also generating economic growth.

Creating incentives

We believe that impact investing and circular

economy models are a natural pairing to do

just that; they share a social and environmental

consciousness, and dynamic vision of business.

ING analysts have made this connection, too.

In a recent report, analysts identified a few

ways impact investors can help develop the

circular economy by working with businesses

to, for example, create incentives for customers

to buy into the concept of circularity and to

incorporate circularity characteristics in risk and

pricing models.

Investors should also check out the Circular

Economy 100, a platform bringing together

leading companies like Coca-Cola, H&M, Unilever,

and Apple, to collaborate and learn from one

another as they look to adopt circular economy

business models. Together, businesses that may

be competitors in other realms are collectively

solving problems, building a library of best

practices, and providing a scalable mechanism

for generating circular economy capabilities

within companies. Big business has begun to

recognize that circular strategies are necessary to

future success.

Untapped opportunity

Investing in circular economy businesses is

a logical next step – and a largely untapped

opportunity. For example, Regeneris – a UK based

firm that focuses on the repair, refurbishment, and

re-deployment of IT and electronic products – was

listed in 2005 with revenue of £18 million ($28

million) and operating profits of £1 million ($1.5

million). But the company currently generates

revenues of £197 million ($308 million) and

operating profits of £11 million ($17.1 million)

because of the staggering growth of connected

devices as well as circularity thinking. This example

provides compelling evidence that doing things in

a smarter, more resource productive way may be

good for your bottom line.

It’s an example worth remembering. Impact

investing and circularity, concepts that are each

in their infancy, are currently being developed in

separate silos – but both concepts share a vision

of a robust economy where high performance

businesses have a positive financial, environmental,

and wider societal impact. To make that happen,

it is time for these two promising fields to

join forces. n

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Before its acquisition by Renault in 1949, the

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1959, the plant focused increasingly on the

automotive sector. In 1980, it produced gear

controls for the Renault 9 and 11. Renault’s

European Centre for the Reconditioning of

Powertrain Sub-systems was founded in the

early 2000s and in 2004, Choisy began

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United States of America (USA)

P 305-499-9789

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Otto-Hahn-Str. 7, D-40721,

Hilden Germany

P +49 (0) 2103 978 66 10

E [email protected]

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P +31 (0) 492 524463

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In a significant development

Caterpillar, the world’s largest

remanufacturer, has announced a

new head of its remanufacturing

business. The successor to Greg

Folley, Vice President at Caterpillar’s

Sustainable Solutions Division

(SSD, Tana L. Utley is currently Vice

President with responsibility for

CAT’s Large Power Systems Division

(LPSD). In her new job Utley will

oversee Caterpillars very extensive

reman operations world-wide.

Since joining Caterpillar in 1986, Tana L. Utley

has held a variety of engineering and general

management positions across Caterpillar.

“Her deep expertise and decades of leadership

make her an ideal fit for the reman business, and it

is also a natural extension of her

engine responsibilities since much

of the remanufacturing business

is related to power systems.”

Caterpillar Chairman & CEO

Doug Oberhelman said.

Until today Utley’s technical

career has been focused primarily

on solving the challenges of

reducing diesel engine emissions

in accordance with U. S.

Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA) and equivalent global regulations, the

company says.

In 2007, the Caterpillar Board named Utley vice

president with responsibility for the Technology

& Solutions Division) and Caterpillar Chief

Technology Officer. n

Core specialist MCI merges with ACEA substantial new player in the core market has

been created through the merger of ACE of Kansas

City, Missouri, and MCI of St. Louis, Missouri.

Completed in February the agreement between

the to parties comprises the collection, harvesting,

and distribution of ‘big’ automotive cores (engines,

transmissions, transfer cases and rear ends) and

commodities processed by ACE with that of the

‘small’ automotive cores. “Small” cores include

complex electrical, A/C, brakes, rotating electrical,

and hydraulics as well as commodities processed

by MCI.

“The purpose of combining ACE and MCI is to

provide a one-stop-shop for our suppliers and

customers,” Benny Cunningham, CEO of ACE

explained. “We have an advanced and modern

vision of the future of the recycling industry and

we start by combining resources and providing

recyclers with an easier sales transaction.”

As a result, ACE will be moving its facilities from

Kansas City to St. Louis where the new company

has purchased a 430,000 square foot facility

to supplement MCI’s existing 150,000 square

foot facility. In addition, ACE/MCI Commodities

have attained an 836,000 square foot facility

in Appomattox, Virginia for future projects

and expansion.

