Innovating remanufacturing: disassembly and exploration of new practice in test facility environment
| Reference number | |
| Coordinator | RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB - RISE |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 1 000 000 |
| Project duration | October 2024 - April 2025 |
| Status | Completed |
| Venture | Impact Innovation Net Zero industry - Program-specific efforts |
| Call | Impact Innovation: Increased resource efficiency and resilience, stage 1 |
Important results from the project
Innovate remanufacturing has included hands-on testing and dismantling of products in testbed environments; providing introduction and training to industry players to explore remanufacturing; and disseminating activities and lessons learned to the industry. Through dismantling workshops, company participants had the opportunity to learn through dismantling, gain new insights from project partner participants and additional experts, and gain input from new technologies and testbed opportunities.
Expected long term effects
As part of a possible further study in stage 2, the project is expected to produce practical cases and lessons learned that contribute to an increased understanding of how remanufacturing can be scaled up to an industrial scale. The overall ambition is to promote a broader implementation of remanufacturing within Swedish industry, which in turn strengthens the industry´s resilience, competitiveness and resource efficiency.
Approach and implementation
The prestudy Innovating Remanufacturing has centered around four disassembly workshops, supported by three training sessions, and a number of digital project meetings, including a digital workshop focused on product design. Project activities have also been widely communicated via Linkedin via at least five posts with project activities and insights, three articles on websites, and via presentation at the Net Zero Industrys conference 2025.