The circular economy is a production and consumption model that aims to share, lease, reuse, repair and recycle existing materials and products for as long as possible in order to extend the life cycle of products. This minimizes waste and the resources and materials are largely retained in the economy at the end of a product's service life to continuously generate added value.
Bertrandt is aware of its role and the associated responsibility as a cross-industry development service provider and is actively shaping the transformation of mobility and technological progress - and thus of society as a whole - towards a sustainable future.
Bertrandt already begins to consider and implement aspects of a circular economy in-house. Compliance with the requirements of ISO 14001, waste separation and avoidance, sharing and leasing models for the vehicle and machinery fleet and the resource-conserving use of materials and operating resources have long been standard practice.
With its broad range of services, Bertrandt helps customers to achieve their sustainability goals. This is achieved, for example, with end-of-life strategies for high-voltage batteries (recycling, concepts, remanufacturing) or circular economy strategies for test vehicles (evaluation, environmentally friendly dismantling and efficient, certified recycling and disposal of prototypes). With the aim of developing environmentally friendly and resource-conserving technologies, Bertrandt considers and evaluates the entire life cycle of its services and products (holistic assessment). As a competent development partner, Bertrandt offers its customers:
Design for recycling, i.e. design and development of environmentally friendly products
Analysis of material flows, take-back structures and recycling processes
Collection of material data and preparation of material balances (IMDS, SCIP) (Verlinkung -> Seite N.7, wenn es möglich ist.)
Evaluation of the use of secondary materials
Compliance with regulations and directives (REACh and ELV Directive, Ecodesign Directive, etc.)
Evaluation of circular products and processes using life cycle assessment
Diagnostic and repair concepts
Dealing with end-of-life vehicles
Recycling and dismantling concept incl. documentation (e.g. international dismantling information system)
Optimization of production processes
Evaluation of logistics concepts
Screening and creation of material data sheets, taking into account national and international legal requirements (e.g. REACh and ELV directives)
Comparison of product data (IMDS, SCIP) with internal customer specifications (digital drawings) and IT systems (parts information systems)
Supplier management and interface to process partners (support and qualification)
IT management, i.e. support in the further development of customer processes and systems from the user's perspective
