News – Repair Don't Waste

Reducing Waste & Boosting Efficiency: How the Semiconductor Industry is Embracing Repair to Drive the Future of Sustainability

ARTICLES, NewsBy Ben Sanderson 26 November 2024

Reducing Waste & Boosting Efficiency: How the Semiconductor Industry is Embracing Repair to Drive the Future of Sustainability The semiconductor manufacturing industry is vast, complex, dynamic, and on the very edge of technological innovation. It is the facilitator of our modern digital world, from smartphones to MRI machines, cookers to space shuttles, everything these days…

Debunking Myths in Electronics Repair and Maintenance

ARTICLES, NewsBy Veronica Garcia 18 October 2024

Debunking Myths in Electronics Repair and Maintenance Today is International Repair Day, a day to celebrate the art of repair and highlight a growing issue—our increasing dependence on electronics in critical industries like defense, automotive, aviation, rail, energy, and semiconductor manufacturing. Over the past 20 years, we’ve seen a shift from mechanical systems to highly…

Identify repair and reuse opportunities across the supply chain and operation to stop E-waste in its tracks.

ARTICLES, NewsBy Veronica Garcia 14 October 2024

On International E-Waste Day 2024, let’s stand together and challenge the throwaway culture that dominates our society. By embracing the Repair Don’t Waste philosophy, we can make a real impact on the e-waste crisis. This October, let’s repair, not replace—and work towards a sustainable future, one circuit board at a time.

Join ABI Electronics at InnoTrans 2024

NewsBy Veronica Garcia 19 September 2024

Join ABI Electronics at InnoTrans 2024: Pioneering a Sustainable Future in Rail Technology The InnoTrans exhibition has firmly established itself as the premier international platform for professionals in passenger and freight transport technology. Spanning 42 halls at the Berlin Exhibition Grounds, InnoTrans 2024 promises to be a hub of innovation, featuring cutting-edge advancements and world…

CHIPS Act: start repairing circuit boards now or be left behind!

ARTICLES, NewsBy Veronica Garcia 27 June 2023

Signed into law in August 2022, the U.S Government’ CHIPS Act has been dubbed the most disruptive change to affect the electronics industry in a generation with serious consequences for its supply chain expected to last well over a decade. A repair-first strategy can help businesses support and manage their critical systems whilst American and European microchip supply chains take form, and well beyond that.

Repair, Don’t Waste features on Interesting Engineering Podcast

ARTICLES, NewsBy Veronica Garcia 30 May 2023

Our movement recently had the opportunity to share our ethos with the world via Interesting Engineering’s exciting new podcast, Lexicon. By delving into the issues of E-Waste and the fight to repair industrial electronics, ABI’s International Sales Manager Willian Santos explained why time is up for the break-and-replace mentality, and how the world needs to change to usher in a new era of sustainability in industry.

Rail Director features Repair, Don’t Waste

NewsBy Veronica Garcia 3 April 2023

International Sales and Marketing manager Willian Santos of ABI Electronics was recently interviewed by Rail Director magazine regarding the importance of repair over replacement of electronic circuit boards, specifically in the rail sector. As a founder of the #RepairDontWaste movement, Willian shared great insight into how the industry’s largest players are challenging current trends and embracing electronic repair as a sustainable practise for today and the future.

In-house repair helps wind turbine giant save tons of money and the environment

NewsBy Veronica Garcia 16 December 2022

Over the past 4 years, GE has saved 20 million dollars by consigning the act of throwing away a faulty PCB to the past. Their strategy now? Repair, Don’t Waste.

#RepairDontWaste at InnoTrans 2022

NewsBy Veronica Garcia 16 September 2022

At ABI we believe that investing in your own in-house repair and maintenance capabilities is absolutely necessary for all industries who are focused on emissions and e-waste reductions. ABI offer specialist test and measurement systems to enable companies to do so, whilst advancing their own sustainable mobility and goals. Are ABI’s ‘lifesaver’ systems too good to be true? Why not find out for yourself!

U.S rail component specialists AmePower gets on board

ARTICLES, NewsBy Veronica Garcia 26 April 2022

AmePower’s investment in ABI’s electronic troubleshooting system BoardMaster and reverse engineering equipment RevEng will provide exclusive capabilities to AmePower for highly sophisticated refurbishment, recovery, and modernisation of power electronics used in railway.

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