Reuse

Machine sharing – no capital commitment

August 21, 2019

A US-based start-up company has launched a service that enables machine-sharing between companies. Asset Finance International calls the newly launched service the ‘Uber of the manufacturing equipment industry’, stating McPond launched the “machine-sharing platform to support circular economy”. The platform is a digital peer-to-peer option through which business can rent out their idle manufacturing equipment […]

Australian court quashes Epson reuse

August 2, 2019

In an unexpected decision the Australian Federal Court, on appeal, unanimously overturned a 2017 lower court decision in favour of Epson effectively blocking the importation and sale of reused Epson cartridges.