Kestrel is excited to be presenting at this year’s International Conference on Remanufacturing in Amsterdam on 27-29 June. We will be speaking on:
“Remanufacturing – why the slow uptake?”
In the past few years, thinking around how to achieve more environmentally sustainable product design and manufacture has evolved at a rapid pace, prompted by interest from industry, government and the public. Return schemes, reverse manufacturing, automation and life extension are a few of the many areas where progress has been made. But while solutions for reducing plastic waste and CO2 emissions are seeing rapid development, industry has lagged behind in implementing them.
Why?
The argument for the need to change has been largely won, timetables have been set, and companies from all sectors are committing openly to responding, but movement is glacially slow. So, what’s the hold-up?
Transitioning to sustainable manufacture is disruptive and invasive, so is it the scale of change and concern around the risks involved that puts some companies off? Is the business case unclear or marginal? Are the drivers from government and the market ambiguous or perceived as fickle and likely to change? Is the investment needed too much or is it more a case of companies feeling overwhelmed by what is needed and feeling like “rabbits in the headlights”?
In this talk, I will examine the problems facing companies who know they need to change but don’t know how. We will look at some solutions and the business cases supporting them. We will also cover some who have already changed, the benefits of change and how to achieve them.
Details are here:
https://www.remanufacturing-conference.com/