“By teaming up with ACE,

MCI has the opportunity

to break through barriers

in the ‘small’ automotive

core parts industry, expand

product offerings, and take

the business to the next

level. Our entire team is

excited to work with ACE,”

said Ed Matejcic, CEO of

MCI. n

The Remanufacturing Industries Council has appointed

Joseph W. Allen as its new Executive Director. J. W. Allen has

over 30 years of experience in remanufacturing, government

affairs, and policy advocacy field at the State, Federal,

and International level. A veteran with a 34 year career

with Caterpillar Inc., he served as Caterpillar’s Commercial

Manager for the company’s global remanufacturing business

and later as Director of Energy Policy in Washington, DC.

“Joe’s extensive experience will bring renewed leadership

and creativity along with a deep passion to advance

remanufacturing in the U.S. and around the world” said

Mark Stratton, the Council’s Board Chairman.

The Remanufacturing Industries Council (RIC) is a non-profit

organization and represents a strategic alliance of businesses

and academic institutions that works across industry sectors

to support the entire remanufacturing industry through

a combination of collaboration, education, advocacy

and research. n

TransAxle adds new remanufacturing facility TransAxle LLC, a leading remanufacturer of drive train components,

has announced a major expansion of its distribution footprint.

This follows TransAxle’s addition of a remanufacturing facility/

distribution center in St. Paul, Minnesolta, and three warehouse/

distribution centers to its nationwide coverage. The new facilities are

in Dallas, Texas, Los Angeles, California and in Seattle, Washington.

With the existing 24 branch network, New Jersey-based TransAxle is now a nationwide supplier of

all makes and models of remanufactured transmissions and differentials, Transaxle CEO, Dave Olsen,

said in a statement. n

An experienced reman veteran takes over at RIC

Ed Matejcic

Tana L. Utley

Dave Olsen

Joe Allen

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After four years of work, the University

of Bayreuth and Germany’s research giant,

Fraunhofer Institute, in partnership with the

Chamber of Craft in the Upper Franconia

region in Bavaria, has submitted a major

report on opportunities for the Bavaria’s

automotive aftermarket in general and its

remanufacturing sector in particular.

Delivered to Bavaria’s Minister of Technology

and Media, Ilse Aigner, at a recent event in

Bayreuth’s new Franhofer Institute Teaching and

Research Centre, the report, entitled ”KFZ Service

Engineering 2020” sets out a range of measures

to strengten garages’ abilities to apply up-to-date

repair technologies with higher added value and

at the same time saving money for its consumers.

Based on extensive surveys among more than

one thousand garages and other suppliers

of automotive services, the KFZ 2020 survey,

focuses on five main themes: innovations to

replace smaller automotive components instead

of comprehensive expensive subassemblies,

extending the scope of remanufacturing into

new product areas, development of on-site

service technologies for passenger cars instead

of replacing their components and the creation

of new communication and partnership networks

for the diagnosis of difficult electronic failures. A

fifth area is remanufacturing through the use of

additive methods, i.e. so-called 3D printing, which

is gaining ground within the automotive industry.

Authored by a group of scientists and engineers

(Professor Dr.-Ing. Rolf Steinhilper, Dr.-Ing. Stefan

Freiberger, Dipl.-Ing. Alexander Nagel, Dipl.-Ing.

Christian Schuh from Bayreuth University and

two representives from the Upper Franconia’s

Chamber of Craft, Dipl.-Geogr. Thomas Koller

and Dipl.-Ing. Johanna Erlbacher, the report

runs to 147 pages. As far as is known, this

makes it the most extensive report dealing with

service technologies for independent garages for

many years. n

“Having seen rapid development over the past ten

years, China’s different remanufacturing sectors

now include not only the automotive segment but

also other important areas such as engineering

machinery, electronic products, medical devices,

and electronics technology,” the organisers say.

“The World Reman Summit will provide an in-depth

insight into the latest developments, thus enabling

attendees from across the world to familiarise

themselves with a sector that is bound to maintain

high-level support from China’s leaders.”

Keynote speakers

Keynote speakers will include Gregory S.

