This site belongs to the Brazilian-German Collaborative Research Initiative on Manufacturing Technology (BRAGECRIM) signed between two world-renowned universities, Technische Universität Berlin (Germany) and Universidade de Sao Paulo-USP (Brazil). 

Our goal is to give you information about what is remanufacturing, what are the barriers, the main laws related to it and practical examples of companies that already work with this approach, as well as guidelines to assist you in creating your own tailor-made remanufacturing business model. 

The information is organized as follows:

In the HOME section, in addition to this explanation, more information about the BRAGECRIM Initiative and the universities who led this project.

In the KNOWLEDGE DATABASE section you will find:

• "Theoretical Aspects", covering the the main concepts of remanufacturing;

• "Scenarios for remanufacturing", presenting two Brazilian scenarios for the year 2020 on the remanufacturing / reuse of machine tool and assembly equipment;

• "Business models: real cases", which presents two cases of companies that already perform remanufacturing.

• "Legal framework for remanufacturing" describes the main laws that influence remanufacturing in Brazil and Europe;

• "Networks / Distribution", which shows possibilities on how different companies can interact in a value chain;

• "Remanufacturing on product development" presents a reference model for enabling remanufacturing oriented product development;

• "Barriers for Remanufacturing", which lists the main challenges a company faces while applying remanufacturing;

Finally, under GUIDELINES you will find the instructions to begin creating your remanufacturing business model.

Click here to read about this program and our project.

Click here to know the Universities who developed this content.