ReMaTecNews | No. 1-2014

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• Spain’s Sercore: Broader horizons

• LKQ acquires MM Knopf

• Reman award in Las Vegas in 2014

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2014 - NO 1 - VOLUME 14

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CONTENTS

NO 1 • February 2014 • VOLUME 14

China’s march towards remanufacturing 12

Sercore steps up a gear

China will be the next superpower in remanufacturing. That, at least, is the Chinese authorities stated ambition - and the commitment to reach it is clear. This winter delivered yet further proof. ReMaTec reports from a country where focus on reman is reaching new heights.

Over several years Spanish parts remanufacturer Sercore in Madrid has been building a solid business remanufacturing components.

Now the company is going to a higher level. An agreement with Transtec provides Sercore with access to the North American market while.

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A sporting chance for remanufacturers 18 Sports cars and veteran cars offer considerable opportunities for remanufacturers. The recent Autosports exhibition in the UK produced several examples. ReMaTecNews reports from the show – and presents a company that has created a rewarding business rebuilding Aston Martins.

“It takes the use of skilled craftsmen, each with their individual qualifications, working as a team…“ Kevin Hutson, Head of Engineering, Aston Workshop, UK

4 Editorial 5 LKQ acquires Knopf 9 Superflow in link with ATP 11 WABCO wins HD honours 20 Closer cooperation ZF/Bosch

28 Transmission World 30 APRA News 32 FIRM News 34 News from other organisations

+ International events and exhibitions

www.rematecnews.com In 2014: 6 editions ReMaTecNews Magazine Special pages on Transmissions in Edition 1, 3, 5. Special pages on Heavy Duty/Trucks in Edition 2, 4, 6

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EDITOR’S LETTER

ReMaTecNews Volume 14 – Number 01 – February 2014 ReMaTecNews, the only international news ­magazine and website dedicated to automotive and heavy duty remanufacturing worldwide, is an independent channel for news, views and ­developments within the ­remanufacturing industry.

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Welcome to the first edition of ReMaTecNews in 2014. The reman industry has just left a busy year behind and all indications are that 2014 will be no less hectic. In other words, throughout the year the reman industry will see much development as well as many new initiatives. We will report on much of it.

Editor-in-Chief William Schwarck

As reported elsewhere in this edition, China, already the world’s fastest growing automotive and commercial vehicle market is stepping up its involvement in remanufacturing, on local level as well in upper levels of the Chinese administration. The and worsening – pollution in Shanghai and Beijing, which are now reaching dangerous proportions, provides yet another stimulus for the rising commitment to reman in China.

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Closer to home is the decision by Amsterdam RAI, the organiser of the biennial ReMaTec exhibitions in The Netherlands and APRA, the Automotive Parts Remanufacturers Association, to launch a new, joint annual exhibition. Like APRA’s traditional Big R show, the new BigR/ ReMaTecUSA event will be based in Las Vegas and expectations are that it will significantly generate new interest in the traditional Big R concept. In fact, the number of pre-bookings deliver a positive message (see page 33) concerning the industry’s commitment to APRA’s and Amsterdam RAI’s partnership in Nevada.

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The 2014 calender, of course, contains numerous other events of interest. Too many to mention here now - but not too many to report on over the coming 11 months. The year, clearly, will be a busy one for remanufacturers and the entire value chain. We’ll follow its progress, throughout.

Watch this space. The reman industry will be worth watching, indeed.

Good luck to all in 2014

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NEWS FROM THE INDUSTRY

LKQ acquires MM Knopf American recycling and dismantling giant buys leading core-dealer One of America’s fastest growing companies within the automotive aftermarket segment is taking over one the country’s best known core dealers. At the time of writing the official announcement had not yet been made but ReMaTecNews understands that LKQ of Chicago, the fast growing dismantling and replacement group in America, has acquired the assets of MM Knopf, the New Jersey based core dealer that ranks among USA’s top core dealing businesses. LKQ is, by a significant margin, USA’s largest supplier of recycled, aftermarket, and reconditioned car and truck parts and heavy-duty truck parts.

If accurate, LKQ will have added a substantial asset to its already rapidly rising influence in the aftermarket. Over the past decade the MM Knopf has passed from the founding Knopf family to Remy International and, subsequently,

in 2011, returned to family ownership. Since then it has been operated by Marshall and Woody Knopf, the sons of founder Max Knopf.

Its acquisition by LKQ means that the business will come under the umbrella of one of the automotive industry’s fast growing companies with a highly profitable record.

In recent years LKQ has achieved spectacular growth through a range of acquisitions, including the take-over of UK parts and garage equipment distributor Euro Car Parts.

The deal was concluded in 2012 at a price of £225 million.

LKQ Corporation LKQ Corporation is the largest US provider of alternative collision replacement parts and a leading provider of recycled engines and transmissions and remanufactured engines for

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It has operations in the United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, Taiwan, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Guatemala and Costa Rica and operates more than 500 facilities worldwide.

Keystone Last month LKQ Corporation completed its acquisition of Keystone Automotive Operations, Inc. a leading distributor and marketer of specialty aftermarket equipment and accessories in North America.

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Remy International takes over USA Industries Remy International, the worldwide manufacturer, remanufacturer, and distributor of starters and alternators, locomotive products, and hybrid electric motors has acquired all assets of USA Industries in Bay Shore, New York. USA Industries manufactures and remanufactures starters, alternators, CV axles, and disc brake calipers for the light-duty aftermarket.

The company announced the acquisition in mid-January.

products. This acquisition accomplishes both as USA has an outstanding reputation with strong product distribution and a diverse product line that includes CV axles and calipers as well as rotating electrics.”

