Schneider Electric has announced the launch of EcoFit™, a reparability and circularity service offer for the Canadian market. Specifically, they suit lifecycle management through modernization and reparability. Thus, EcoFit™ provides services for switchgear, UPS, and cooling, as well as programmable logic controllers (PLC) and drives.

EcoFit™ aims to minimize waste and maximize safety, efficiency, and resiliency for customers across industries. These include metals, mining and minerals, water and wastewater, consumer packaged goods, power and grids, energy and chemicals, and healthcare.

“Through EcoFit™ we are extending beyond modernization efforts by incorporating take-back solutions, reflecting Schneider Electric’s commitment to sustainability, innovation, and customer satisfaction,” says Courtney Forget, Vice President, Services at Schneider Electric Canada. In addition, Forget said, “We are proud to offer solutions that not only optimize equipment lifespan but also contribute to a more sustainable future.”

Promotes Modernization, Circularity

As part of the EcoFit™ offering, Schneider Electric also launches EcoFit™ Spare Parts. Accordingly, this delivers critical spare parts swiftly and reliably with 24/7 availability. EcoFit™ Spare Parts ensures quality assurance and rapid delivery for OEM parts, electrical distribution express parts, and ASCO parts, catering to on-demand and emergency needs.

For electrical distribution express parts, EcoFit™ Spare Parts has a dedicated stock of carefully selected critical parts and spares managed in Schneider Electric’s forward stocking locations strategically located across Canada. As part of the full-value proposal across the circularity lifecycle of products, EcoFit™ also offers take-back solutions. That is, to reuse, rebuild, and resell so it is possible to reutilize all equipment after modernization or recycling.

Summary of Key Services

Replacing Core Components: 

EcoFit™ allows customers to replace core parts for aging equipment, reducing waste by up to 90 percent. Thus, contributing to a more sustainable and environmentally friendly approach to equipment modernization.

Express Spare Parts Offering: 

EcoFit™ Spare Parts provides on-demand and emergency services to replace critical spare parts to ensure safety and continuity of operations.

Take Back Solutions:

EcoFit™ offers take-back solutions to recover, re-use, re-build, and resell components, giving a new life to customers’ equipment and further promoting circularity.

Meanwhile, Schneider Electric has more information about EcoFit in their website.

14 June 2024