April 23, 2001
CONTACT: William Gager
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Remanufacturing Recognized in Business Week

Fairfax, Virginia – In an article profiling “Green Manufacturing,” Business Week magazine recognized the remanufacturing industry. The article, which appeared in the April 16 “Industrial Management” edition of Business Week, covered the full range of remanufacturing in the United States, and interviewed several leading industry figures. In addition to TRI Chairman William C. Gager, Business Week cited Nabil Nasr, Director of the National Center for Remanufacturing and Resource Recovery at the Rochester Institute of Technology as well as several large corporations actively engaged in remanufacturing, such as Xerox, Dell Computer Corp., and Sony. 

A sidebar to the main story examined recent remanufacturing trends in the U.S. Army.

“We’re absolutely delighted that our industry has been recognized by such a prestigious national magazine,” says Bill Gager.  “This will help us tremendously in our efforts to lobby the government for greater and more favorable attention to the interests of remanufacturers.”  

Current TRI lobbying efforts include support for HR 1037, the Small Employers’ Tax Relief Act, which includes a tax credit for the purchase of equipment used in the remanufacturing process as well as HR 1304, a stand-alone version of the same tax measure. In addition, TRI is actively supporting a research tax credit and the appointment of a new Federal Environmental Executive to continue the policy of requiring government purchases of remanufactured and recycled content products.

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The Remanufacturing Institute (TRI) is a non-profit, international trade association serving the $53 billion/year remanufacturing industry.  Remanufacturing is the ultimate form of recycling.