Folley, Vice President with responsibility for

remanufacturing at Caterpillar Inc, the world’s

largest remanufacturing business; Professor Rolf

Steinhilper, Bayreuth University, Germany; Professor

Nabil Nasr, Rochester Institute of Technology, U.S

and Professor Zhu Sheng, National Key Laboratory

for Remanufacturing, China, the Summit’s three

co-Chairmen.

Other speakers will include Professor Li Jun,

China FAW Group Corporation; Professor Cao

Huajun, Chongqing University, China; Professor

Carsten Bucker, BU Group, Germany and William

Schwarck, former Editor-in-Chief of ReMaTecNews,

media partner for the World Remanufacturing

Summits. Professor Xu Binshi, China’s premier

remanufacturing expert and a member of the

Chinese Academy of Engineering, will act as

Chairman of the Summit’s Committee. Prominent

officials from China’s key economic body, the

National Development and Reform Commission

(NDRC) and the Ministry of Industry and Information

Technology (MIIT), have also announced

their participation.

Established in 2012 for the purpose of bridging

the gap between remanufacturing research and

remanufacturing companies across the world, the

Word Remanufacturing Summits have attracted

a broad range of reman leaders since the

inaugural event in Bayreuth, Germany, in 2012.

Subsequently, the summits have rotated annually

between USA, China and Europe with the latest

addition Singapore announcing its participation in

2016 or 2017.

Immediately following the May 25 summit at

the Hotel New Otani Chang Fu Gong, Shanghai-

based consultancy Duxes will host its 6th China

remanufacturing conference with participants from

Chinese and foreign businesses and associations.

The event will coincide with the so-called 3R China

Expo, which the organisers claim will become the

largest reman expo ever held in China. n

Official German report recommendsgreater use of remanufacturing

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According to the German Value Added Tax

Law, § 10 Umsatzsteuergesetz (UStG), R153

(3), a tax is levied on used parts in the

automobile industry. This tax is imposed on

revenue that is generated on replaced parts

and amounts to 10% of the German Value

Added Tax on the replaced part.

However, private customers in Germany are not

able to reclaim this tax. So when selling to the end

customer, the engine remanufacturer workshop is

obliged to surcharge this tax when selling the

replacement part. In doing so, it is generally

assumed that the used part has a residual value of

10% of the replaced part.

FIRM is currently collecting the relevant tax rules in

the countries of its national associations in order to

obtain an overview of the various rules within the

EU. In the event we find non-equal tax treatment,

FIRM – together with APRA and CLEPA – will put

that item on the agenda for political lobbying. n

The material for this page has been supplied by FIRM, International Federation of Engine Remanufactures and Rebuilders

Core Tax - Tax On Used Parts

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It is a fact that the synergic cooperation of

reman relevant associations and work

groups within the automotive industry

(including FIRM) has led to a significant

increase in awareness of remanufacturing

amongst governments, politicians and

environmental-related ministries in the EU

and the US over the past two years. Our

industry as the first choice for environmental

protection has arrived in Berlin, Brussels and

other capital cities. Examples are listed in

the last edition of this magazine on page 30.

Now, another challenge arises: all the associations

that have together established common reman

definitions (see box), must strengthen their

activities towards all ministries involved in reman

(circle economy), that reman definitions are

existing and the only these industry-matched

definitions shall be used.

Example: the Federal Environment Ministry in

Germany and its Ressource Efficiency Program

has just publish a sustainability status report. The

good news is that the report discussed the

terminology of remanufacturing. However, the

definition they use is the following:

“Remanufacturing: treatment of a used product

(core) for its 2nd-lifecycle and by the genuine

manufacturer”. This definition excludes the

independent aftermarket and is not in line with

the common definition created by industry

associations.

When discussing the definition of remanufacturing

it was clearly defined in the footnotes that also

batch one remanufacturing – individual

customer’s engines that are remanufactured by

independent remanufacturing workshops – is

included in the definition. An industrial process

and remanufacturing with transfer lines is not

compulsory to qualify. What is mandatory, is the

documentation of the individual remanufacturing

process in each individual workshop. FIRM (and

mainly the German member-association VMI)

must work together to make sure our common

definition, which includes the independent

aftermarket is used by governments. n

DEFINITIONSThe reman relevant associations and work

groups of the automotive industry from both

sides of the Atlantic have finally agreed on

these common definitions of some of the

industry’s main terms:

Core:

A core is a previously sold, worn or non-

functional product or part, intended for the

remanufacturing process.

