Motivation and aim

Increasing resource efficiency of manufacturing processes and equipment and developing the circular approaches remanufacturing and circular economy.

Resource-efficient processes

• Enhancement of material and energy efficiency of manufacturing processes
• Establishing the concept surface engineering

Resource-efficient plants

• Development of resource-efficient components
• Realization of ressource-efficient equipment

Remanufacturing

• Modular equipment for dis- and reassembly
• Autonomous production control
• Integrated quality assurance

Circular economy

• Production networks for circular economy
• Business models for circular economy

Contact:

Already in 2020, our Herbsttagung "Sustainable Production - Circular Economy as Enabler" took place, where speakers from industry and academia gave insights into the challenges but also opportunities of circular economic models. The presentations given can be found on Youtube under the following link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5qg4wMZJZ8&list=PLj5NzJQgxXRWYETrv4fUpsYJf76uq4SbI&index=2&t=4s).