TRATON Head of Remanufacturing Vanessa Reinarz Advances Circular Strategy Across Brands
Vanessa Reinarz leads TRATON's 'Reman and Beyond' initiative, scaling remanufacturing across four brands to cut costs and emissions while extending truck component life.
- up to 30% cheaper than new parts
- over 60 years in remanufacturing
What Happened
Vanessa Reinarz, Head of Product Management Genuine Parts at MAN Truck & Bus, leads TRATON GROUP's 'Reman and Beyond' initiative to scale remanufacturing across all four brands. The initiative builds on a decade of developing MAN's Ecoline remanufactured parts line and aims to integrate circular thinking into product design and service concepts from the start.
“Remanufacturing is quite simple... We take the old broken parts back, clean it, replace the critical elements and give it a second life.”
up to 30%% cheaper
compared to new parts, with same warranty and quality
- MAN remanufactures flywheels for Scania at lower cost than Scania's previous supplier.
- Scania shares expertise in dismantling vehicles and feeding components into the reman process.
- International brings over 60 years of remanufacturing experience and the largest reman portfolio in the Group.
- Volkswagen Truck & Bus is newer to remanufacturing and actively learning from other brands.
Why this matters
Remanufactured parts can be up to 30% cheaper than new ones, with the same warranty, helping customers keep older trucks on the road while reducing waste. TRATON's cross-brand collaboration aims to scale this circular model group-wide.
Terms in This Story
- Remanufacturing
- Process of restoring used components to like-new condition, with the same warranty and quality as new.
- Circular economy
- Economic model focused on reusing, repairing, and recycling materials to minimize waste and resource consumption.
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