• During reverse logistics, a core is protected,

handled and identified for remanufacturing

to avoid damage and preserve its value.

• A core is not waste or scrap and is not intended

to be reused before remanufacturing.

Reman Process:

Remanufacturing is a standardized industrial

process* by which cores are returned to same-

as-new, or better, condition and performance.

• The process is in line with specific technical

specifications, including engineering, quality

and testing standards.

• The process yields fully warranted products.

* An industrial process is an established

process, which is fully documented, and

capable to fulfil the requirements established

by the remanufacturer.

Reman Part:

A remanufactured part fulfills an equivalent or

better function as the original part. It is restored

from an existing part (core), using standardized

industrial processes in line with specific

technical specifications. A remanufactured

part is given the same warranty as a new

part and, it clearly identifies the part as a

remanufactured part and the remanufacturer.

The detailed definition including the footnotes

can be requested at FIRM’s Brussels office

[email protected]

These definitions will help FIRM to promote

engine reman to politicians and to lobby

our industry. All FIRM-member associations

are invited to use it for their own national

lobbying and marketing activities. The more

these definitions are used, the more they are

spread and fixed in the public.

by Volker Schittenhelm

For more information, please visit www.FIRM-org.eu or write an email to [email protected].

Commonly Agreed Reman Definitions

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APRA European Remanufacturing Symposium 2016 Do not miss out! You will surely regret it…

Have you already registered for the most important

remanufacturing event in Europe this year?

It is the opportunity to catch up with the latest

industry trends and to meet remanufacturing

professionals from all over the world. APRA’s

European Remanufwacturing Symposium

with Exhibition 2016 will take place at the

National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, UK from

April 20 -22, 2016.

The programme is designed to meet the diverse

expectations of reman professionals today. You

can compose your own individual programme,

choosing from modules covering technical,

marketing or scientific subjects and networking

opportunities. We have a variety of top industry

speakers presenting on the following subjects:

• How to analyse potentials of remanufacturing in

Europe – ABH Market Research

• ‘Current and future trends in rotating electrics’ -

CEVAM France

• Possibilities to activate core surcharge for core in

accounting - Circular Economy Solutions GmbH

• ‘Secrets of successful exhibition planning’ -

RAI Amsterdam

• Benefits and challenges with remanufacturing

business models. Case studies from the

Horizon2020 project called ERN (European

Remanufacturing Network)

• University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

• Remanufacturing of Diesel Injection Systems at

Bosch

• ‘Make-New-Again, Remanufacturing in all

industry sectors’ - FJW Consulting

• ‘Market volume, core availability and technical

challenges of the remanufacturing process EGR-

valves

• ‘How to master product development in

remanufacturing today and in the future?’

• ‘Specific concepts for quality management in the

remanufacturing industry’

Plant visits

Attractive plant visits complete the Symposium

Agenda.

Ever wondered what the plant of the

‘Remanufacturer of the Year 2013’ looks like?

We will start the Symposium with a visit to the

extensive remanufacturing operation of ATP in

Staffordshire.

ATP Industries Group Ltd is one of Europe’s

largest independent remanufacturers of automatic

& manual transmissions, torque converters,

transmission control units, instrument clusters,

ECU’s etc. and the major remanufacturing partner

to a world-wide portfolio of Original Equipment

Manufacturers (OEM’s). They currently have

contracts with the likes of Chrysler, Ford Motor

Company, Ford Turkey, General Motors, Mitsubishi,

Colt Cars, Unipart Jaguar and Unipart, London Taxi

International, Aston Martin etc. Their commitment

to high quality is recognised by accreditations to

the following international standards. TS: 16949,

Ford Q1, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 (Environmental).

The material for this page has been supplied by APRA, the Automotive Parts ReManufacturers Association

NEW APRA Europe MEMBERS since last issue of ReMaTecNews – Vol. 1-2016:

• Almott Ltd., Bulgaria• Jefa Autoparts AB, Sweden• MPT Recycling, UAB, Lithuania• Tisako s.r.o./ Slovakia• Asysum, S. A./ Spain• D.A.C.O.I./ La Reunion Island/ France• Deutsche Turbo GmbH, München/

Germany

Fernand Weiland to present his new book,

“Make-New-Again,” in Birmingham

Fernand Weiland, the founder of the European

Apra division, and currently member of the

division’s board, has written numerous articles

and edited three books about automotive

remanufacturing in Europe. He will present

his latest work at the Birmingham Apra

Symposium. Fernand will give a presentation

about opportunities for remanufacturing in

other industrial sectors on April 21 at 14:30.

