France - Renault Trucks SAS of Lyon is progressing its transition to a circular economy through a partnership with vehicle recycling specialist company, Indra Automobile Recycling of Villefontaine in the Rhône-Alpes region. The partners announced they are to carry out a one-year preliminary study, following the signing of a letter of intent on July, 2020 by Bruno Blin, Renault Trucks President and Loïc Bey-Rozet, Executive Director of Indra Automobile Recycling, which set out the terms of collaboration between the truck manufacturer and the automotive recycling specialist. Financial support for the study has been provided by the ADEME with the assistance of CIDER Engineering, an Indra partner specialised in dismantling heavy equipment. The conclusions of the study are to be delivered in the autumn 2021.

The study aims to identify the key success factors and criteria needed to establish this type of commercially-oriented network. A detailed analysis of the market, distribution schemes and methods for dismantling trucks will enable the manufacturer and the vehicle recycling specialist to draw up positive conclusions, which will then be submitted to the ADEME in October 2020.