“This is an exciting transaction for both organizations,” said Remy CEO and President, Jay Pittas. “One of our key growth strategies is to leverage our distribution channels to enhance our rotating electrics portfolio and expand beyond our core rotating electric

Pittas added that this partnership creates synergies by combining products, distribution, and sales forces. “Both the light-duty Remy and heavy-duty Delco Remy brand products will be available through USA’s distribution centers,” he said.

Better distribution “I’m proud to be joining Remy,” said Vince Trapani, president of USA. “USA will benefit from Remy’s distribution and global reputation, and we will add to Remy’s coverage. We can serve our aftermarket customers better together, by offering more complete coverage and better distribution.”

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Superflow and ATP in new collaboration SuperFlow, the US manufacturer of dynanometers and flowbenches, and ATP Industries Group, the UK supplier of, among other things, test equipment for the remanufacturing industry have announced a new collaborative effort. Together the two companies recently launched their new WinDyn TestCube to test CAN controlled transmissions on a dynamometer.

Using ATP’s new TestCube in conjunction with SuperFlow’s WinDyn Data Acquisition and Control system remanufacturers can now fully control, test and monitor electronically managed transmissions.

“This new technology solidifies both companies as leaders in the transmission remanufacturing industry and further demonstrates their commitment to develop affordable technology to keep transmission remanufacturers at the

forefront of their industry for years to come,” the two companies said in a statement.

“For the last several years transmission remanufacturers have struggled to test modern electronic transmissions prior to shipping them to their customers. As a result, they were seeing high volumes of costly comebacks that were killing their bottom line,” said Scott Giles, SuperFlow CEO. “We’re thrilled to introduce jointly with ATP Industries Group a solution that allows our transmission dyno customers to fully control and test these transmissions, preventing comebacks and keeping money in their pockets.”

To mark the launch, Superflow and ATP recently organized a meeting for fourteen representatives from seven of the world’s leading transmission remanufacturers at SuperFlow’s facility in Colorado Springs.

Attendees were treated to a full overview of the new technology and also its operation on one of SuperFlow’s Axiline 97000 transmission dynos testing a GM 6L80 transmission.

ATP Industries Group CEO, Alan Smart, commented, “We recognized the key to a successful remanufacturing program for Mechatronic Valve Bodies and Transmissions is the ability to robustly test the components and sub-components. The WinDyn TestCube meets these criteria perfectly.”

Superflow and ATP recently introduced the WinDyn TestCube to representatives from seven of the world’s leading transmission remanufacturers.

What makes the new WinDyn TestCube option unique is its real time, two-way communication with the transmission controller rather than a simple one way ‘replay’ simulator. Further, the WinDyn TestCube option is seamlessly integrated with SuperFlow’s WinDyn software and data acquisition system to control, test and monitor through one user interface. Currently this is available for the following transmissions with more to be added shortly.

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Flight Systems enters HD engine market Flight Systems Electronics Group, FSEG, is entering the heavy-duty engine market Through its Flight Diesel Brand – which has been selling light and medium-duty pumps, injectors and turbochargers to the OES and independent aftermarket channels since 2006 - the company is now proceeding with heavyduty new and remanufactured components.

Beginning in the first quarter of 2014, Flight Diesel will be offering a new line of electronic unit injectors (EUI), turbochargers and electronic control units (ECU). This new EUI

offering will include applications for Cummins, CAT and Detroit, FSEG says. 20 different part numbers for those applications, including the newest ISX series injectors, will be included.

The Turbocharger launches will include Mack E7 and Cummins ISX applications, and the initial ECU launch will open with the popular Detroit DDECIII and DDECIV as well as the Cummins Celect and Celect Plus applications.

Flight Diesel introduced the new program at the Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week in Las Vegas on January 26.

BBB launches new app BBB Industries has announced the launch of its mobile e-catalog app for iOS and Android users. The free app, which is available for download on iTunes and Google Play, provides users with access to the company’s web content via smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices, the company said.

The app allows users access to data for automotive and small engine rotating electrical coverage, as well as automotive power steering rack and pinion, gears and pumps.

BBB also announced plans to add its recently acquired brake caliper product offering to the e-catalog app as well. E-catalog apps are also under development for the Wilson and Vision OE brands.

US, Europe and Japan discuss automotive collaboration In mid-January leaders of the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) and its original equipment market association, the Original Equipment Suppliers Association (OESA) met with executives of CLEPA and JAPIA, the associations representing automotive parts suppliers in Europe and Japan, to discuss cooperation in the global automotive industry on January 15 in Detroit, Michigan. The

discussion included a range of issues relating to remanufacturing.

“As our members continue to operate in a global environment, it is critical for the trade associations to meet and discuss issues of common concern,” said Steve Handschuh, president and chief executive officer of MEMA. “I was pleased that the participants could identify significant issues for immediate cooperation and joint efforts. We are committed to working with our colleagues from CLEPA and JAPIA for the betterment of all of our members and to serve as the strong voice for North American suppliers in the global industry.”

Issues discussed ranged from efforts to promote intellectual property (IP) protection, remanufacturing, emerging environmental regulations and trade negotiations between the respective countries. The global industry leaders also identified topics for further discussion, including greater coordination of anti-counterfeiting efforts and strengthening regulatory harmonization.

Hella opens plant in Mexico German auto parts manufacturer Hella inaugurated a $150 million headlight plant in the central Mexican city of Irapuato.

Together with well-known industry figure Jens Lindholm, Hella in 2012 bought the then Martin Detzen reman factory in Illingen in Southern Germany. The business has since been renamed Artec.

The Irapuatu factory will initially employ 250 people, but the workforce is expected to grow to 1,500 as production ramps up, Hella Iluminacion director Ignacio Moreno said.

“With this investment we will generate a positive impact in the short and medium term in the economy in Irapuato in the state of Guanajuato and in the country,” he said.

The plant is projected to turn out nearly 3 million units a year for several different automakers.

