Wabco Wins ReMaTec’s Remanufacturer of the Year Award

Salvador Munoz Zarate (left), product line leader at Wabco Reman Solutions, and Peter Bartel, engineering director at Circular Economy Solutions, jointly received ReMaTec's Remanufacturer of the Year 2017 award. Photo: Wabco Holdings

Wabco Reman Solutions was recently recognized by ReMaTec with the Remanufacturer of the Year Award for 2017. ReMaTec is a platform for covering global remanufacturing news, views, and developments.

The ReMaTec award celebrates companies and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the remanufacturing industry for extended periods of time. An international jury of industry experts judged all award nominations based on a set of key success factors, including technical excellence, commitment to quality, impact on the industry, and customer service.

For the first time, ReMaTec jointly recognized two individuals with the 2017 Remanufacturer of the Year award: Salvador Munoz Zarate, product line leader at Wabco Reman Solutions, and Peter Bartel, engineering director at Circular Economy Solutions.

“It's a tremendous honor for Wabco Reman Solutions to receive ReMaTec's Remanufacturer of the Year 2017 award, reflecting our leadership in the global remanufacturing industry,” said Munoz Zarate. “Remanufacturing, through its adherence to world-class quality standards, has now fully emerged as a credible, cost-efficient alternative to new replacement parts in the automotive and commercial vehicle industries.”

Wabco Reman Solutions, founded in 2010, restores worn or non-functional components to a "like-new" or "better-than-new" condition, offering solutions that are fully warranted.

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The compact design features durable equipment with necessary accessories to work out of the box. The device weighs 8.6 pounds and runs on compressed air and 12-volt DC power, putting out a test pressure of up to 135 p.s.i.

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