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Moving electronicsreman forward 10In less than ten years a Dutch electronicsremanufacturer has transformed itself into a major force in European ECU reman. Having its sights on further expansion,ACtronics is evidence of the rising importanceof remanufactured electronic components.ReMaTecNews recently visited this rapidlygrowing company in Almelo in The Netherlands.

After seven years at the helm, John Weber,Remy International’s President, has retired.The new man at the top is Jay Pittas, untilnow Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer. A strong believer inRemy’s remanufacturing operations, Pittastalks to ReMaTecNews about the challengesin his new job.

Chip McClure, Chairman, President and CEOof Meritor Inc. will participate in this year’sRemanufacturer of the Year Award ceremonyin Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in June. Atthe event Chip McClure will speak on the roleof remanufacturing and hand over theRemanufacturer of the Year trophy to thewinner.

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‘Remy is well positioned to servecustomers in all continents’

4 Editorial

5 Greek core dealer expands

18 Almelo

20 Reman segment at AAPEX

23 Heavy Duty World

24 APRA News

26 FIRM News

28 News from other organisations

30 International events and trade fairs

In 2013: 6 editions ReMaTecNews Magazine Special pages on Transmissions in edition 1, 3, 5Special pages on Heavy Duty/Trucks in edition 2, 4, 6

NO 2 • APRIL 2013 • VOLUME 13

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Jay Pittas, Remy's new CEO


Within the next couple of months a considerable part of theautomotive and HD reman industry’s important players willgather in Amsterdam for the biennial ReMaTec show. Longestablished as a key event in the industry’s agenda, the showoffers a golden opportunity for newsgathering, networkingand the exchange of views and ideas. Global in scope as remanis, these types of events constitute a crucial element in theindustry’s development.

Although a few years younger – it was instigated in 2005 –ReMaTecNews’ annual Remanufacturer of the Year award hasalso gained recognition as remanufacturing’s premier accolade.Since the award’s early beginnings eight years ago the winnershave represented much of what’s good about remanufacturing

– and that is people and companies that are driving the industry forward in an age wherewhat it stands for is part of the green debate across the world.

Compared to when the initial edition of ReMaTecNews first saw the light of day in 2001, theworld’s acceptance of reman has undergone a huge transformation. That transformationoffers very substantial opportunities for inventive, committed and quality-conscious remanufacturers. This not only applies to new segments such as electronics and mecha tronicsbut to so many of those who are engaged in older, more established segments within thefield of remanufacturing.

As can be seen later in this edition, this year’s guest of honour at the award ceremony in Amsterdam will be the Chairman, President and CEO of one of the world’s leading remanufacturing organisations. As the head of Meritor Chip McClure has promoted remanboth within his own company as well as beyond and, therefore, has contributed significantlyto the progress of the industry.

Here at ReMaTecNews we interpret the participation of Chip McClure – and before himMichael Cardone of Cardone Industries and Dr. Nabil Nasr of Rochester Institute of Technology – in the ceremony as a sign that the industry recognises the Remanufacturer ofthe Year award for what it is: an honour designed to encourage practitioners in the noble artof remanufacturing to continue to present reman as a genuine green alternative.

This year there will be yet another winner. Others will follow in the years ahead. We look forward to welcoming them.

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NEWS FROM THE INDUSTRY

When, in 2001, the brothers Athanasios andTheodoros Pelekanos set up in business in theirhome town of Thessaloniki in Greece, the aimwas to create a successful catalytic converterrecycling company. Partly inspired by the risinglocal environmental concerns and partly by theachievements of a customer, Europe’s largestrefinery for precious metals, they realised thebenefits of recycling. Together with partner,Georgios Chatzini kolaou, Athanasios andTheodoros Pelekanos also saw new opportuni-ties within the field of resource conservationand environmental protection.

Indeed, the opportunities were therebut, as it turned out, in a different area. Todaythe brothers and Chatzinikolaou take pride inrunning a thriving core dealing business inSouth-Eastern Europe with strong emphasis onresource conservation and the environment.

And now their company, STP Recycling, isexpanding further through a newly estab-lished subsidiary in Germany. From its Germanhead office in Hilden near Dusseldorf in theRuhr industrial area, STP Parts GmbH will handle purchasing as well as sales to a growingcustomer base in Central and Western Europe.

“With our two current two locations inThessalonika and Athens, the scope for furthermarket expansion was rather limited,” Athana-sios Pelekanos, STP’s CEO told ReMaTec News.“Based on feedback from existing customersand suppliers we decided that we needed toopen up in Central Europe. That’s what we’redoing now. We’re confident that this will takeus on to a higher level and that our slogan‘Cores for a better life’ will apply to both ourcustomers and our company.”

The location near Dusseldorf was chosen

in part because of the area’s excellent logisticsas a key hub for air, rail and road travel and inpart due to the STP’s management’s and staff’sGerman language skills.

“Some of the management and staffgrew up in Germany and speak good German.The language and our familiarity with the German business will clearly help us to managethe new company in a foreign country,”Athanasios Pelekanos explains.

“One additional factor, of course, is thatwith more than 10 million people theRhine/Ruhr is one of the strongest economicregions in the world.”

‘Cores for a better life’

Athanasios Pelekanos (left) and Georgios Chatzinikolaou – moving into Western Europe.

Greek core dealer, STP Recycling, expands into Western Europe

ReMaTecIn part, Athanasios Pelekanos ascribes thedevelopment of his business to the biennialReMaTec exhibitions. From the very first eventback in 2001 STP has attended every singleshow and will be back again in June this year.“Over the years, we’ve met many of our cus-tomers at ReMaTec,” he says. “It has workedvery well for us and – clearly – also for our customers. Otherwise we wouldn’t have beenable to open up the new subsidiary. We’vealways taken a step-by-step approach to ourdevelopment. Now, I think, we’re reaping thebenefits.”



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Aleva leaves ReMaTecNewsLuuk Aleva, Publisher of ReMaTecNews forthe past nine years, recently left his position.Luuk Aleva took over as commercial head of

the magazine in 2004, when the Dutch magazine publishers, RAI Langfords, acquiredReMaTecNews from the Danish companyAllers. Since then he has become a wellknown face around the automotive remanindustry.

As announced in Edition 1, 2012,ReMaTecNews is now part of the remanufac-turing team at Amsterdam RAI, the parentcompany of RAI Langfords and organiser ofthe biennial ReMaTec exhibitions.

Luuk’s efforts were recognized by theAutomotive Parts Remanufacturing Associa-tion, who made him an Honorary Member ofthe association during the ReMaTec2011 exhi-bition.