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WABCO Reman Solutions “Heavy Duty Remanufacturer of the Year” Shortly before ReMaTecNews’ deadline Wabco Reman Solutions was named “Heavy Duty Remanufacturer of the Year” by the Heavy Duty Remanufacturers Group (HDRG) of the Automotive Parts Remanufacturers Association (APRA). The award, which was announced at the annual HDRG Summit in Las Vegas, recognises a remanufacturer that has demonstrated a particularly high level of leadership in the industry.

WABCO Reman Solutions was selected because of its dedication to quality and innovation, outstanding customer service, technical excellence and diverse product portfolio of heavy duty remanufactured parts. Other factors were the company’s global capabilities, with facilities in Michigan, Stanowice, Poland, Jinan, China and a joint venture operation in San Luis Potosi, Mexico.

Salvador Muñoz-Zarate, WABCO Reman Solutions business leader, said: “We are honored to receive this top industry distinction, particularly as it recognizes our global capability as a differentiator. “It also validates our talented team’s continued commitment to grow an organization that serves our customers globally by building on experience, quality and a wide product offer.”

Supportive of APRA “WABCO Reman Solutions has always been supportive of APRA’s Heavy Duty Brake Group, especially with speakers and plant tours,” said Sandra Standley, chairman, HDRG. “One of the reasons I’m proud of WABCO winning this award is that they have always been collaborative across continents with insights and information on remanufacturing. WABCO’s award as the “Heavy Duty Remanufacturer of the Year” fits

perfectly with our industry association’s mission and efforts in further global connectivity.”

Formed by WABCO in 2010, WABCO Reman Solutions specializes in remanufacturing electronic and mechatronic components, as well as traditional mechanical products made

by WABCO and other manufacturers. WABCO’s remanufactured products serve original equipment manufacturers as well as tier-one and tier-two suppliers on a global basis.

Winners of APRA’s Heavy Duty Remanufacturer of the Year, Wabco: Left to right: Jeff Stukenborg, Salvador Munoz-Zarate, Wabco, with Sandra Standley, APRA.

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China’s long march towards remanufacturing The autumn delivered further indications of China’s increasing focus on remanufacturing.

A good one and a half hour’s drive from Shanghai along the main Beijing highway, you get to an open, green and provincial city that, like so many other modern Chinese conurbations, seems to have arrived only yesterday. With 1.5 million inhabitants, this is evidently not quite the case. Nevertheless, it is unlikely that many readers of this magazine have heard of Zhangjiagang City.

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That may well be about to change. As China’s political leadership continues to support automotive and heavy duty reman, places like Zhangjiagang City are set to become factors in remanufacturing. As so-called Remanufacturing Industry Demonstration Bases, there are a handful of them and Zhangjiagang City is home to one such base.

Like its competitors that are supported by provincial and city governments across this huge country, Zhangjiagang has ambitions to establish a green and pollutionfree environment and wants to attract industries that fit the picture. High on the list is remanufacturing, which perhaps is not surprising considering 20 million new cars and 120 million new trucks arrive on China’s roads every year.

Environment “We’re proud of our environment,” Li Jiang of the city’s development corporation tells ReMaTecNews, “and we consider it important to build sustainable industries here, industries that are in line with the government’s stated objectives and which will secure a healthy, industrial environment for our people. We believe that Zhangjiagang has almost all the prerequisites necessary to become an important player in remanufacturing.”

Li Jiang So far Zhangjiangang State Remanufacturing Industry Demonstration Base, to give it its full name, is a project in the mind of the planners rather than an industrial reality.

An open field of around 1 square kilometer surrounded by modern plants where other commercial sectors are busy converting China into the modern industrial superpower it wishes to become.

2-4 December, 2013 for which ReMaTecNews was the official media partner. Organised

by China’s National Key Laboratory for Remanufacturing, with partners Bayreuth University in Germany and Rochester Institute of New York, the event gathered a large cross-section of China’s most influential figures in remanufacturing, including senior representatives from the upper levels of China’s administration. The message given out was uniformly one of official support for reman in China. The extent to which this will result in practical outcomes remains, of course, to be seen.

But the will is clearly there.

The key people behind the World Remanufacturing Summit in Shanghai: From left Dr. Nabil Nasr of RIT, USA, Professors Xu Bin Shi and Zhu Sheng of NKLR, China, and Professor Rolf Steinhilper of Bayreuth University.

Zhangjiangang possesses many of the necessary requisites. With 1.5 million inhabitants, the labour pool is plentiful.

Located on two major national rail lines, benefiting from China’s largest inland port on the Yangtse River and one to two hours from Shanghai’s two international airports, the city claims to be ideally positioned as a pioneer in the promotion of green industries. That claim is further supported by the fact that Zhangjiangang has won the UN’s Award as an ecological city with strong environmental protection activities.

“The government wants remanufacturing to become an important part of our country’s industrial development,” says Li Jiang. “If you look around, you will see that Zhangjiangang is a green and healthy city. We want to keep it that way. And remanufacturing is one of the ways to do that.”

World Remanufacturing Summit These sentiments were reflected on numerous occasions during the World Remanufacturing Summit in Shanghai from

On behalf of the all-important National Development and Reform Commission, Material and Environment Secretary Yao Xin said, quoting China’s supreme leader, General Secretary Xi Jinping: “Turning waste into treasure and making use of discarded things is an art. The recycling industry is a sunrise industry.”

“Remanufacturing is an advanced form of the circular industry, Yao Xin continued.

“Over the past 10 years remanufacturing has taken root in our country. It can be described as a set of thousands of pet projects that have legal status and the intention is to support them as strategic and emerging industries in which ministries take a deep interest. Although currently of a relatively small scale the prospects are bright.”

According to plans, the current green field will, within a few years, be home to five product categories, Auto Parts, Metallurgical and Engineering Machinery Equipment Manufacturing, Machine Tool, Mould and Cutting Tool Remanufacturing, Electronic Office Equipment Manufacturing and Remanufacturing Equipment Production.

