Volvo CE - Circularity in Motion

The shift towards a circular economy is key to the transition towards net zero carbon emissions. Keeping construction machines – and their parts – in action for longer, to maximise their useful life, is a core part of Volvo CE’s sustainability ambitions.

Volvo CE is moving from a linear business model in which they make new products and discard them at the end of life, towards a circular one which embraces remanufacturing, refurbishing, repurposing and recycling. At Volvo Reman, old components are given a new life. After complete dismantling, cleaning, checking and repairing to make them as good as new.

David Forsman, Product Manager at Volvo Reman says: “The planet’s resources are finite, so we need to make sure we use them carefully and extract maximum benefit from them. With Reman, we take used, worn parts and in many cases make them even better than they were when first bought, by including any available updates and the latest specifications.”.

Volvo CE’s commitment to maximising the life of its machines extends beyond its work with machine parts to entire machines. Its Certified Rebuild program takes old machines and gives them an update ready for a second or even third life. In Volvo certified workshops, worn parts are refurbished or replaced with Volvo approved used parts, updates such as air conditioning or new seating can be added before the machine is returned to the customer ready to be put to work again.

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