“Over the past nine years, Luuk hascontributed successfully to the magazine,which has become an authoritative and inde-pendent news source within the globalreman community,” said Niels Klarenbeek,Domain Manager, Remanufacturing, Amster-dam RAI. “We are grateful to Luuk for hiswork with ReMaTecNews and wish him all thebest for the future.”Luuk Aleva, Publisher of ReMaTecNews since 2004.

New CEO at TranstarTranstar Industries, Inc., the major USsupplier of driveline solutions, includingremanufactured transmissions, hasappointed Timothy E. Bowes Chief Executive Officer.

Bowes joins Transtar from MeritorInc. where he has worked for the pastseven years, most recently as an Execu-tive Officer and President of Meritor’sCommercial Truck and Industrial busi-ness unit.

In his tenure at Meritor, Bowesalso spent three years living in Shang-hai, China running Meritor’s Asia Pacificbusiness. Prior to Meritor, Bowes spent15 years in the automotive passengercar industry at companies including ITTAutomotive, Intermet Corporation andWescast Industries.


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ReMaTecNews is delighted to announce theattendance of Charles G. ‘Chip’ McClure,Chairman, President and CEO of Meritor Inc.at the magazine’s annual Re man ufacturer ofthe Year award in Amsterdam in June.

Working for Meritor Inc. since 2004,Chip McClure is one of the American motorindustry’s prominent and experienced execu-tives as well as a key supporter of automotiveand heavy duty remanufacturing. In 2012,Meritor and its General Manager for Reman-ufacturing, Doug Wolma, earned the compa-ny the Remanufacturer of the Year award for

excellence and innovation. In 2010, Meritorwas also named ‘Heavy Duty Remanufacturerof the Year’ by APRA, the Automotive PartsRemanufacturers Association, in the US.

At the award reception on the eveningof June 16 Mr. McClure will speak on the stateand importance of remanufacturing toexhibitors and invited guests and present theaward to the 2013 winner.

Prior to joining Meritor, Chip McClureserved as CEO, President and a member of theBoard of Federal-Mogul Corp. Before that hewas President, CEO and board member atDetroit Diesel which he joined follow-ing 14 years in a variety of man-agement positions with JohnsonControls, including Vice-Presi-dent and Managing Director ofthe company’s South Africanand European operations. Inthe latter position he waslocated in Dusseldorf, Ger-many. McClure later becamepresident of the company’s Ameri-cas re gion.

During a varied career he alsoserved for four years as a naval officeron a U.S. Navy destroyer. ChipMcClure holds a Bachelor’s degreein Mechanical Engineering and aMaster of Business Administrationfrom the University of Michigan. In2006 he was ranked as one ofDetroit’s Most Powerful People by businesspuiblisher, Crain’s Detroit Business.

Meritor Chairman McClure guest ofhonour at ReMaTecNews award� By William Schwarck, Editor-in-Chief, ReMaTecNews

The winner of the award will beannounced at an event on \Sunday June 16 during the ReMaTec exhibition at the RAIexhibition centre in Amsterdam.

The AwardReMaTecNews invites nominations for theRemanufacturer of the Year award to besubmitted no later than May 15, 2013 to:ReMaTec News’ Remanufacturer of theYear award at Info@rematec news.com

The winner of the award willbe announced at an event on Sun-

day June 16 during the ReMaTecExhibition at the RAI exhibitioncentre in Amsterdam.

Candidates will be evalu-ated on the basis of innova-tion, technical excellence, cus-tomer service and commitmentto the promotion of the quali-

ties of remanufacturing. Nomina-tions should include a clear and reasonedexplanation for the nomination as well

as the background of the organisa-tion or individual proposed.

Candidates who have beennominated before can be renomi-nated and, without any obligation,

the panel of judges would welcomesuch nominations.

The Award

Charles G. ‘Chip’ McClure.

Remanufacturing is an important part of Meritor’s strategic plans. Chip McClure at the opening of a Meritor plant in Brazil.


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On entering the premises of a modern indus-trial building at Bornebroeckstraat in Almeloin eastern Holland visitors find themselves ina green, airy environment of palm trees andlight gravel. Not unlike an ordinary green-house – except for two white robot arms thatmove boxes from one side of the courtyard tothe other.

A completely green environment and a

modern transport system working togetherin a natural symbiosis.

One may not find this in too manyremanufacturing plants – or many produc-tion plants anywhere. But you do at ACtronics, the Dutch remanufacturer of elec-tronic automotive components that has seenexplosive growth since its inception just nineyears ago.

Founded by electronics buff, LeonKleine Staarman and a group of like-mindedenthusiasts, ACtronics has, within a shortspace of time, emerged as one of Europe’smarket leaders in remanufacturing ECUs andrelated products. While some reman sectorshave reached maturity, the remanufacturingof electronics and mechatronics is set to seevery substantial growth as car manufacturers

In less than a decade, a small Dutch start-up with 15 employees has transformed itself into amajor force in European ECU reman. The name is ACtronics and ReMaTecNews recently visitedits head office in Almelo, the Netherlands. Here’s what we found.

Leon Kleine Staarman.

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incorporate ever larger number of complexelectronic components in their vehicles.

Leading edge technologiesIn contrast to some other types of auto -motive and heavy duty remanufacturing,electronics reman involves leading edge tech-nologies. Which means that, so far, electron-ics remanufacturers belong to a fairly selectgroup. There is little doubt, however, thatcompetition will increase as electronic com-ponents become even more crucial to themotor industry. At ACtronics, however, faithin the future is huge. It believes that it’s so farahead that it will be extremely difficult forothers to catch up – certainly within the European market.

As Thijs Jasink, a member of ACtronicssenior management group and general man-ager of its UK subsidiary in Colchester inEssex, north east of London, puts it: “We’ve

invested so heavily in ultra modern toolingand machinery and, perhaps more impor-tantly, in people, that it will be extremely dif-ficult for others to catch us.”

With a past in the motor industry, LeonKleine Staarman, the company’s owner, CEOand driving force, realised at an early stagethe opportunities for offering a remanufac-tured alternative to OE produced ECUs.However, from the outset the concept was toapproach the task based on an advancedlevel of technological expertise and backedby highly trained technicians.

‘Remanufacture – not repair’“Our motto was we want to do it differently.Remanufacture – not repair,” he says. “In thebeginning we were a small group of peopleobsessed with electronics as well as cars sothat fitted in well. In fact, we’re still mad

about electronics and cars here. I guess that’swhy we’ve achieved what we have – and willcontinue to do so.”