These will be supported by a Reman R&D Centre, a Remanufacturing Test Centre, a Remanufacturing Electronic Commerce Centre, a Remanufacturing Logistics Distribution Centre, a Remanufacturing Incubation Centre and finally, a Dismantling and Cleaning Centre. As the Base is included in China’s 12th Five Year Plan, the entire project qualifies for Government and city government support.

With the Base’s groundbreaking ceremony taking place on 8 November 2013, the project is now off to its official start. Over the coming years the five-seven reman plants will begin to rise from the field on the outskirts of Zhangjiangang - as will be the case on the outskirts of other Chinese cities.

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“We believe that this summit will provide us with a showcase for the latest scientific and technological achievements in the remanufacturing industry and thus promote the development of the remanufacturing industry.”

“Turning waste into treasure and making use of There are reasons why this is being treated so seriously. One is that the industry is in line with the national strategy, as the remanufacturing industry is representative of the concept of an ecological civilization through industrial innovation. Secondly, it meets consumer demand, with a green carbon-reducing consumption cycle increasingly becoming an international trend, cultivating new economic growth areas for effective participants.”

A second high-ranking official, Wang Xiaoyang of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology added:

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discarded things is an art.

The recycling industry is a sunrise industry.”

From the academic world, the main speakers included Professors Xu Binshi and Zhu Sheng of the National Key Laboratory, Rolf Steinhilper of Bayreuth University and Dr. Nabil Nasr of Rochester Institute of Technology, who, between them, form the steering group of the World Remanufacturing summit. At the end of the event, Dr. Nabil Nasr announced that the third summit will take place in Rochester in September 2014. William Schwarck, Editorin-Chief of ReMaTecNews delivered an introductory presentation at the beginning of the proceedings.

Other issues Other speakers included APRA Chairman Joe Kripli and APRA board member Fernand Weiland, and the range of issues comprised European remanufacturing of heavy duty and off-road vehicle components (including tyres). Half the presentations focused on other types of remanufacturing such as healthcare equipment, reman of laser equipment, machine tools and photocopiers.

A month later, an APRA forum presided over by Joe Kripli, APRA’s new President and Chairman, attracted a sizable number of participants. Organised during the Automechanika Shanghai Exhibition, the forum and the concurrent reman pavilion represented yet another sign of China’s rising focus on reman. There will be more to come.

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Sercore - broadening its horizons Spanish remanufacturer establishes new links with China and the US Founded in 1980 as a spare-part shop, Spanish remanufacturer Sercore is looking forward to 2014 as a significant milestone in its evolution.

Over the next twelve months the company will not only continue its expansion in its domestic market, it will also take significant strides forward in new markets such as the US and China.

- the world-wide sales organisation of the Freudenberg Group - which specialises in sealing, vibration control, cabin air filters and service parts for the independent automotive aftermarket. While the agreement could not, perhaps, be described as revolutionary for Sercore’s overall development, the deal - which comes into force later in the year - represents a very important step, opening up new markets in North and South America.

“Moving into the American markets - North and South America - as well as China may seem like a big challenge for a business like ours,” says owner Juan Iglesias. “But we have invested a lot of time and money expanding the business in recent years and we’re confident that we’re going to succeed. Over the next two to three years, Sercore is set to become a much bigger business than it is today.”

Ranked as one of Spain’s three leading remanufacturers of drive shafts, steering racks, power steering, EPS, etc, Sercore signed an agreement with a Chinese partner for a joint venture in China early in 2013. Towards

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Testing & Diagnostic Equipment As a result of the Corteco deal, the VcarSys, a portable diagnostics tool and the newest element in Sercore’s portfolio will be available to Corteco’s customers in North and South America.

the end of the year, Juan Iglesias went one step further, signing a contract with Corteco

“Over the past three years, we have worked intensively on our electronic parts business,” says Juan Iglesias. “One of the outcomes was the development of the VcarSys, allowing us to simulate the vehicle function behavior for the complete communication between

the electronic systems in cars. This has been so successful that we decided to make it available to other remanufacturers. Corteco will market it in the Americas on an exclusive basis.�

Two years after first embarking on remanufacturing with remanned drive shafts and

steering units, in 1982 Sercore became a fully dedicated parts remanufacturer, and over the following 30 years has developed its range to include EPS (electronic power steering), EHPS (electronic hydraulic steering pumps), hydraulic steering pumps, air compressors in addition to its drive shaft, steering rack and power steering programs.

The company currently employs a workforce of 63 and has a turnover of 4.5 million euros.

A deal with Corteco in Las Vegas in November opens up new opportunities for Sercore in America.

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AutoSport’s fast track for remanufacturers

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Over four days, the UK’s Autosport International show generates over £1 billion worth of new business. Steve McQueen reports on the opportunities for remanufacturers.

Established remanufacturing specialists, aspiring newcomers and regular suppliers to the reman industry were among more than 300 exhibitors who attended Europe’s largest motorsport trade event in Birmingham in January.

It’s not hard to see why. Almost every stand with a racing car on view in the Performance Car side of the show, features an opportunity - a potential new customer for over 80,000 buyers from 60 different countries.

From a reman perspective, F1 Cars, Dragsters, Touring Cars, Rally Cars, Club Racing Car and Europe’s fastest growing motorsport - Drift Cars - are all likely to require the services of an engine or gearbox remanufacturer, or a remanufactured part of some kind, at some stage of the season: “The 2JZ block that we use, for example, is a 20 year old engine. Every now and then it has to be re-bored and re-lined. Some

gearboxes need to be stripped down with a view to replacing the bearings after every two or three rounds of racing,” said Chris Arthur of the Lucas Oil Drift Team.

