Machinery manufacturing in the circular economy – an unexplored ally in the circular transition?
The transition to a circular economy is reshaping Europe’s industrial landscape, yet the role of machinery manufacturing remains underexplored.
As a key enabler of durability, remanufacturing and resource efficiency across value chains, the sector has significant potential to strengthen Europe’s competitiveness and resilience.
This workshop brought together modelling insights, industrial experience and policy perspectives to better understand this role. It explored how current EU frameworks align with industrial circumstances and where gaps may persist.
Together, participants identified practical policy messages to support a more circular and competitive European machinery industry.
Objectives:
Present new modelling-based evidence on the role of machinery manufacturing in circular transitions.
Map the current EU and national policy landscape relevant to industrial machinery.
Showcase real-world company practices and barriers.
Identify policy gaps and inconsistencies.
Co-develop policy messages and recommendations for EU and national policymakers.
Our speakers:
Sebastian Edmaier, Policy Officer, DG GROW, European Commission
Edgar Hertwich, Professor at Norwegian University of Science and Technology and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Tobias Viere, Professor of Energy and Material Flow Analysis at the Institute for Industrial Ecology at Pforzheim University
Alejandro Arias Castillo, Researcher the Institute for Industrial Ecology at Pforzheim University
Dominic Schultze, Circularity expert and engineer at Herrenknecht