What ACtronics has achieved so far is aturnover running into millions of euros, aworkforce of 165 in the Netherlands and theUK, seven sales offices in Europe and a prod-uct range covering eight groups: Engine con-trol units (ECUs), Transmission control units(TCUs), Body control units (BCUs), Climate

Control Units (ACCs), Electronic Stability Pro-grammes (EPSs), Instrument Clusters, Elec-tronic Throttle Bodies and Brake ControlModules (BCMs). Combined with consider-able investment in new test equipment andother machinery and with the opening of theultramodern, purpose-built head office onthe outskirts of Almelo, the result is an organ-isation with its eyes firmly fixed on thefuture.

‘If a customer makes afaulty diagnose, we willadvise the customer onhow to continue with the diagnosis to solve theproblem. In this way, we build up customer loyalty instead’

Thijs Jasink and Sander Speek in from of ACtronics’s mascot, the Aceman.


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“Remanufacturing electronics requiresspecific skills and talent,” says Leon Starman.“As a result it has taken years to develop theskills of our employees. As a company we nowknow where we want to go – which is toachieve a 24 hour turnaround time. We willachieve this by the end of the year with thehelp of our new building and the internallogistics logistics, which it offers.”

Leon Staarman and his senior manage-ment team, Thijs Jasing and Sales and LogisticsManager Sander Speek, point out a furtherreason for ACtronics’ confidence in the future– its commitment to high quality testing.

“Apart from the remanufacturingprocess itself, we place great emphasis on car-rying out reliable tests on all our products andconsistently develop our rebuild methods,”they say. “This is why we expect to remain themarket leader in Europe and grow at a man-ageable rate.”

Currently, 250 electronic units areremanufactured by ACtronics each day in ahighly detailed process which, at the same,allows individual operators considerable free-dom. Instead of operating conventional pro-duction lines, each operator has his/her ownwork-station, offering more independencyand a greater degree of privacy at the work-place.

“Originally, the plan was to install theusual type of production line, but in the endit turned out that the operators preferred tohave their own work-stations,” Speek andJasing explain. “This has worked very well forus and productivity remains very high.”

Staarman, Jansing and Speek, ascribeyet another of ACtronics’ defining qualitiesto the customer loyalty which the companyenjoys. So far, 16000 feturning customershave made use of ACtronics products andservices, a substantial number, not least inview of the business’ relatively short exis-tence.

“We’re very focused on giving adviceto our customers,” they say. “These types ofproducts are often very complex and it’s real-ly important to explain their function withina car’s systems so that customers obtain a fullunderstanding of the modern car’s commu-nication protocols. Otherwise, they may notget the full benefits. In fact, 20 per cent ofthe units that arrive here are not faulty at all.They’re just misunderstood. That’s why, wedon’t necessarily charge for a certain unitthat has been wrongly categorised as faulty.Instead, we build up customer loyalty. In thelong run, that’s better for them – and for us.”

ACtronics’ ultramodern factory in Almelo was inaugurated in June 2012.


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In his seven years as CEO of Remy Internation-al, John Weber, who recently retired from thisposition, maintained remanufacturing as acore business area.

This, at least, is not going to changeunder Remy’s new Chief Executive. As the for-mer Chief Commercial Officer John ‘Jay’ Pittastakes over the top job at one of the remanu-facturing industry’s premier companies, remancontinues to be part of the culture and soul ofRemy. In fact, Pittas’ intention is to furtherstrengthen the company’s remanufacturingoperations alongside expansion into otherareas.

“Yes, remanufacturing continues to be avery important to us – absolutely,” Pittasemphasised in an interview with ReMaTec-News. “Reman has trickle-down effects acrossthe economy. Every casting we’re able to salvage is one less casting at the foundry and,therefore, less pollution in the air. Moreover,reman not only helps environmental steward-ship – it benefits local economies and locationsas well as meeting tightening regulatorydemands everywhere.”

58-year old Pittas brings to the job wide-spread experience from industry and, indeed,from Remy. Here he worked closely with JohnWeber and has been instrumental in imple-menting a broad range of strategic and oper-ational decisions. What lies ahead, therefore,will not be a radical departure from currentpolicies.

“That won’t happen,” he says. “Howev-er, let’s not forget that when John Webercame to Remy, focus was on the company’ssurvival during a global economic downturn.Now that has been achieved, we must focuson how to grow the topline. I believe we’re ina very strong position to do that.”

Until his promotion, Jay Pittas bore thetitle Senior Vice President and Chief Commer-cial Officer of Remy International responsible

Remy’s new CEO

The view from the topAfter seven years JohnWeber, Remy International’sCEO, has announced hisretirement. Having beencredited with saving theautomotive/HD supplier fromgoing under, Weber has nowhanded over to his successor,Jay Pittas. Pittas spoke toReMaTecNews about hisviews on Remy’s future.

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for all light duty and heavy duty products forOE and aftermarket applications.

Prior to this, he was President of RemyPower Products which serves the light dutyaftermarket in North America after havingjoined Remy in 2006 from Eagle-Picher Auto-motive where he was President of the Wolver-ine Specialty Materials business. At otherstages of his career, Pittas, who holds a B.Sc. inChemical Engineering, has held positions withHoneywell, UOP and ARI Technologies. In all,he has more than three decades of manufac-turing and sales experience, with manage-ment positions in customer service, sales, tech-nical support, process engineering andinternational market development. Organis-ing global teams to meet competitive chal-lenges is another string to his bow.

Global experienceHis global experience will be of particularimportance as Pittas takes Remy through thenext chapter of its history. Although Indiana-based Remy remains firmly rooted in its Amer-ican heritage – after all it was once an affiliateof the mighty General Motors – the futureembraces all world markets. And no onerealises this better than Pittas.

“Remy is well positioned to serve globalcustomers in every continent and every mar-ket,” he said. “There are geographical oppor-tunities out there and we’re looking forwardto taking advantage of them.”

China, for instance, ranks high on theagenda. Remy already runs three operationsin China and much of their internal discussionsare centered on China – in respect of bothheavy and light duty applications. With a Chi-

nese car parc of more than 100 million vehiclesthe demand for aftermarket services will clear-ly be enormous - notwithstanding the currentdecline in economic growth in China.

“Yes, China’s economic growth is slow-ing down, that’s true. However, we must notforget where it’s slowing from - from 12 percent of GDP to 7,5 to 8 per cent. Think aboutwhat Europe and the US would do to achievethat? So China is still a pretty exciting marketfor our products.”

Alongside China and North America,Brazil and, of course, Europe constitute Remy’skey markets. Driven by demand for productssuch as more efficient starters and alternators,lighter component etc. to ensure less CO2

emissions, current trends in the motor indus-

try, in Pittas’ view, favour his company. “Taking advantage of this is

important, which is why we’re invest-ing a great deal of money in newproducts in the OE segment as well asextending our aftermarket portfolio,reman and new, in the US as well as inBrazil and Europe,” he says.