Products from team sponsor Lucas Oil help limit the damage, but if trouble does call, he turns to Scottish company, Diemax Engineering. That’s an aeronautical parts specialist with its very own drift car team to support. In order to do so, the Dunfermlinebased company uses Computer Numerically Controlled machining techniques to reman and repair racing gearboxes for other teams.

Now it has established Diemax Motorsport to further exploit the ‘lucrative’ reman motorsport market.

Bosch Motorsport, exhibiting over in the AutoSport Engineering side of the show, has been tapping into motorsport’s reman opportunities on ECUs, starters and alternators for some time, now:

Vince Belsey, Business Development, Engine Parts (UK)

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“Take an alternator from a motorsport environment. It may be hand-wound. That means it is very expensive. You don’t want to replace that unit every time,” said a Bosch design engineer. “Instead, teams come to us for a rebuild. Some parts are replaced, others rebuilt. The units are cleaned, tested on a test stand for quality, then they are returned to the customer. It’s a bespoke remanufacturing service that we are offering and the demand is high.”

Andy Borg is Managing Director of the UK-based, but Dutch-owned, surface and heat treatment specialist TTI Group. He says crankshaft remanufacturers supporting classic car racing teams form a large source of his company’s business. Business development manager Vince Belsey at Engine Parts UK says 60% of its customers are engine remanufacturers with motorsports customers, while Jake Cope’s fledgling company 3J Driveline is only 18 months old. He hopes exhibiting at the show will get his business off to a flying start.

“We currently make and re-engineer gear cases and we also see the odd differential, but there is a significant market out there for remanufacturing specialists and we are keen to build a share of it.”

Peter Donnelly, left, and Steven Donnelly of Diemax Motorsport

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ZF/Robert Bosch to strengthen cooperation With effect from 2014, ZF Services, the international aftersales specialist of ZF Friedrichshafen AG and ZF Lenksysteme GmbH, (a 50/50 joint venture between ZF and Robert Bosch GmbH) are reorganising their collaborative efforts Under the new arrangement, ZF Services will assume responsibility for the international IAM business for steering gears, steering pumps and steering columns. ZF Lenksysteme GmbH will focus on its core competencies in production and remanufacturing. The entire product portfolio will be sold by ZF Services under the new ZF Lenksysteme brand.

With the reorganisation of the worldwide IAM activities, ZF Lenksysteme GmbH and ZF Services aim to achieve clear advantages for the customer, ZF said:

“As of the beginning of 2014, customers can obtain the entire portfolio of high-quality complete units from one organization at transparent terms and by using uniform logistics processes. At the same time, the new ZF Lenksysteme product brand opens up new sales opportunities on a worldwide basis,” said Dr. Ulrich Walz, a member of the Board of Directors, ZF Services, with responsibility for marketing and market development.

“Making sufficient quantities of used steering systems available for remanufacturing requires a well-organized reconditioning of used parts,” ZF says. ZF Services and ZF Lenksysteme GmbH have already established a reconditioning system in many European countries by means of a deposit system via wholesale distributors. The system is scheduled to be expanded worldwide.

Uniform measures ZF Services says it plans to optimise the availability of products and services as well as implement uniform measures to promote sales. “As a major OEM supplier for steering systems, ZF Lenksysteme GmbH partners its vehicle manufacturers world-wide right from the initial development phases through to the start of production,” ZF states.

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Keeping a legend alive Automotive remanufacturing, in general, is aimed at mass produced vehicles. Highly specialised niche-players, however, are gaining ground. ReMaTecNews reports on UK-based Aston Workshop which has established a position of its own within the rarefied world of luxury sports car restoration.

Remanufacturing is about extending product life and maintaining, even enhancing, value.

That goes for the millions of auto parts that are remanufactured around the world each year. It also goes for the more specialised vehicle and component types that are restored or remanufactured albeit in smaller number.

These maybe less often in the public eye, perhaps. Nevertheless, they also represent the fine art of remanufacturing.

One such example can be found in Beamish in

County Durham in Northern England. Here Aston Workshop, established in 1988 by owner Bob Fountain, testifies to Aston Martin owners’ love of their cars – and to the brands value regardless of the individual vehicles’ age or state. The business buys and sells Aston Martins but its in-depth strength lies in its services which includes maintenance, replacement, remanufacturing and warranty work to any model of Aston Martin ever made - from the very first pre-war cars to the latest supercars.”

“We even have customers flying in from Japan or South America,” says Head of Engineering Kevin Hutson. “Whether our customers are buying, selling, upgrading or restoring their beloved Aston Martins, we believe that we offer the best team to assist them.”

Employing a workforce of 40, mainly Aston Martin-trained technicians, Aston Workshop is located off the beaten track in a rural part of Northern England where the company was born in a barn 25 years ago. Today the barn is a distant memory. Instead the “workshop” is home to impressively modern facilities that reflect the global business operating beneath the roof.

These comprise a very modern reception, a huge parts area with parts for every Aston Martin model ever designed, a showroom with some 40 Aston Martins and the workshop, the heart of the company where its restorations are carried out.

“It takes the use of skilled craftsmen, each with their individual qualifications, working as a team…”

A separate block to the rear of the workshop houses a state-of-the-art paint, bodywork and chassis facility, which not only supplies the workshop but also deals with crash repairs and one-off paint repairs etc.

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“There are some 5,000 to 10,000 parts that comprise an Aston Martin. Some are non-wearing and unlikely to significantly deteriorate as a function of age; but others wear, are subject to corrosion and in the case of electrical equipment prone to failure as a result of degraded insulation and embrittlement,” explains Kevin Hutson. “Seals become stiff with age, surface wear occurs and paint and corrosion protection becomes damaged.

Rectifying this deterioration takes time and resource. The quality of any restoration is crucially dependent upon all these hidden components having been restored to a fully serviceable condition or replaced. Only when they are ready can they be reassembled to create a fully restored car. “

A one stop shop for all things Aston Martin, Aston Workshop undertakes an extremely broad range of tasks for its customers - from tax disc holders to a complete re-creation of a DB4 GT Zagato and everything in between.