Read more about the book on page 33.

On the last day of the Symposium, Carwood

Birmingham will open its doors of their state-

of-the-art Diesel Systems Plant. Starting out as

a small electrical car parts business, Carwood

Motor Units Ltd quickly expanded over the years

and diversified into the diesel and auto electrical

markets. Today, the assembly of their diesel parts,

such as the injectors, is carried out in ultramodern

class 7 clean rooms, which are unique in the UK

and one of the most advanced facilities of its

type in the world. The assembly suite ensures

OE standards are maintained at the highest level

with particle contamination limits down to 0.5

microns, resulting into some of the industry’s

lowest warranty rates.

Networking

Besides receiving all the latest information from

the industry, there are also opportunities for

celebrations and networking. During the legendary

COREMania Party (Wednesday, 20th) you will

be able to enjoy life music as well as food and

drinks at a traditional English pub at the heart of

Birmingham.

A GALA-Dinner on Thursday evening will further

mark our 25th European Symposium. The

evening will start with a drinks reception and

continue with a 3-course meal and a surprise act

to entertain you throughout the evening.

Join us as the remanufacturing industry meets

in the UK! Sign up now!

The complete programme incl. more detailed

information about speakers, the exhibition,

plant visits, venue, hotels etc. can be found at

www.apra-europe.org/birmingham2016 n

For further news about

APRA Europe, please visit

www.apra-europe.org

Free Trade Agreements – A challenge for international business associations

TTIP and the impact on the automotive

remanufacturing industry.

The basic idea behind all “Free Trade Agreements”

(FTA) is to support the industry in the countries of

both contract parties by reducing trade barriers at

the borders. Product categories are defined to have

a preferred status for trans-border shipments. For

each product category specific criteria are defined,

so that at customs it can easily be evaluated if the

requirements are met. In case all requirements are

fulfilled a product can be shipped without customs

fees, with reduced declarations.

In case of doubt caused by an unclear definition,

the FTA shipments can be stopped at customs; any

customs officer can make business impossible.

With the current proposals for Transatlantic Trade

and Investment Partnership between the European

Union and the United States (in short: TTIP), two

critical criteria are included for remanufacturing

business:

1) Country of origin of the core (where it has been

dismantled) and country of remanufacturing

should be in the same territory of one of the

contract parties.

2) The lifetime of the Reman product should be

similar to the original new product.

Point 1 will lead to the demand that remanufacturing

cores have to be stored in separate locations if they

accrue outside EU28 / USA or if they accrue inside

the EU28 / USA. Based on the origin of the core, the

status of priority of the remanufacturing product

has to be declared differently. Huge extra cost will

be created for the remanufacturing industry.

Point 2 will lead to the demand that the

remanufacturers will have to know the lifetime of

the original new units and will have to compare it

to the expected lifetime of their remanufactured

product. Nobody in our industry is able to do this

task properly, so every customs officer will be able

to stop the shipments at the border, whenever

wanted.

APRA´s task is to present to the negotiating parties,

the US foreign trade department and the European

Direction General Trade, an easy-to-handle,

transparently worded proposal and to align industry

associations on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. A

task for a worldwide active association like APRA.

A task no national or regional association can fulfill

alone. n

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Is there more to be done as automotive

remanufacturing reaches an unprecedented level

of maturity?

A great deal, in fact. Indeed, this is the nub

of a new book, “Make-New Again”, edited by

Fernand Weiland, the founder of APRA in Europe

and publisher/editor of three previous books on

automotive and heavy duty remanufacturing.

This time he broadens his horizons to include

other industrial segments with significant

remanufacturing potential. By doing so, Fernand

Weiland and his co-authors have performed a

commendable service to remanufacturers, present

and future.

Aviation industry

For the uninitiated it is surprising to learn that the

international aviation industry is a major user of

remanufacturing processes to keep fleets safe and

flying, sometimes for up to thirty years. Perhaps

one reason for this relative anonymity is the airlines’

and their suppliers’ preference for the term MRO

(Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul) rather than

the more conventional terms of remanufacturing

and rebuilding. Nevertheless, Weiland estimates

that the overall volume of remanufactured aviation

components globally roughly equates to the

volume and value found in the motor industry.

