Network Solutions

Our Refurbishment Program

Our process makes a product available for reuse through part removal, upgrades and replacements, and testing. The warranty that is issued covers the entire product. For most tech companies, the refurbished product may not be brought to the latest OEM specification, or some smaller defects (such as a lower battery capacity) are not addressed as long as these do not have major impact on the use of the product. In these cases the products are ‘refurbished’ and bring the product back to at least production quality.

Our Remanufacturing Program

We are compromised to return used, nonfunctional, discarded or traded-in product “to at least its original performance with a warranty that is equivalent, or better than, the newly manufactured product.” The process requires detailed and comprehensive disassembly and reassembly resulting in a “like new” product, both cosmetically and functionally. It may incorporate upgrades to reflect improvements that have occurred since the product was originally made. Components used for remanufacturing may be either new or harvested.

Material Efficiency Standards

Announced in the European Commission’s Circular Economy Action Plan in 2017, work is underway by the European Standardization Organizations on a suite of standards and technical reports that will for the first time define and set out test methodologies for a number of resource efficiency concepts including: durability, reparability, upgradability, reuse, ability to remanufacture, the recyclability and recoverability of components and materials; and, the proportion of recycled material content in a product. The work includes the development of a common methodology to declare the presence of critical raw materials in a product and the means to communicate the resource efficiency characteristics of a product. Once concluded, the standards will be used to set product specific requirements under eco-design regulations.