“The restoration of any Aston Martin can be a lengthy and expensive process but we take pride in being able to meet just about any request the client might have, and if the necessary parts or methods don’t already exist, we will either re-fabricate obsolete parts or design and fabricate a solution in house,” says Hutson. “This allows owners to fully enjoy classic ownership whilst discretely ‘modernising’ the car to give it better performance, reliability, comfort and safety.”

Kevin Hutson, Aston Workshop in the UK - serving Aston Martin fans world-wide.

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Partnership The team places great emphasis on building partnerships with their customers. All experience shows that the best and most cost effective results are achieved by the owner and the restorer working in partnership

team, to restore an Aston Martin to its former glory,” Kevin Hutson points out. “Indeed, with modern materials and manufacturing processes, very often they are better finished, perform better and are much better protected from corrosion and time related deterioration.”

“As all Aston Martins have been hand built it takes the use of skilled craftsmen, each with their individual qualifications, working as a

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Business leaders gather to discuss the circular economy Early March will see a wide range of business leaders coming together in London to debate moves towards the circular economy.

Scheduled for March 4 and 5 in the ExCel exhibition centre in the British capital’s East End, the “Resource” conference and exhibition is labeling itself “Europe’s first large-scale event for the circular economy.

It aims at addressing the challenges facing businesses that wish to embrace the circular economy.

This includes remanufacturers and their suppliers world-wide. “The new circular economy require a major rethink of product design, ownership models and end of life thinking, the organisers say.

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One of Europe’s outstanding experts in the field of sustainability for a generation, Walter R. Stahel has been advocating ‘service-life extension of goods - reuse, repair, remanufacture - as they apply to industrialised economies. He co-founded the Product Life Institute in Geneva, Switzerland, a consultancy devoted to developing sustainable strategies and policies, after receiving recognition for his prize winning paper ‘The Product Life Factor’ in 1982.

Walter Stahel’s ideas have contributed enormously to what is known as the circular economy in which industry adopts the reuse and service-life extension of goods as a strategy of waste prevention, regional job creation and resource efficiency.

“Representatives from extraction, design, recycling, manufacturing, retail and resource recovery must come together to capitalise on the commercial opportunities of a circular economy.,” says Dr. Ben Walsh of the UK’s CRR, Centre for Remanufacturing and Reuse, which will attend the event. “Resource is the first major conference and exhibition for organisations looking to develop strong resource strategy and resilient resource security. The CRR will be showing that remanufacturing is central to the circular economy and should form the cornerstone of any government strategy.”

According to the organisers, UBM Live, participants include major retailers, public sector bodies, manufacturers, remanufacturers and materials reprocessors. Between them they will “share their views of how businesses are changing and the problems facing them in a future where critical raw materials are in shorter supply.”

François-Michel Lambert, President, Institute of the Circular Economy and Walter Stahel of the Product Life Institute are some of the prominent figures who will join leading firms such as Cisco, Ecover, and H&M to debate how to get materials back and build so-called ‘closed loop’ strategies.

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Sweden’s STS Group on the expansion trail Located minutes from the E6 highway, that links Norway and western Sweden with the European continent, transmission specialists, STS Group, occupies a centrally located, strategic position outside Stenungsund, North of Gothenburg.

This will become even more important when, over the next two years, the company completes a major expansion programme that will initially result in a 1,000 sq. m. warehouse facility. Further buildings will be added in two subsequent stages.

“The main purpose of the investment is to create a modern and efficient logistics centre for the entire group,” says Ola Stålebo who, together with his brother Erik, runs the group.

“For several years now, we’ve been renting external warehouse capacity and now we want to move this in-house.”

“We also see increasing demand for core handling services for our clients. We’ve already undertaken this for several customers but with the new facility we’ll be able to promote this more actively.”

One contributing factor behind STM Group’s

With the new construction programme, STM is confident that it will have sufficient space for continuing growth over the next five to ten years.

The STM Group today consists of Scandinavian Transmission Service AB (STS) - Industrial scale remanufacturing of automatic transmissions and customer interface for OEMs. Svensk Transmission & Motor AB (STM) - Retail of remanufactured automatic transmissions to other customers.

LBM Autoparts AB (LBM) Wholesale and retail of internal parts for automatic and manual transmissions.

Ola Stålebo drive for expansion is its acquisition in 2012 of LBM Autoparts, now STM’s spare parts division. “This has been developing very healthily and we have managed to double our turnover during the first year,” explains Stålebo. “We have very ambitious plans for LBM.”

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APRA’s European Symposium and Exhibition comes to Rimini, Italy Save the dates May 21st to May 23rd and join APRA’s European Symposium together with remanufacturing professionals world-wide.

APRA’s longstanding European symposium will this year take place in the region of Rimini on Italy’s Adriatic coast. The symposium will once again attract the remanufacturing community and not only from Europe. A selection of remanufacturers from other parts of the world have also announced their presence. The 2014 event, however, also represents a move forward. In a new departure APRA Europe will host a unique

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modular event structure which enables participants to decide whether they want to attend as exhibitors, participants or even as sponsors. Moreover, participants may choose between several presentations and/or modules of specific interest, a change that’s welcomed by Tim Roth, Vice Chairman, APRA US, who says: “The symposium’s new format is very good with a mix of technical and business sessions as well as plant tours and evening events.“

New APRA members - welcome!

• Robarcko B.V., Netherlands • Softelectronic Ltd., Bulgaria • TMA, France • Ganzeboom Transmissies B.V., Netherlands • AUTIG, Denmark • SERMEC, Italy • Steinkopf, Germany (renewed) • Shaftec, Great Britain • TENDER W. Mlot, Poland • Krymar S.C., Poland • Knorr-Bremse, Germany • Sercore, Spain • CR Electronic, Italy

The populat Valeo plant visit at the APRA Symposium 2012 in Krakow, Poland.

