Caterpillar Recognizes Global Remanufacturing Day

April 12, 2018

Caterpillar takes a total lifecycle approach to customer value.  The company designs and manufactures products for multiple lives, dealers support and service them to maximize their value to the customer, and they can be remanufactured at the end of their serviceable life to deliver the next generation of value.  

The remanufacturing process is built on the concept of reusing raw materials and starts when a component reaches the end of its serviceable life.  Through the Cat Reman exchange program, dealers return the used iron (core) to Caterpillar where it is cleaned, inspected, salvaged and remanufactured to original factory specifications.  World-class salvage techniques make it possible for Caterpillar to return otherwise unusable core parts to when-new condition, keeping them in productive use and out of landfills for multiple lifecycles. Cat Reman parts are remanufactured using strict quality standards, offering customers same-as-when-new performance, durability and warranty at a lower cost than buying new.

Caterpillar remanufacturing is a sustainable solution that helps our customers build a better world.  

Learn More About Remanufacturing: Take the Reman Quiz

• When did Caterpillar begin providing remanufacturing services for customers? 
  
  Caterpillar has been remanufacturing for 45 years. In addition to Cat Reman, Progress Rail and Solar Turbines provide remanufacturing options for customers. 

• How many Cat components are remanufactured by Cat Reman annually? 
  
  2 million  

• How many Cat Reman products are available through Cat dealers?
  
  7600, covering high value components that wear during a machine’s or engine’s life -  engine blocks, cylinder heads, drivetrains, hydraulics, electronics and more

• How many tons of end-of-serviceable-life material is returned through the Cat Reman exchange program each year? 
  
  75,000 tons 

Learn More About the Remanufacturing Industry

Caterpillar is a founding member of the Remanufacturing Industries Council (RIC) and is actively engaged in promoting the acceptance of remanufacturing as a source of high quality products and business opportunity around the world.