In the overall picture, remancontinues to be crucial to Remy’sdevelopment – as it has been for manyyears. A global leader in remanufac-tured starters and alternators, thecompany is sensitive to regulatorychanges, such as ever more stringentenvironmental requirements acrossthe world. Nevertheless Pittas sees theopportunities as well as the chal-lenges.

“In fact, we’ve just expanded ourreman program in Europe with a fewhundred part numbers and we’vedone the same in Mexico. In additionwe have one of the few remanufac-turing licences in China at our facilityin Wuhan. As I said, we believe therewill be opportunities coming fromthere.”

Desire for remanPittas regards the European market for Remy’sreman products as the company’s most sophis-ticated, with the largest volume of part num-bers. While in many other markets emphasis ison low price, in Europe there is a greater con-sistency in demand for reman. Although Remyproduces more reman units in its US opera-tions because of the size of the market, the

desire for reman seems stronger in Europethan in any other market in the world.

“I’m not sure whether this is because ofenvironmental issues, reliability or for histori-cal reasons,” he says. “Whatever the reason,we intend to expand our facilities in Miscolc inHungary and in Tunisia to cover the growingbusiness – as well on the OES as IAM side ofthe business. I believe we can do this becausewe have a good team and I have told Jef (JefVerelst, Head of Remy Europe - ed.) that weshould push for double growth rates on thetop line.”

CorelessWhile Pittas general confidence in remanufac-turing is rock solid, he does point out an

emerging trend that could create problemsfor some remanufacturing companies, per-haps smaller and mid-sized ones – ‘coreless.’The fact that some customers are gettingmore concerned about the additional workinvolved in returning cores thus creating ascarcity of raw materials for remanufacturing.

“It’s not that they want new or don’twant reman. It’s more that they don’t like tohandle cores. We’re now seeing demand forcoreless programs growing , especially inSouthern Europe but less in France, Germany,UK etc. There are ways of dealing with this butit’s still a cause for concern because on the oneside it makes it more challenging to get backthe raw materials to remanufacture and onthe other side, it might bring more Chineseimports into Europe, taking these companieswill deliver at a stable quality level acceptablefor the European market.”

‘Now that has been achieved, we must focus on how to growthe topline. I believe we’re in avery strong position to do that’

Remy InternationalWith more than 100 years of experi-ence, Remy is a world-leading supplierof parts, including remanufacturedparts. Besides its strong OE-presence inheavy and light duty starters and alter-nators, the company offers a broadrange of product groups, marketedunder the Remy brand: Brake Calipers,Steering Racks and Pumps, Ignition Distributors and Leads. Remy operatesin all continents and employs a work-force of 6.500 world-wide.


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ReMaTec2013

The ReMaTec2013 exhibition is now receivingspecial recognition from the United StatesCommercial Service, the American govern-ment’s worldwide trade promotion arm. Inaddition to the Trade Fair Certification statusgranted in early 2013, the U.S. Commercial

Service is currently initiating an InternationalBuyers Matchmaking Program ReMaTec2013.

Having monitored the ReMaTec show’sgrowth in recent years, the Commercial Ser-vice office at the American Embassy in The

Hague has designated ReMaTec2013 as a pri-ority event. As a result, additional funding willbe available from the U.S. Department ofCommerce in Washington, DC.

Moreover, in a campaign targeted at 44U.S. embassies in Europe, the Middle East andNorthern Africa, the Department of Com-merce will be informing its commercial staff ofthe opportunities offered by automotiveremanufacturing and will provide detailedinformation about the ReMaTec concept,including invitations to the exhibition. Addi-tional funding will be available to cover thetravel expenses of local commercial specialistswishing to attend ReMaTec2013 togetherwith buyers from their respective regions.

Natasha Keylard, Senior CommercialSpecialist at the U.S. Embassy in The Hagueand key member of the Global AutomotiveTeam within the U.S. Commercial Service, is

responsible for the Matchmaking Programme. “As part of this programme, our auto-

motive team will identify the purchasingneeds of international buyers and introducethese buyers to the U.S. exhibitors ofReMaTec2013,” Natasha Keylard explained.“Furthermore, we will organise an AmericanBreakfast Briefing on Monday June 17, whenU.S. exhibitors and international buyers canconnect in an informal way.”

ReMaTec, therefore, serves as an impor-tant access vehicle for reman-related Ameri-can firms to enter or expand in foreign mar-kets. In fact, over the past few editions theexhibition surface booked by US companieshas almost tripled. In fact, ReMaTec2013 cur-rently has close to 30 exhibitors from acrossthe Atlantic, varying from smaller family-owned businesses to large multinational corporations.

US opens up its diplomaticnetwork for ReMaTec2013

ReMaTec2013: 93% booked

Reflecting the growing internationalisationof automotive and heavy duty remanufactur-ing, ReMaTec2013 is seeing a considerablerise in international participants.

“We have confirmed bookings from

more than 30 first time exhibitors from countries such as Belgium, Bulgaria, China,Germany, Italy, Japan, Taiwan, United Kingdom and the United States of America,”explains Domain Manager Niels Klarenbeek,

Amsterdam RAI. “Moreover, we see that onaverage exhibitors are booking more space.In fact, the average stand size has expandedfrom 19m² in 2009 to 28m² in 2013.”

At the time of writing, only limitedstand space is available. Prospectiveexhibitors still hoping for stand space shouldapply soon to avoid disappointment. ContactMr. Ewoud Barink [email protected]

With 93% booked as of March 1, ReMaTec2013 has increasedits exhibition area by 20% compared to 2011.

U.S. exhibitors at ReMaTec2013Alto Products Corp., Armex Cleaning Company, Automotive Parts Remanufacturers Association (APRA), BBB

Industries, Church & Dwight Co. Inc., CUMMINS, Diesel Parts of America, Dorian Drake International, Flight Systems,

GFX, Inc., Goldfarb & Associates Inc., JDS Worldwide, Knopf Automotive, KYZEN, Meritor, Motor & Equipment

Remanufacturers Association (MERA), Raybestos Powertrain, Rebuilders Automotive Supply, Remy Automotive,

Rottler Manufacturing, Santech Industries, Seal Aftermarket Products, Sercore, Springfield Remanufacturing

Corporation, Superflow Technologies Group, Taditel US. Inc., TRW, WABCO Reman Solutions, WAIglobal.


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ReMaTec2013

With just three months to go beforeReMaTec2013 opens its doors, RAI Amster-dam’s Marcom department is rolling out anew PR and communications strategy forReMaTec2013. The show, the world’s premierautomotive and CV remanufacturing event,will take place from June 16 to 18 in Amster-dam, The Netherlands.