Exhibition. Plant visit. Education.

Networking. Beach Party and more Italy is famous for its charm. A wonderful country to visit. Everyone knows that. Fewer people are aware that Italy is also home to a large number of remanufacturing companies.

One example is SERMEC, the host of this year’s plant visit 1.5 hours away from the event venue. Here, Managing Director and owner, Giovanni Ricci, and his team will welcome us with a display of high-class remanufacturing.

Visit Rimini (Milano Marittima), Italy and benefit from: - leading speakers from the remanufacturing

Check out www.apra-europe.org

Peter Bartel

industry, sharing the latest news and views on topics that matter to our members - opportunities to engage with experts and make contact with other members - exclusive plant visits that will engage you professionally and personally - the 2nd COREpa Cabana beach party - an unique visitors’ Speed-Dating - a charity golf tournament and much more…

Peter Bartel, Chairman of APRA Europe: “Based on experience and feedback from previous events we have prepared a programme which I think will satisfy the requirements of a great many of our members.“ APRA is currently finalising the registration process and the registration website will go live in the next few weeks. Please check www. apra-europe.org regularly. If you need more information, please send an e-mail to info@ apra-europe.org.

The conference also includes a gala dinner as well as offering a special side program for accompanying spouses, partners, family members and others.

APRA Symposium & Exhibition 2014

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Preliminary agenda of Remanufacturing-Event. APRA Europe reserves the right to change part of this agenda at any time without prior notice to you, so please check regularly under www.apra-europe.org.

Guests Spouse Program For the more apra's providing a post program, following items are planned: - Shopping Day trip to Outlet Village (www.themall.it) near Florence - Day trip to Venice - Wellness Day in Milano M. - Culture Day Ravenna/Rimini/Bolgna

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NEWS - B y Volker Schittenhelm

Important events in 2014 To strengthen our networking and lobbying activities, in 2012 FIRM decided to enter into a closer partnership with APRA Europe, the Automotive Parts Remanufacturers Association’s Europen division. Since then reciprocal membership, regular meetings on board level and mutual participation in Annual General Meetings have been introduced. During the 2013 general meeting, the collaboration operation was further extended to include additional administrative and organisational services offered by APRA’s office in Germany – without affecting FIRM’s office in Brussels.

Workshop in Italy in May One initital result of thIs decision is FIRM’s integration in APRA’s 2014 symposium, that will be held in Rimini, Italy end of May. Here, we will have our traditional ½-day spring workshop with hopefully all members in order to meet, exchange experiences and with FIRM and APRA-members, discuss current and future projects as well as PR- and lobbying strategies with APRA.

International Engine Remanufacturers Conference 2014 is the 50th anniversary of both the New Zealand and the Australian Engine Reconditioners Association (NZERA / ERA).

To mark the anniversary, an international conference is being organized in Surfers Paradise in Queensland, Australia, on Thursday 25th - Sunday 28th September. The event will, amongst other, comprise:

- Special event for engine remanufacturers, manufacturers and suppliers to the industry from associations from around the world.

- Machinery Displays: As a practical solution to giving equipment manufacturers and suppliers opportunities for displaying equipment at the international conference, the intention is to set up various types of equipment in local reconditioning and engineering workshops. This will allow the equipment to be up and running for

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demonstrations to conference attendees instead of static equipment displays at the conference venue) - Conference Exhibition & Display: A display and exhibition area will be set up at the conference – or adjacent to it - for exhibitors and displayers to promote products and services.

- Business Programme: International, technical speakers as well as business speakers from Australia and New Zealand - Social Programme: Surfers Paradise provides a number of interesting opportunities to develop a great social and partner programme with a number of attractive recognized activities available

and projects by participating at the General Meeting during a visit to the world’s biggest automotive aftermarket trade show.

These events, conferences, workshops and meetings are all part of FIRM’s activities aimed at lobbying on behalf of engine remanufacturing worldwide level through APRA and WERC.

We - bring together business owners, - serve as an advocate for our industry to the public and government, -

create networking opportunities with other stakeholders with common professional interests and business concerns

- Workshop Tours: A programme of workshop tours will be organized. More details and and registration information will be out soon.

- enable members to join forces politically

- The conference is organized together with WERC (World Engine Remanufacturing Council), which is also based in Brussels.

As the overall organisation of the (mainly) European engine reman associations, Germany, Austria, The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark and Turkey) FIRM is one of the founding members of WERC (London 2008) together with senior representatives of engine reman associations of New Zealand, Australia, North America and South Africa.

The conference in September in Australia will be great opportunity to continue this important work. More details of WERC’s projects and strategies will be presented in later editions.

- offer sections on our website providing access to a variety of databases and message boards

Annual General Meeting 2014 during Automechanika (Tuesday 16th - Saturday 20th of September).

Use the opportunity to strengthen your personal involvement in FIRM’s activities

- create an improved business climate through events and meetings

- are part of a huge and international reman industry network with associations, Universities and Institutes These are the tools we offer members – current and future. At the end of the day, however, we cannot do your job or run your business for you. Nor can we promote your workshop in your region or discuss the pros and cons of remanufacturing or repair with your customers. Neither can we help in the event of an engine failure. That is your job only! But we can give you the tools for your daily requirements for your and your customer’s satisfaction.

Please respect that by participating in our work through your personal involvement. In 2014 you have several opportunities to do just that. Save the dates!

Remanufacturer of the Year 2014 in Las Vegas ReMaTecNews’ prestigious Remanufacturer of the Year Award for 2014 will, for the first time, be awarded in a non-European country – USA. Instituted in 2005 and won by a string of world-class remanufacturers and suppliers, the winner of the award will be announced during the first edition of the new Big R/ReMaTec USA exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada from November 1 to November 3, 2014.

