SAP at the CVC 2025

New technologies enable machinery and plant engineering companies to integrate circular economy and sustainability practices into their daily operations and business processes. This is not only beneficial for sustainability programs but can also be a decisive competitive advantage, as reporting obligations are met, supply chains are strengthened, and new business models are enabled.

Digital technologies play a crucial role, especially in relation to business models that are to be organized in a circular manner. To ensure the profitability of such projects, the core processes of a mechanical engineer must be understood, optimized, and, if necessary, adjusted. Customers become long-term business partners, as they can now also become suppliers. Accordingly, attractive incentives are created to keep machines in good condition and return them to the cycle at the end of their use.

Transport companies can work more economically, as returns are now also handled. In addition, production facilities are given new tasks, as they are now commissioned with the disassembly, analysis, and sorting of used parts. Alternatively, some companies establish specific disassembly centers that specialize in the reuse of used parts.