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Remanufacturing business requires defeating many different obstacles which are the result of the specyfic kind of business. Increasing amount of remanufactured products brings benefits for People, Environment, Governments and Entrepreneurs. Remanufacturing companies operates in difficult conditions, they are faced with problems related to the remanufacturing process and sustainability. Moreover there are many challenges. In this chapter there is presented remanufacturing business with all problems and challenges on the basis of Polish small sized company.
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The Remanufacturing Institute (TRI) is a global non-profit organization providing support for the marketing efforts of the aftermarket remanufactured products community (http://www.reman.org/).
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This chapter refers to the research financed by the Narodowe Centrum Badan i Rozwoju NCBiR (National Centre for Research and Development) in the framework of the German-Polish cooperation for sustainable development, project “Sustainability in remanufacturing operations (SIRO)”, Grant No WPN/2/2012.
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Kosacka, M. (2018). Automotive Parts Remanufacturing—Processes, Problems and Challenges. Case Study on a Polish Remanufacturing Company. In: Golinska-Dawson, P., Kübler, F. (eds) Sustainability in Remanufacturing Operations. EcoProduction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60355-1_3
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