Perhaps closer to traditional remanufacturing are

several chapters on home appliances, medical

equipment, fork lifts and industrial machinery,

consumer products such as mobile/cell phones and

IT-equipment. All reman opportunities which have

so far attracted only modest attention.

“Recycling generates a great deal of waste of materials that finish up in landfills and of embedded resources“

Nevertheless, within these segments there is very

considerable scope for remanufacturing – or as

Fernand Weiland prefers to call it, “Make-New-

Again”. At least from a general communications

perspective, the term seems a better fit than the

more conventional remanufacturing or rebuilding,

etc. This is because “Make-New-Again” aptly

describes what it’s all about, i.e. saving valuable

resources and materials, cutting carbon emissions,

delivering as good as new at better prices and

thus advancing the sustainability culture.

Major force in the the circular economy

With the potential for creating close to one million

jobs and an expected production of reman products

valued at €175 billion worldwide, the “Make-

New-Again” industry clearly has the potential

to become a major force in the rapid expansion

of the circular economy. Within this context, the

book makes one aspect of the sustainability debate

particularly relevant. Whereas over the past 10-20

years recycling has been a key word in the debate,

the time has now come to identify exactly what

recycling means – that it generates a great deal of

waste (of materials that finish up in landfills and of

embedded resources ((i.e. the energy consumption

and man hours that went into the original unit)).

Consequently, Weiland says that recycling comes

a poor third in the quest for sustainability after

remanufacturing and rebuilding.

Central role

In short, “Make-New-Again” offers the reader a

highly informative view on how remanufacturing

can take a central role in the development of

the circular economy and how innovative players

in the reman community can capitalise on the

accompanying opportunities.

Even within the relatively mature automotive reman

segment, only 55-60 per cent of remanufacturable

components are currently exploited to the full,

Fernand Weiland points out. Among the book’s

other segments, the opportunities are, of course,

considerably greater. This is certainly worth

reflecting on as the reman industry moves to the

next stage of its development. n

Making-New-Again – meeting the challenges of the future For fifty years or more, automotive heavy duty remanufacturing has represented the public

face of the reman industry. In recent years, the industry has enjoyed a particularly strong surge

in importance, carried along by the rising support for sustainability initiatives across the world.

Indeed, today’s remanufacturers and their businesses are now reaping the benefits of many

years of committed work.

The co-authors of “Make-New-Again” are:

Peter BartelChairman of APRA Europe

Regis DandoRemanufacturing ImplementerrevalueSystems, Lyon (France)

Klaus HieronymiStrategist for Resource Efficiency & Circular EconomyHP Inc., Paolo Alto, Ca. USA

Tracey FoxGE Healthcare Regulatory Director

Michael SchmitGE Healthcare Remanufacturing Technology [email protected]

Erik Sundin, Dr.Associate Professor in Sustainable ManufacturingLinköping University, Sweden

Hui Mien Lee, Dr.Head of Sustainability, IKEA Singapore/Malaysia/Thailand

Anders NielsenPlant Manager, Toyota Sweden’s remanufacturing facility. Mjölby, Sweden

“Make-New-Again”, edited by Fernand Weiland

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Diesel Engine Emissions: What does this mean for turbocharging? Tighter emission regulations are a hot topic at the moment, not only due to the latest Euro 6 regulations, but the automotive industry globally

is facing scrutiny following the Volkswagen emissions scandal.

Back in September 2015, Volkswagen admitted

that it had circumvented the emission control

systems in over 480,000 2.0-liter diesel vehicles

sold in the United States since 2008, to meet strict

NOx emission test regulations.

For some time the automotive industry had been

aware of issues with diesel engine emission testing

and as a result, many new technologies have been

entering the market to improve the efficiency

of the petrol engine, in order to make it more

comparable with the diesel engine. One of the

key technologies for improving the efficiency of

petrol engines is turbocharging, which is good

news as this will increase the overall percentage of

turbocharged vehicles on the roads.

So, what are the emission standards?

