Do you want to explore the potential of ReX (reuse, remanufacturing, refurbishment, repurposing) for your business? Make sure to collect information on the condition of incoming products (cores) and their components after their first period of use. It will help you understand your options and reduce ...
Remanufacturing be profitable, though it comes with its set of prerequisites as is typically the case. In previous blogs, we described why customers choose remanufactured products and how you can do the cost-benefit analysis - even when data is missing. This article delves into condition assessment ...
Are you convinced that remanufacturing makes sense for your product? If so, you may have already made an initial assessment of your remanufacturing business case, based on our practical tips. Now it's time to draw up a cost model. In practice, remanufacturing often involves some unknown or invisible ...
Innovation in manufacturing plays a key role in reducing the industry’s environmental impact. Recent advances in non-classical manufacturing technologies, such as ultrashort pulsed laser manufacturing, open doors to new opportunities, reconciling cost considerations and environmental impact. Sirris ...
If you want to set up activities such as remanufacturing and refurbishing, you must of course also have a return logistics system that supplies you with enough discarded products (cores). It is the quality, volume and frequency of this inflow that largely determines the economic feasibility of your ...
Sirris expert Pieter Samyn had the honor of chairing Leadvent Group’s 2nd Annual World Biopolymers and Bioplastics Innovation Forum in Amsterdam on February 28-29, 2024. The conference spotlighted recent advancements and successful case studies on the implementation of biopolymers and bioplastics ...
Sometimes we hear that the low price is the only reason a customer would want to buy remanufactured products. That triggered us. We did some research and learned that there are more reasons to choose remanufactured products.
For the food packaging industry, choosing the most appropriate packaging material for food products is a daily challenge. Paper and cardboard seem ideal as packaging materials, provided they come with a barrier coating. Yet, it is not always clear whether coating materials meet the desired ...