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Turbo Guy wins cash backing
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Two Glasgow reman specialists are among nine companies to have won a share of nearly £250,000 funding from the Scottish Institute for Remanufacture (SIR) to develop their businesses. The Turbo Guy specialises in the reman of turbochargers and diesel particulate filters, has 14 staff and already works with Heriot Watt University on applying circular economy strategies to its operation. Meanwhile, Mackie Transmission Systems was set up in 1977 and remanufactures automotive, industrial and marine transmissions. It employs 35 staff and works with the reman group at the University of Strathclyde (where SIR is based) to improve its processes. Since it was set up in 2015, SIR has awarded over £700,000 to 32 projects.
All change for MERA brand Reman trade body MERA, which rebranded itself as The Remanufacturing Association last year, has decided that it will be known from now on as MERA – The Association for Sustainable Manufacturing, saying that the name “better reflects the vision of the organisation and the position of its members in the marketplace”. “Remanufacturing – which we simply define as manufacturing with reuse – is sustainable by definition and responsible by design,” stated MERA president and chief operating officer John Chalifoux. “Our intent is to highlight the corporate social responsibility of manufacturing companies that produce highquality goods – a second time – by reusing materials and
conserving embodied energy in existing products.” MERA argues that its members come from diverse industries, and various terms are “used to describe an industry’s leading sustainable manufacturing process”. MERA says: “In the automotive and commercial vehicle sectors, the term is remanufacturing. In aviation and aerospace, the process is called maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO); in electronics, refurbishing is the established reference.” MERA chairman David Overbeeke called it a “new era” for the organisation: “Our members are leaders in the circular economy, and with this announcement we will be able to more clearly communicate both their manufacturing expertise and environmental stewardship.”
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