Emission standards were first introduced in July

1992, where Euro 1 required the switch from

leaded to unleaded petrol and the universal fitting

of catalytic converters to petrol cars to reduce

carbon monoxide (CO). The standards have been

repeatedly tightened over the years, reducing levels

of CO and introducing separate emission limits for

petrol and diesel vehicles. It was in 2005 and the

introduction of Euro 4, and later Euro 5 (2009),

that concentrated on cleaning up emissions from

diesel cars, especially reducing particulate matter

(PM) and oxides of nitrogen (NOx). The Euro

6 (September 2015) standard imposed further,

significant reductions in NOx emissions from diesel

engines and established similar standards for both

petrol vehicles and diesels. Overall, since Euro 1,

PM levels have been reduced by 96% and NOx

levels by 87%.

What technologies have been introduced to

reduce emissions?

For many years before the Volkswagen scandal

broke, Governments and Environmentalists

were very vocal about the correlation between

the increase in diesel passenger cars and the

increased pollution in cities, created by CO, NOx

and Hydrocarbon (HC).

To achieve the most recent emission standards

new technologies have been developed and

adapted to fit vehicle exhaust systems, despite

vehicle manufacturers actively lobbying for more

achievable time frames.

To clean up CO and HC particulates released

as part of the engine combustion process,

catalytic converters were developed. They react

to temperature, converting CO and HC to Carbon

Dioxide and water. When Euro 5 was introduced, all

new cars were fitted with a Diesel Particulate Filter

(DPF) to capture soot and other harmful particles,

preventing them entering the atmosphere. A DPF

can remove around 85% of the particulates from

the exhaust.

To help reduce NOx, Selective Catalytic Reduction

(SCR) systems were introduced in 2010. The SCR

system is where Urea (AdBlue) is injected into the

exhaust post combustion. In the exhaust, the fluid

is converted into ammonia, which reacts with

the NOx in the ‘NOx accumulator,’ breaking the

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chemical bond and converting NOx into Nitrogen

and water.

The method for testing and proving that these

systems actually achieve the set levels, appear to

have been flawed. The correct levels measured in

lab conditions do not relate to the actual emissions

produced in real world driving conditions, which

is now at the heart of the Volkswagen scandal.

How does this affect Turbocharging?

The DPF and SCR systems have been designed

to help reduce emission levels, however, the

DPF in particular can be responsible for many

turbocharger failures. Having a filter in the

exhaust system is very restrictive to gas flow and

as a result limits a vehicle’s power output. The

extra restriction on the exhaust system means that

the engine, and in particular the turbocharger,

will have to work harder, reducing fuel efficiency

compared to the same vehicle without a DPF. The

reduced fuel efficiency becomes more apparent

as the filter blocks up and becomes even more

restrictive. Driving a vehicle with a blocked DPF

can seriously damage the turbo and engine, and it

is not uncommon to have to replace the complete

turbocharger if the DPF warning light has been

ignored for extended periods.

The cost of a replacement turbocharger, plus

potential additional DPF costs, is leading

to perfectly good vehicles in the aftermarket

being written off. The industry is also becoming

plagued with low quality aftermarket variants

of DPF’s, which fail and cause further issues to

engines and turbochargers. Despite these new

innovations, some vehicles are emitting worse

than Euro 1 levels of emissions because the Diesel

Particulate Filter (DPF) has been removed and ECU

re-programmed. If older vehicles continue to be

incorrectly or poorly repaired, there is a risk that

Governments may introduce scrappage schemes

to reduce the worst polluting vehicles.

For the industry as a whole it is more important

than ever to ensure older vehicles are repaired to

a high standard, using high quality aftermarket

parts to ensure emissions are kept as low as

possible. n

TransTec creates European reman teamTransTec, the well-known brand of automatic

transmission overhaul and power steering

repair kits for passenger cars, light and

medium duty trucks and heavy duty

applications, has established a European team

with a goal to expand brand awareness and

increase market share in the remanufacturing

markets for both product categories.

Germany-based Timo Flettner has been named

Commercial Manager, TransTec Europe, while

Simon Vickers, who operates from the UK, is

responsible for product range and region specific

bill-of-material development as Product Manager,

TransTec Europe. Both have technical backgrounds

and long-term experience in managing inter-

national remanufacturing accounts.

TransTec is one of the aftermarket brands of The

Freudenberg Group. Headquartered in Weinheim,

Germany, Freudenberg has production plants

around the globe and is one of the world’s largest

manufacturers of automotive sealing products

for original equipment suppliers and vehicle

manufacturers.

The TransTec brand was established in 1978 and

has become the first call for remanufacturers

in the U.S., South America, Central America,

Australia-Asia and several countries within the

European Union. n

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