“Although there is a growing recogni-tion of the importance of remanufacturingwithin the media, more needs to be done andwe see ourselves as an integral part of theefforts to promote remanufacturing in general,” explains Carola Jansen-Young,Senior Marketing Communications Managerat Amsterdam RAI, the Dutch exhibition giantand organiser of the ReMaTec shows. “One ofthe ways we can do this is by establishing closer links to automotive trade magazinesacross the world in order to update them on

the latest developments at the show. Aheadof this year’s show we have been intensifyingour efforts in this respect.”

So far ReMaTec press releases have beencarried by a substantial number of inter -national trade magazines and media. Theseinclude Journal de la Rechange & de la Réperation (France), Krafthand (Germany),Autokompas (The Netherlands), AftersalesMagazine (Netherlands), Federauto Maga-zine (Belgium), Carfix(Belgium), Global Connection Newspaper (USA), Auto MotorZubehör (Germany), Aftermarketnews (USA),Remanufacturing News (USA), Cobouw (TheNetherlands), Baumaschinen (Germany) andNowoczesny Warsztat (Poland).

ReMaTec - a truly international exhibitionThe previous ReMaTec exhibition in 2011attracted 2,727 visitors from 57 differentcountries:

Visitor registration is now open atwww.rematecnews.com/exhibition. Here re -man professionals can apply for free entrancebadges for the full three days ofReMaTec2013. As part of the visitor registra-tion, attendees can also order tickets for the

ReMaTec social event on Saturday, June 15, arare opportunity to experience a boat tripthrough Amsterdam’s charming canals in thecompany of friends, colleagues and acquain-tances within the reman industry.

Media campaign for ReMaTec2013

Carola Jansen-Young, Press and Publicity Manager

Senior Marketing Communications Manager at RAI

Amsterdam.

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Reman work-shop drawsbig audienceHeld in Almelo, The Netherlands, on March 13 and 14, APRA’s annualEuropean workshop and seminar attracted a substantial number ofprofessionals from across the remanufacturing industry. Altogethersome 80 participants from Europe and the US gathered to listen to anddiscuss recent developments within electronics and automatic trans-mission remanufacturing.

With its main focus on electronics/mechatronics along with planttours of Dutch firms ACtronics and automatic transmission rebuilder,Ganzeboom Transmissies, the event reflected the growing interest inthese two rapidly developing technologies. In respect of both visits,guests encountered highly advanced operations which, as organiserFernand Weiland, Past Chairman of APRA Europe, commented, ‘are acredit to our industry.’

From the other side af the Atlantic, Tim Roth of SRC in Missouri,one of the US’ major remanufacturing companies, came to Almelo to follow events in Europe. At the end of the two days, Roth left dulyimpressed.

“The APRA Europe conference shows the high quality of peopleand companies that represent our industry. We see increasing supportand interest in the industry – from government support to universityresearch – and this conference highlights the business people that canturn the growing interest into environmentally responsible jobs forpeople in our communities.”

All in all, the programme offered presentations on a broad rangeof technical issues by event offered presentations by Leon Kleine Staar-man, Actronics, the Netherlands; Fernand Weiland, FJW Consulting,Germany; Peter Bartel, Chairman, APRA Europe; Germany; AlexanderNagel and Joachim Kleylein, University of Bayreuth, Germany; AndyHenney, Bluereach, UK; Clemens Ortgies, BU Drive Group, Germany;Michel Ganzeboom, Ganzeboom Transmissies, the Netherlands andNiels Klarenbeek, Domain Manager for Remanufacturing and organiser of the ReMaTec2013 show at Amsterdam RAI.

Tim Roth of SRC, Missouri, USA.


Networking in Almelo

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Philippe Maertens, FIRM, Maria Bonelli, Bosch,

Volker Schittenhelm, FIRM, Germany.

Mr. Blaschke of Schaeffler and Ralf Hörmann of ZF

Friedrichshafen, Germany.

Mr. Blaschke of Schaeffler and Ralf Hoermann of ZF

Friedrichshafen, Germany.

Leon Klein Staarman, ACtronics and Eva Barten,

Sales Manager, ReMaTecNews, Holland.

Slava Bakalov of Russia and Holger Fraustein,

Germany.

Michael Mitchell, Katie Dicken and Oliver Dixon of

BBA, UK.

Speakers at APRA workshop: Joachim Kleylein, University Bayreuth, Niels Klarenbeek, Amsterdam RAI,

Peter Bartel, Chairman, APRA Europe, Alexander Nagel, Bayreuth University (front), Clemens Ortgies,

BU Group and Fernand Weilands, workshop organizer.

Vincent Reghem and Jacques Fils, AW Europe s.a,

France and Thomas Guidat, University of Berlin.


Reman section returns to AAPEXThe new remanufacturingsection at AAPEX, theannual Automotive After-market Products Expo, inLas Vegas will return in2013. Debuting in Novem-ber 2012, the reman sec-tion attracted such atten-tion that the organisershave decided to repeat theevent this year. AAPEX willtake place from Tuesday,Nov. 5 through Thursday,Nov. 7, at the Sands ExpoCenter in Las Vegas.

Aimed at promotingthe environmental, eco-nomic and product perfor-mance benefits of automo-tive and commercial vehicle remanufacturing,the reman section is co-hosted by the Motor &Equipment Remanufacturers Association(MERA) and the Engine Rebuilders Council(ERC).

The AAPEX Remanufacturing Sectionwill feature dozens of exhibits from ERC andMERA members, as well as live engine rebuild-

ing demonstrations. To promote the sustain-ability benefits of remanufacturing, the sec-tion will, like last year, be surrounded by greencarpet, highlighted in green on the show map,and recognized in AAPEX communications,the organisers announced.

“Remanufactured and rebuilt enginesdeliver sustainability and value that not only

benefit consumers, but theentire aftermarket,” saidCourtney Carbone, Directorat the Engine RebuildersCouncil. “ERC members areexcited to return to thisimportant section to pro-mote these benefits in2013.”

Sustainable manufacturing“Remanufacturing is reallysustainable manufacturing,and members of MERA arerecognized as leaders inour industry,” said Tom Rippinger, Senior Manager,Communications and

Member Services, MERA. “We look forward toworking with ERC to bring even greater atten-tion to the companies that will participate inthis exciting section.”

The Remanufacturing Section sold outquickly last year, so prospective exhibitors fromMERA and ERC member companies areencouraged to sign up early, MERA says.

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HEAVY DUTY WORLD

Moderate global growth formedium-heavy truck salesFollowing the slowdown in overall markets in 2012 global medium to heavy duty commercialvehicles sales are set to increase moderately in 2013.

