Abstract
Remanufacturing is a dynamically developing area of the automotive industry. It allows the original equipment manufactures to diversify their activities and sell manufacturer-warrantied subassemblies through a dealership network but at lower prices compared to new products. The paper presents the process of remanufacturing of automotive subassemblies and characterizes the benefits for the industry and vehicle end-users. Examples have been shown of the activities of vehicle manufacturers in the area of product recycling and development of remanufacturing technologies.
Highlights
The automotive industry is one of the key sectors of economy in developed countries
The worldwide vehicle fleet counts over 1.2 billion vehicles, out of which almost 910 million are passenger vehicles [7]
The input of the automotive industry in the worldwide economy amounts to almost 2 trillion euros [8], which means that if we compared it to the GDP of a country, the automotive industry would be the seventh economy worldwide
Summary
The automotive industry is one of the key sectors of economy in developed countries. The worldwide vehicle fleet counts over 1.2 billion vehicles, out of which almost 910 million are passenger vehicles [7]. Circular economy assumes limited generation of waste and environment pollution resulting from the consideration of the relevant needs already on the design stage of the goods It distinguishes two types of components: biological, to be reentered to the biosphere and technical – designed in such a way as to enable its reuse without entering the biosphere. Product recycling consists in restoring the technical parameters of parts or subassemblies so that they could be reused as spare parts in other vehicles in operation. These parts may come from on-going service maintenance or from end-of-life vehicles. A slightly smaller share is held by Italy and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe
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