With an eye on the environment, Weller leads in the remanufacturing of heavy duty driveline components. We take transmissions, automated and manual, differentials, driveshafts, steering gears, and more and remanufacture them by utilizing high quality parts and processes to reduce the amount of waste. Our remanufacturing process is a fully engineered solution for efficient and cost-effective repair, removing otherwise defunkt units and parts from the path to a landfill. We provide a service alternative to the OEM that matches their original quality standards. This ensures uniformity in performance and product life.
The Original Recycler
Business Practices
The Weller Way Standard is a set of codes and practices that are followed across our company. We value people, integrity, respect, and a sustainable future.
Our Remanufacturing process is more than just replacing worn out parts. Our experienced remanufacturers disassemble old units to determine what causes failures to improve on our meticulously designed remanufacturing process, and to salvage perfectly good parts that would have been destined for the trash. Units with parts that would otherwise be thrown away can be given a second life and combined to reduce waste and produce new units. In fact, even though we salvage original OEM parts, those parts still must be tested to ensure that their performance meets or exceeds their OEM counterparts
We are committed to manufacturing superior quality products that help our customers build their businesses. We share the same values as our customers, and promise to do business with integrity and respect for the environment.
What is Remanufacturing?
Repairing a unit is a great option when it's cost effective and it works. In many cases, repair can be the best route to take. However, sometimes you have to go with a rebuilt or remanufactured unit to ensure that it performs as it should for years to come. The truth is that there are a lot of options out there and it can get confusing. To help you make an informed decision, here's how all three options compare:
Repair: fixes only damaged components.
Rebuilt: reconditioned units that are cleaned, inspected, and only worn or broken parts are replaced to like-new condition.
Remanufactured: a rebuilt unit done by a team of specialists in a remanufacturing facility and done to OEM specifications.
MERA: Motor and Equipment Remanufacturing Association
MERA - The Association for Sustainable Manufacturing is the remanufacturing and sustainability division of MEMA. With roots in the transportation industry, MERA represents the interests of the broader remanufacturing community across multiple industry sectors. The organization is a network of manufacturers, suppliers, universities, and professional services firms that promotes the economic, environmental, and product performance benefits of remanufacturing and similar forms of sustainable manufacturing.
Sustainable manufacturing can be simply defined as “manufacturing with reuse.” It is a manufacturing process that restores original products in a factory setting, yielding goods that are like new, but better than the originals. The finished goods have like-new quality, they offer better value, and they are better for the environment. As an eco-friendly process, sustainable manufacturing conserves materials and embodied energy, and it reduces landfill waste.
Different industry sectors use different terms to identify the remanufacturing process. For instance, in the automotive and commercial vehicle sectors, the term is remanufacturing; in aviation and aerospace, the reference is maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO); and for medical devices, consumer goods and electronics, the term is refurbishing. (All of the above italicized terms are forms of sustainable manufacturing.)
Manufactured Again Certification
MERA is the home of Manufactured Again Certification, where new manufacturing and sustainable manufacturing are held to the same international quality standards. The program – based on ISO 9001 and IATF 16949 – also promotes corporate social responsibility, particularly environmental stewardship. Today, the program includes 31 companies with a total of 61 certified facilities worldwide. The program has a presence in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, as well as Brazil, China, India, Italy, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Scotland, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates.
New Symbol for Remanufacturing
“Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.” has been in the public lexicon for years, yet it does not fully capture one very viable solution to today’s environmental challenges. In response, MERA introduced a new symbol for remanufacturing. It looks familiar because it is the recycling symbol with an extra arrow. Remanufacturing is destined to play a more vital role in advancing a global circular economy, and the remanufacturing of existing products should occur before traditional recycling. “Reduce. Reuse. Reman. Recycle.” Learn more at SustainableManufacturing.com.
How We Practice Sustainability
Being a remanufacturer, Weller understands the significance of recycling and the impact of waste on the environment, which is why we take the initiative every day to play our part in reducing waste. These are just a few of the stops on our journey to sustainability.
- Recycling
- Aerosol Cans
- Steel
- Pallets
- Paper
- Building Energy Efficiency
- LED lighting at most locations and motion sensor LED lighting in our warehouses
- Heat recovery from air compressors and hot tanks in cooler months
- Smart chargers to reduce power consumption
- Switching to electric forklifts to reduce emissions
- Delivery Fuel Efficiency
- Implementation of software to increase routing efficiency and reduce fuel consumption
- Primarily use LTL to consolidate shipping to reduce fuel consumption