Inaugural International Remanufacturing Congress

For manufacturers: Remanufacturing products can make a significant contribution to business - saving carbon and material resources, reducing operating costs, retaining customers and creating jobs. For procurers: Using remanufactured products can make a significant contribution to your triple bottom line, saving carbon and material resources, reducing costs and creating jobs. Preparations are continuing for the Inaugural International Congress on Remanufacturing, hosted by the Centre for Remanufacturing & Reuse, to be held from 2nd to 4th March 2010 at Woodland Grange near Leamington Spa. We are delighted to be bringing together eminent international keynote speakers and practising suppliers and procurers of remanufactured products, enabling delegates to tap into wide-ranging and practical expertise. The Congress is now open for bookings. Participants will: •Find out how to maximise commercial and sustainability benefits through remanufacturing. •Discover how remanufacturing can improve your business resilience, help retain customers and deliver resource savings. •Share experiences with others involved in remanufacturing and the procurement of remanufactured products. •Find solutions to technical, business and policy challenges in maximising value from remanufacturing and the use of remanufactured products. •Find out what is happening across the world to improve the business context for remanufacturing. Who should attend: •Business leaders, managers and technical experts in remanufacturing companies and those interested in the potential for remanufacturing. •Corporate procurers interested in the potential commercial and sustainability benefits from sourcing remanufactured products. •Policy makers and implementers keen to understand the full scope of potential benefits achievable through remanufacturing and how these can be realised. To book your place: Go to http://www.remanufacturing.org.uk/ and follow the links through to the 'News & Events' page, or phone Lesley Maddox on 01296 337165. Presentations invited: If you have a good story about how remanufacturing has helped your business and would like to share this with peers and experts in the field to inform your future activities, please contact Lesley Maddox at the CRR at lesley.maddox@remanufacturing.org.uk. Speakers confirmed include: Walter Stahel – Founder Director of The Product Life Institute in Geneva and author of 'The Performance Economy' Ken Hoefling – General Manager, Caterpillar Remanufacturing – Asia Pacific Dr Nabil Nasr – Founder of the National Centre for Remanufacturing & Recovery at Rochester Institute of Technology USA and Chairman of the OECD Expert Group on Sustainable Production Dr Andy Harrison - Life Cycle Engineering, Rolls-Royce Engineering Dr Iain Todd – Director of Innovative Metals Processing Centre, Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, Sheffield Sara Eppel - Head, Sustainable Products and Consumers, Defra Virginia Seaward - Boss Design – manufacturer of high quality, sustainably designed office furniture David Parker – Head of the Centre for Remanufacturing & Reuse, UK Phil Proudman – Bond Group – refrigerator display cabinet remanufacturer Clinton Perry – Delcam Dr Ben Walsh – Oakdene Hollins - member of the British Standard Committee on Manufacture, Assembly, Disassembly and End of Life. For additional information please contact: Dr Kerry J Mashford, Director of Development, CRR, c/o Oakdene Hollins Ltd, 3rd Floor, Pembroke Court, Cambridge Street, Aylesbury, UK, HP20 1RS Tel: +44 (0)1296 337165 Fax +44 (0)1296 330351 Email: kerry.mashford@remanufacturing.org.uk