Objective
The European remanufacturing industry is crucial for the sustainable transition of Europe, thanks to the
savings in energy, materials and functionality that is guaranteed by the process. In fact, the socio-
economic benefits of remanufacturing, in terms of number of workers, skills development and
technological uptake, are as impactful as the environmental benefits. However, to future-proof the
European remanufacturing industry and increase its competitiveness, the obstacles facing the human
worker need to be addressed as a matter of strategic urgency. Currently, established remanufacturing
sectors recognized the barriers in the limited automation, poor human inclusion, lack of traceability and
restricted use of digitalization. Hence, rEUman aims at developing and demonstrating a novel paradigm
of human-centric remanufacturing approach for the European industry; acting at factory and value-chain
levels. At factory level, the main industrial need is to guarantee high regeneration rates of the
remanufactured products and to achieve traceability of the remanufacturing process-chain. While at
value-chain level, the main industrial need is to guarantee stability in terms of volume and quality of the
post-use products. rEUman shall demonstrate the new remanufacturing paradigm, which is intrinsically
human-safe, target-driven in regeneration and certification, flexible while facing variability in post-use
parts, robust and replicable to new circular business cases. To that end, rEUman addresses the call topic
by (i) developing cutting edge remanufacturing approaches (factory level) and integrating them into the
value-chain , (ii) demonstrating functional retention in three sectors (Automotive, Home appliances and
Optoelectronics), (iii) introducing traceability in remanufacturing by implementing the first
remanufacturing-centred DPP, (iv) considering operation and economic viability by showcasing complete
business cases coupled with designed training material.
Fields of science
- natural sciencesphysical scienceselectromagnetism and electronicsoptoelectronics
- social sciencessociologyindustrial relationsautomation
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesremanufacturing
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systemshome automation
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HORIZON-IA - HORIZON Innovation ActionsCoordinator
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Participants (18)
76131 Karlsruhe
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1111 Budapest
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70565 Stuttgart
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63452 Hanau
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98-220 ZDUNSKA WOLA
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1401 NIVELLES
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2049 Diosd
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80809 Munchen
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34445 ISTANBUL
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25060 CELLATICA
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LT-01108 Vilnius
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38100 Trento
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
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10148 TORINO
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341 00 HALKIDA
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1000 Ljubljana
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20875 Burago Di Molgora
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73447 Oberkochen
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Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.
BS8 1QU Bristol
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