The real commitment to reman

recycleRemanufacturing is an incredibly green process, but when it comes to aftermarket sales, the environmental benefit is still an afterthought for most customers.

“I think reman is gaining marketshare because many vehicle owners see the products as a cost-efficient alternative and functionally equivalent to new,” says Gene Damron, general manager for Global Parts Network (GPN), LLC. “Reman also offers the reduction of raw materials and the energy it takes to produce those components, but that’s not the reason customers are buying reman, at least now.”

But the fact that reman products are so environmentally friendly is a bonus, since the global push toward reman, recycling, and other environmentally-conscious production options isn’t going away.

“The population is getting greener and greener every day,” says David E. Kish, director of quality and reliability, remanufacturing at Allison Transmission. “That’s not going to change.”

And reman’s green benefits are unquestionable.

“[Manufacturing] a new medium truck tire requires 22 gallons of oil. It takes only seven gallons of oil to retread a truck tire,” says Todd Labbe, general manager, retread at Goodyear. “Millions of truck tires that would end up in landfills or scrap tire piles continue to deliver excellent performance for many more miles, thanks to retreading.”

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