According to the international research insti-tute, Frost and Sullivan, the combined GDP ofkey commercial vehicle markets will grow by3 to 3.5 per cent during the year resulting inan advance of 4.3 per cent in 2013. The slow-down in Europe and moderate expansion intruck demand in North America will be large-ly offset by robust growth in Rest of World(RoW) markets, leading to global medium-heavy truck sales of 2.8 million for the year.

In its new report, ‘Strategic Outlook ofthe Global Medium-Heavy Commercial TruckMarket in 2013’ Frost & Sullivan finds thatplatform-based truck production andadvanced technology integration encompass-ing powertrain, safety, telematics, and cabindesign areas will experience significantgrowth in 2013. This year, an expected 1 in 5heavy-duty trucks sold globally will featureplatform based lineage. The global marketfor low-cost trucks, too, is expected to contin-ue strong growth of 8.6 per cent over the2009 to 2017 period.

“Although the economy is expected toimprove, there is cautious optimism amongstcommercial vehicle OEMs in the TRIAD mar-kets of North America, Europe and Japan,”says Frost & Sullivan Industry Analyst BharaniLakshminarasimhan. “Our research revealedthat many of these OEMs will not only

continue to focus greater efforts on the growing markets of Brazil, Russia, India andChina (BRIC), but also expand to the Next-11and African markets, while introducinggroundbreaking technologies in their homemarkets.”

Several Next-11 markets are likely topost nearly double-digit growth in new trucksales in 2013. Of these, Indonesia and Turkeyare forecast to double in size from 2012 to2020, while Mexico is also set for long-termgrowth. Additionally, within the BRIC mar-kets, Russia will sustain the fast growth thatwas seen in 2012. The net resultant of thesetrends will be a higher demand for medium-duty trucks relative to heavy-duty trucks.

Lack of critical massHowever, the global medium-heavy truckmarket will continue facing strong head-winds, as Western Europe experiences consid-erable decline in new truck sales and volatileenergy prices, keeping consumers in manyparts of the world from buying new equip-ment. Moreover, the lack of significant ‘criticalmass’ in terms of sales volumes, despite stronggrowth rates in many markets such as Africa,will challenge OEMs in TRIAD markets ininvesting heavily to create solid business casesfor several Next-11 and RoW markets. With

that said, Chinese and Indian OEMs will con-tinue thriving in many of these non-BRICdeveloping markets.

The next frontier for commercial vehicles includes an increase in advanced tech-nologies, creating the foundation for the nextgeneration of smarter commercial vehicles,particularly within North America, Europe andAsia-Pacific, Frost and Sullivan states. Of thesemarkets, OEMs in North America and Europewill put their focus on ‘soft technologies,’ suchas telematics, cabin design and safety tech-nologies, while Asian OEMS will put a greateremphasis on creating powertrain technologiesthat are governmental regulation compliantand have fuel-efficiency.

“Overall advanced technologies, such asnatural gas powertrain, integrated safety technologies, health, wellness and well beingenablers, and connectivity technologies areexpected to receive a major boost globally,”says Lakshminarasimhan.

This year sees Bosch celebrating the produc-tion of its 10 millionth common-rail system forcommercial vehicles (CRSN).

According to Bosch, the production fig-ures over the past few years are testimony tothe rapid development of this technology,which delivers enhanced efficiency and loweremissions. Following the launch of the CRSN1in 1999, 1 million systems had already beenmanufactured by the end of 2003. Now,Bosch can celebrate another production mile-stone, with the 10-millionth CRSN rolling offthe production line in 2013.

The first Bosch common-rail system forcommercial vehicles (CRSN1) was unveiled in1999 in the light-duty segment at Iveco (Turbo

Daily). The first heavy-duty application fol-lowed shortly thereafter at Renault, anddelivered an injection pressure of 1,400 bar. In2001, the enhanced 1,600 bar system wasrolled out in the U.S. pickup segment.

Paving The Way To The FutureApart from injection technology, Bosch says italso is working on other systems to reducefuel consumption and emissions in dieselengines. These include the Denoxtronic andDepartronic exhaust-gas treatment systems,which are designed to reduce emissions ofnitrogen oxide and particulates respectively.Bosch is also working on the hybridization ofthe commercial-vehicle powertrain.

Eaton recently launched the Fuller AdvantageSeries of heavy-duty transmissions, whichinclude new design features such as reducedweight and increased efficiency resulting infuel economy improvements and other fea-tures contributing to lower preventativemaintenance costs, the company says. Thisnew line of 10-speed transmissions is sched-uled for commercial production later this year.

“The Fuller Advantage Series transmis-sions will be available in both manual andautomated designs, with the automated ver-sions scheduled for production in the firstquarter of 2014,” the company said.

A new precision lube system representsone of the most important upgrades in thenew transmissions, according to Eaton. Thesystem reduces the oil churn energy lossesfound in traditional transmissions by nearly 33percent. With less heat being generated, theFuller Advantage Series transmissions do notrequire a cooler and corresponding lines andfittings. This results in less preventative main-tenance required while engine fans cycle less,further reducing horsepower demand.

Bosch reaches ten millionHD common rail systems

Eaton launches new transmission series


New challenges for APRA as remanbecomes more service-oriented

NEWSNEWSAPRA EuropeAPRA Europe

By definition, APRA, the Automotive PartsRemanufacturing Association, focuses on theautomotive parts remanufacturing business.That has been the case for more than fiftyyears and it will remain so for the foreseeablefuture. Quite simply, automotive reman is ourraison d’être. Even so, the fact is that anincreasing number of our members areextending their businesses into areas outsideour original, and clearly defined, field. Offhighway, industrial remanufacturing ofgensets and wind power generators are someof them. Likewise, the ‘parts’ to be remanu-factured are set to expand from small units toinclude highly complex installations, some ofthem immobile and installed decentralized.

The idea that remanufacturing opera-tions must take place in an industrial estateunder a solid roof or on a production linewith huge batch sizes will soon no longer bevalid. In consequence we must now acceptthat the industrial approach to remanufactur-ing is solely determined by its adherence togenuinely standardized industrial processes.

Key parametersOutstanding service, state-of-the-art reverseengineering, on-site operations, one pieceflow in production, powerful logistics andshort response time will, in future, be keyparameters for success in remanufacturing.The unique selling proposition of remanufac-tured products will change from ‘Best Valuefor Money’ to ‘saving raw materials.’ In fact,this is already supported by some govern-

ments under the heading of ‘Urban Mining’. New business opportunities will also

provide new challenges for our members. Because the evolution of business itself

is a challenge which APRA as an associationmust support, we have to include specific newactivities in our portfolio. In short, we mustensure that all relevant success factors for ourmembers are supported by us.

