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Remanufacturing Industry for Automobile Parts of USA  

Mok, Hak-Soo (Department of Industrial Engineering, Pusan National Univ.)
Jeon, Chang-Su (Department of Industrial Engineering, Pusan National Univ.)
Han, Chang-Hyo (Department of Industrial Engineering, Pusan National Univ.)
Skerlos, Steven J. (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of Michigan)
Kim, Hyung-Ju (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of Michigan)
Lee, Kyu-Chang (Department of Industrial Engineering, Pusan National Univ.)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering / v.27, no.3, 2010 , pp. 58-65 More about this Journal
Abstract
Remanufacturing is a process that restores old products to perform like new, while saving energy, reducing consumption of natural resources, and lowering environmental emissions. By extending the product life cycle, remanufacturing approaches enable closed loop material cycles that are ultimately necessary for a sustainable society. This paper provides some description of the current automotive remanufacturing enterprise, with a particular emphasis on key vehicle components that are currently remanufactured. The analysis yields two major conclusions. First, volume of the USA automotive after sales and remanufacturing industry market is estimated. Second, market price of a remanufactured component in the automotive sector is surprisingly uncorrelated with the number of companies engaged in remanufacturing that component - at least for companies registered with the Automotive Parts Remanufacturing Association (ARPA).
Keywords
Remanufacturing; Automobile Part; Cores; Quality Standards; APRA;
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