Maximizing Automobile Engine Value Through Remanufacturing

1. CORE Value…. • The raw materials found in an automobile engine may account for less than 10% of the engine's value. The remaining value comes from its value-add components. A 1981 Massachusetts Institute of Technology study of remanufactured automobile components reported that about 85% of the original energy expended in the manufacture of the components was preserved in the remanufactured product. • Premature recycling eliminates value add elements of a product.