In previous times, the aim of most asso-ciations was clear – to provide a platform fornetworking for companies with similar pro-files and common interests. Today one of the

challenges is not only to provide opportuni-ties for networking but to extend such plat-forms so as to create networks of remanufac-turing experts.

Diverse memberships As our membership becomes more diverse,APRA will also have to meet the differentdemands of each member category - one fitfor all is a clear ‘no go’ going forward. If wewish to represent the entire remanufacturingindustry, there is a need to create specificoffers for small as well as for medium-sizedand large companies. We must recognize thatthe requirements of suppliers to remanufac-turers are different than those of enterprisesoperating on an international scale.

Active trade associations offer valuablebenefits for their members. As we head intothe future, we must never forget that thename of APRA with its long history of suc-cessfully supporting the automotive partsremanufacturing industry is a powerful forcein our industry. At the same time we also haveto constantly remind ourselves that we mustadjust our work in accordance with new pri-orities, shifting trends and changing industri-al landscapes.

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For further news about APRA Europe, please visit www.apra-europe.org

� By Peter Bartel, Chairman, APRA Europe

From time to time all trade associations must analyse theextent to which their services benefit their members andensure that their offer is in line with the memberships’ current and future requirements.


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Updating the imageof remanufacturingFrom the mythology lessonsof our early schooldays –and, indeed, from Hollywoodfilms – many of us haveencountered the blacksmithas a sooty, dirty, non-commu-nicative, even threathening,figure. The archetypicalscoundrel out to get you.

Let’s be honest about it: to some extent thatwas once the perception of remanufacturing.Fortunately, it’s hardly necessary to remindeveryone how out-of-date this image of theblacksmith is in terms of today’s remanufactur-ing industry. None of those directly involved isunaware of the huge strides in technology andthe benefits to society that have been achievedby the industry over the past decade or two.

Nevertheless, it’s probably not that unre-alistic to state that, as unfair as it is, to somemotorists and consumers, the image of theblacksmith working in his forge remains asso-ciated with our industry.

Which brings me to my point: all of uswork in one of the most socially valuableindustries. We should not only be proud of it– we should communicate the story of reman-ufacturing in the most efficient and profes-sional way possible. And that can be done byconstantly highlighting the facts that we’rereducing CO2 emissions very considerably,we’re involved in ‘urban mining’, we’re savingraw materials and we’re creating local jobs.More than that, our products are often of ahigher quality than new ones and, last butnot least, the price/performance ratio is brilliant.

“When you do something good, spreadit abroad,” as the saying goes. This has neverbeen more apt than with remanufacturing.

Communicating the storyIn other words: no matter who we are talkingto, we should communicate the ‘sexy’ story ofremanufacturing and its advantages. Let’s tellthe reman story not only to customers but toemployees, local politicians, local media andtrade magazine editors/journalists. Let themrealise that, above everything else, remanu-facturing is a socially responsible industry withhuge benefits to society.

An old - but true - adage claims that ‘apicture is worth a thousand words’. Why not

use this to communicate our message to oth-ers? If, for instance, we wish to explain theimportance of cores to remanufacturing, weshould visualise how we care for our cores,e.g. through images of friendly employeesworking in clean, orderly and pleasant work-ing environments. We have the right story, wehave only to communicate it in a professionalway. If we succeed in this, we will soon be ableto put the old image of the blacksmith to restforever.

If you would like to have more informa-tion about communication concepts, pleasecontact APRA Europe’s office at +49 254180068-18. We can help you find the right com-munication solution for your business.

When possible remanufacturers should display attractive production areas.

� By Peter Bartel


NEWSNEWS

Just as the Automechanika Frankfurt after-market show takes place in even years,ReMaTec, the premier remanufacturing exhibition, is held in odd years. As oneof the show’s organising partners,FIRM has played a role in establish-ing the event as a major player inthe reman industry – in Europe andin the world. When, in the late1990s, we began to develop thestrategic concept for the ReMaTecexhibitions, few could have imagined the success which theupcoming 7th edition is clearly destined for.

Today the show hasreached a profession-al level in all respects:a professional organ-iser, RAI; a motivatedproject team that is living reman every day (not justin odd years); the involvement of theworld’s two largest automotive remanassociations – APRA and FIRM – and a well-balanced and, therefore, effective exhibitioncommittee. Between them, they have allworked dedicatedly to provide the remanindustry with a bigger and better and stillunique business platform.

Moreover, the show’s organisers haveadjusted the exhibitor statutes in order tohave a clear legal basis for dealing withpatent infringements or plagiarism. Ofcourse, we cannot significantly influencedevelopments in the global automotive mar-ket nor block the flow of dubious or illegalproducts from Asia to Europe. Even so, themove is a pointer to the importance of the

show and its position in the automotivereman industry.

Having long since stepped out of theshadows, the 2013 ReMaTec show is onceagain set to be the meeting point and net-working platform for all of us – associationsas well as the engine remanufacturers them-

selves. The show is your show– and we have organised it foryou!

Membership as astrategy? What, then, is the viewof the majority of thenational engine reman

workshops about ReMaTec? Doubtless some of the

answers include these: ‘Too far away- in the Netherlands’; ‘I only workregionally’; ‘I don’t speak English’;‘Too expensive.’

When I hear such comments,I’m always reminded of the saying:“Those that don’t want some-

thing to happen are looking forreasons – the rest are looking for

solutions.”

� By Volker Schittenhelm

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ReMaTec2013 – your trade show

ReMaTec2013

The table is covered for you

– self-service!


The successful companies in the enginereman industry have always been – and stillare – those who are looking for solutions.And to a significant degree they have foundthem at the ReMaTec shows and in theReMaTecNews magazine. Yes, FIRM’s enginereman workshops are members of FIRM’snational associations and FIRM is present atthe show. But don’t forget that associationscan never do the members’ jobs for them.Owners and managers are the critical successfactors in the individual companies’ strategies– if such exist. While associations can onlyorganise or maintain business and social net-working platforms for the workshops, theactual work must be carried out by the work-shops themselves. Membership alone is noguarantee for success – it’s only a tool to workwith.

Associations such as FIRM have a clearagenda, one that is often communicated.Our responsibility is to promote the ‘enginereman’ brand at political and customer levels.FIRM undertakes this at EU level and themember associations’ obligations are to actat national level – a clear division with mutu-al support and two-way communication.

It’s been a while since a remanufacturerfrom the engine side has won this presti-gious award. The jury, however, can onlychoose from the available nominations.Therefore, FIRM welcomes nominationsfrom members who, of course, are closeto the market and who possess muchexpertise. Please send ideas or nomina-tions to [email protected] with anexplanation for the nomination of the

company or individual and why youbelieve the company or individual hascontributed significantly to the enginereman industry. Please submit a reasonedexplanation – ‘Making quality…’ and‘Certified according to ISO 9001’ are self-evident and in themselves not a sufficientreason for winning the award. If this wasso we would receive thousands of nominations.

