Circuit board repairing company gives second life to obsolete devices
Circuit board repairing company gives second life to obsolete devices
2025-11-11
What happens to all the discarded electronic devices that we rely on every day? A New Taipei company that specializes in circuit board repairs sniffed a huge business opportunity in these unwanted devices. Instead of ending up in the landfills and causing water and soil pollution, the company refurbishes obsolete devices to lease or sell to other users. And it doesn’t end there—they also collect their refurbished products to be upcycled again and again.
Tin pellets are placed on the computer chip’s solder points, and then secured onto a discarded motherboard. And now, it regains function.
- We’re taking a new IC and re-soldering it onto the motherboard.
This New Taipei-based company with an international presence specializes in circuit board repairs. Later on, the company decided to implement a circular business model for discarded computers. In the beginning, these formerly obsolete devices were only offered on lease. Now they’re also on sale or donated. Once these refurbished devices reach their end, the company can still disassemble them for a new life.
Chuang Wang-kwei
Product manager
A computer produces around 200kg to 300kg of carbon emissions. Rentals can considerably minimize the amount of carbon emissions in its product lifecycle to only 20% of a new device on the whole.
The company has invested millions in machinery to implement their refurbishing program. Another hurdle was to overcome consumer mistrust toward secondhand devices. Therefore, each refurbished device comes with this scannable sticker in the shape of a lemon as certification, showing customers the product’s repair history.
Michael Lin
General manager
We have a Sweet Lemon Certification. You can scan this QR code to find out more, and we also offer guarantees for these products, whether it’s returns, exchanges or repairs. But to be frank, what you should prioritize is the computer’s performance instead of whether it’s brand-new.
The company’s circular business model is in line with the Ministry of Environment’s policies, while also promoting digital transition. Offering their refurbished products on lease also promotes the recycling of electronic devices to reduce waste on both the product and consumer ends.
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舊電腦不報廢! 以租代買延壽減碳循環又創新商機
2025-11-11
科技發達，電腦普及，許多消費者使用電腦壞了就報廢換新，看似方便，卻帶來資源、環境和經濟上的多重問題。不過就有電腦維修大廠替回收的電腦產品延長壽命，更推出以租代買，把退役後的電腦回收後整新，再賣給其他需要的人或是捐贈，讓科技產品也加入了循環產業，創造新的商機。
在晶片背面重新植上一顆顆新的錫球，再把晶片焊回主機板，壞掉的主機板又活了過來。
“我們要拿一個新的IC 晶片，把它重新上上去”
原本是科技大廠的維修部門，單單只維修電腦，卻也讓企業想出了電腦循環體系，先是以租代買，電腦期限到了，回收重整再出發，最後賣出或捐贈，直到電腦不能用為止，全部還能拆解回收再利用。
[[資深產品經理 莊王魁]]
“一臺電腦，它的碳排放大概將近是200到300公斤的二氧化碳排放量，透過租賃的行為的話，它整個生命週期之中，使用的生命週期的碳排放，大概只佔整體的兩成不到”
投入上百萬元機具，就是要推動電腦循環，消費者認為的二手產品觀念一直是企業頭痛的地方，也因此重整後的電腦，都會有這一張甜檸檬認證貼紙，也就是電腦的數位履歷。
[[維修企業總經理 林志青]]
“我們有一個甜檸認證，是想要用這個QRcode，你可以去刷，就是會提供三包的服務，包退包換包修，事實上，你要用的是我們這個電腦的效能，而不是它到底是不是全新的”
響應環境部推動的政策，更推動數位轉型，還有以租代買的資源循環模式，幫舊電腦找新家，科技循環模式，也將改變民眾的消費習慣。
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