The decision to announce the winner of the award during the APRA-Amsterdam RAI event - underlines Amsterdam RAI’s intention to further develop the links between the two remanufacturing exhibitions on each side of the Atlantic. The Las Vegas trade show is the first in a new partnership between the Automotive Parts Remanufacturers Association and the organisers of the biennial ReMaTec exhibitions in The Netherlands.

to be announced. As in previous years the remanufacturing exhibition runs immediately prior to , but independently of, Industry Week, which comprises the American motor industry’s two massive shows, AAPEX and SEMA.

The show – and the award ceremony – will take place at the exhibition venue at the Rio Hotel and Conference Centre at a date

BigR/ ReMaTecUSA 2014 off to a strong start The US reman industry is giving the new BigR/ReMaTecUSA show a warm welcome.

Nine months before the show kicks off in Las Vegas, Nevada, 50 per cent of the space at the two large ballrooms in the Rio Hotel and Convention Centre has been booked.

The new show focus on remanufacturing, its restyled look and feel, the enhanced networking opportunities and international marketing activities seem to be major reasons for exhibitor booking early. The show’s co-location with ATRA’s Powertrain Expo is another factor.

The BigR/ReMaTecUSA is jointly organized by APRA, the Automotive Parts Remanufactueers Association and Amsterdam RAI, the organisers of the biennial ReMaTec reman shows in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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NEWS FROM OTHER ORGANISATIONS

2014 World Reman Summit in Rochester, New York

Joe Mejaly joins AxleTech

The Golisano Institute for Sustainability in Rochester, New York, will host the third World Remanufacturing Summit in September 2014.

The event will be the third of its type following the inaugural summit in Bayreuth, Germany, in 2012, and the follow up in Shanghai in December 2013.

A partnership between Bayreuth University in Germany, Rochester Institute of Technology in New York State, US, and the National Key Laboratory for Remanufacturing in Beijing, the summits aim at strengthening links between the reman industry and the world of science/research. The annual events will rotate between the three scientific institutions in Europe, Asia and the United States.

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“Remanufacturing has the potential to reduce the environmental footprint of manufacturing by leveraging the residual economic value in return products,” says Nabil Nasr, associate provost and director of Rochester Institute of Technology’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability. “Due to the need to make a wide range of products more

Joseph “Joe” Mejaly has been appointed vice president and general manager of AxleTech International, a General Dynamics company.

AxleTech develops and manufactures axles, brakes and suspension systems for off-highway and specialty vehicles.

AxleTech International is a supplier of offhighway and specialty vehicle drivetrain systems and components.

sustainable, remanufacturing is widely seen as a viable strategy to promote sustainable manufacturing.

Accordingly, researchers and policy makers have become increasingly interested in accurately quantifying the environmental benefits of remanufacturing.”

Previously, Mejaly served as vice president of Meritor Inc., and president of Meritor’s Aftermarket & Trailer group, based in Troy, Michigan. He was responsible for drivetrain, undercarriage, remanufactured products and service logistic solutions.

Mejaly joined Meritor in 1995. He served as the co-chairman of Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week and has been an active participant in the Heavy Duty Business Forum

Dr. Nabil Nasr

“We are fortunate to have Joe Mejaly bring his talent and extensive market experience to our leadership team,” said Michael Wilson, president of General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems.

international events & trade fairs 20.02.-23.02.2014 CIAACE - China International Auto Accessories Commercial Expo Beijing, China (PR) _________________________________________ 21.02.-23.02.2014 AUTOMOBIL - Sale Exhibition for New Cars Freiburg, Germany _________________________________________ 26.02.-01.03.2014 AMR - Auto Maintenance & Repair - The China International Trade Fair for Auto Maintenance Technology and Equipment, Auto Parts and Accessories Beijing, China (PR) _________________________________________ 28.02.-02.03.2014 Moto Park - Moscow International Motor-Park Moscow, Russia _________________________________________ 03.03.-06.03.2014 EQUIP AUTO Algeria Algiers, Algeria _________________________________________ 04.03.-06.03.2014 Tyrexpo Africa Johannesburg, South Africa

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06.03.-09.03.2014 Erbil Autoshow - INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOBILE, AUTOMOTIVE AND SPARE PARTS EXHIBITION Erbil, Iraq _________________________________________ 06.03.-16.03.2014 Geneva International Motor Show Geneva, Switzerland _________________________________________ 11.03.-13.03.2014 Auto & Transport Asia Karachi, Pakistan _________________________________________ 12.03.-14.03.2014 AUTOCOMP / ICTA (AUTOPROM RUSSIA) – International fair for parts, engines and technologies for the motor industry St. Petersburg, Russia _________________________________________ 13.03.-16.03.2014 RETRO CLASSICS - The world of classic vehicles Stuttgart, Germany _________________________________________ 13.03.-18.03.2014 AUTOMECH-FORMULA Cairo International Motor Show - Cairo International Motor Show Cairo, Egypt

19.03.-22.03.2014 INAPA - Indonesia International Auto Parts, Accessories and Equipment Exhibition Jakarta, Indonesia _________________________________________ 19.03.-22.03.2014 IIBT - Trade Exhibition for Heavy Duty Vehicles, Machinery and Equipment Jakarta, Indonesia _________________________________________ 20.03.-26.03.2014 ZAGREB AUTO SHOW - International Fair of Automobiles and Supporting Industry Zagreb, Croatia _________________________________________ 21.03.-23.03.2014 Autosalon Chemnitz - Motor Show Chemnitz, Germany _________________________________________ 21.03.-23.03.2014 FIRAUTO-EXPOCAR - Exhibition for the Automobil and Parts Exhibition Elche/Alicante, Spain _________________________________________ 21.03.-23.03.2014 Auto Messe Salzburg, Austria

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