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Remanufacturer of the Year Award


CLEPA, the Brussels-based Euro-pean Association of AutomotiveSuppliers, has welcomed the USgovernment’s recent decision toinitiate negotiations for a new EU-US trade agreement. Togetherwith its American counterpart,MEMA, CLEPA intends to activelysupport the new move which aimsat increasing EU-US trade, invest-ments, regulatory competitive andjob creation on both sides of theAtlantic.

“CLEPA views this launch asan opportunity to address obsta-cles to free and fair trade, throughthe dismantlement of tariffs andthe elimination of non-tariff barri-ers,” said Jean-Marc Gales, CLEPA’s

CEO. “ Technical regulations in theautomotive sector are among theleading trade barriers and add costand unnecessary complexity to theindustry. Achieving greatertransatlantic technical and regula-tory cooperation will lower thecosts of doing business, expandnew market opportunities and setdown the foundations for futuregrowth, competiveness and jobcreation, on both sides of theAtlantic. “Together with our part-ner association in the US, theMotor & Equipment Manufactur-ers Association (MEMA), we lookforward to being part of thisnegotiation.”

As a result, CLEPA andMEMA have signed a so-called

memorandum of understandingaimed at boosting growth andjobs in the motor vehicle parts sup-plier industry in the two globalmarkets.

“We are delighted to formal-ize the long standing relationshipand spirit of cooperation thatMEMA has enjoyed with CLEPA formany years,” said Steve Hand-schuh, MEMA executive vice presi-dent and chief operating officer.“The memorandum of under-standing will benefit the membersof CLEPA and MEMA’s affiliateassociations.”

Besides MERA, MEMA’s affil-iates comprise Automotive After-market Suppliers Association(AASA), Heavy Duty Manufactur-ers Association (HDMA) and Origi-nal Equipment Suppliers Associa-tion (OESA).”

Potential Both associations support theexpansion of bilateral trade andinvestment in the motor vehicleparts supplier industry as well asthe dismantlement of tariffs andthe elimination of non-tariff barriers.

“We look forward to contin-uing this important partnership aswe collaborate to enhance thetransportation industry trade rela-tionship between the United Satesand the European Union,” SteveHandschuh added.

The EU/US negotiationsnegotiations are expected tobegin in the first half of 2013. Ifsuccessful the negotiations will represent the biggest trade deal inhistory.

CLEPA andMEMA in EU-US partnership

Steve Handschuh

Jean-Marc Gales

NEWS FROM OTHER ORGANISATIONS


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A number of prominent individuals, includ-ing high-ranking military officers and com-panies from business and military aviationhave joined forces to offer remanufactured,modernized turbine-powered aircraft to the

Alliance to promoteremanned turbines

American aviation and defense industries.The new enterprise, The Aviation Alliance,LLC, will evaluate and select aircraft modelsto modify and act as general manag-er/contractor throughout the various mod-ernization programs, the initiative’s backershave announced.

The Company’s aim is to manage pro-grams that remanufacture, modernize and

market aircraft that rival orexceed new-aircraft perfor-mance, safety and reliabili-ty, at a fraction of the cost.

Jack Pelton, formerchairman and CEO of Cessna Aircraft, who is acting as managing direc-tor of operations said,“We’ve assembled a who’s-who of aviation leadersand resources on this teamto ensure both our mutualsuccess and our customers’satisfaction. We’re opti-mistic about the businessand proud to announce ourfirst offering.”

Inspired by the success of the Motor VehicleOwner’s Right to Repair Act in Massachusettsin 2012 the US Service Industry AssociationSIA, has launched a new “Digital Right ToRepair Coalition.”

A non-profit association of enterprisesinvolved in the support of high-technologyproducts, the SIA shares the concerns of carowners looking to have their vehicles repairedand wish to extend right-of-repair regulationsto consumers of other products with comput-ers in them. Such products include cell phones,TVs, major appliances and e-readers.

According to Claudia Betzner, SIA’sExecutive Director, “The stakes are very highfor everyone. Without the option to repairequipment outside the dealer networks,owners of equipment will be forced into newpurchases at the whim of the manufacturer,be forced to pay higher prices for repair andbe forced to accept marginal service if suchservice is even available.” Betzner also pointsout that if digital parts cannot be repaired,then the entire machine becomes e-waste.

Further support for Right-to-Repair

NEWS FROM OTHER ORGANISATIONS


01.04.2013-03.04.2013AMR - Auto Maintenance & Repair - ChinaInternational Trade Fair for Auto Maintenance Technology and Equipment,Auto Parts and Accessories Beijing (China)

03.04.2013-07.04.2013AutoWorld - International Motor Show St. Petersburg (Russian Federation)

04.04.2013-07.04.2013Motor Show Poznan (Poland)

05.04.2013-07.04.2013AutoTrendia Rostock (Germany)

09.04.2013-11.04.2013Commercial Vehicle Show Birmingham (United Kingdom)

10.04.2013-13.04.2013EV Taiwan - Taiwan Int. Electric Vehicle Show Taipei (Taiwan)

10.04.2013-13.04.2013AutoTronics Taipei - Taipei InternationalAutomobile Electronics Show Taipei (Taiwan)

10.04.2013-13.04.2013TAIPEI AMPA - Taipei International Auto Parts& Accessories Show Taipei (Taiwan)

11.04.2013-14.04.2013Automechanika Istanbul - International TradeFair for Automotive Manufacturing, Distribution and Repair Istanbul (Turkey)

16.04.2013-20.04.2013AUTOMEC - International Auto Parts, Equipment and Services Trade Fair Sao Paulo (Brazil)

19.04.2013-21.04.2013Mobil Salon Ceske Budejovice (Czech Republic)

21.04.2013-29.04.2013Auto Shanghai - Shanghai InternationalAutomobile Industry Exhibition Shanghai (China)

23.04.2013-28.04.2013Motor Show - AUTOSALON.AUTO- SERVIS-International Motor Show and CarAccessories Trade Fair Bratislava (Slovakia)

08.05.2013-11.05.2013Automechanika Johannesburg JohannesburgCape Town (South Africa)

11.05.2013-19.05.2013Salón Internacional del Automóvil - International Motor Show Barcelona (Spain)

15.05.2013-17.05.2013AutoIndustry Samara (the Russian Federation)

18.05.2013-26.05.2013SIAT - International Automobile Exhibition Tunis (Tunisia)

16.06.2013-18.06.2013ReMaTec2013 – International Tradeshow for RemanufacturingAmsterdam (The Netherlands)

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