JAEGGI Hybridtechnologie AG is a Swiss specialist in cooling technology and heat exchangers. The company wanted to design components that are repairable, modular, and reusable in order to recover critical raw materials.
A new product design alone is not enough. As soon as a component becomes repairable, the question arises how repairs, spare parts, or service contracts can work economically. The goal was therefore to develop product design and business model together from the start.
Thinking It Through in Workshops, Then Building It in the MakerSpace
UnternehmerTUM brings two areas of expertise together under one roof: CIRCULAR REPUBLIC’s circular economy and business model expertise, and the prototyping infrastructure of the MakerSpace.
In three workshops, JAEGGI teams worked with CIRCULAR REPUBLIC on two questions: Where can modularity, repairability, and reuse be integrated in a meaningful way? And which business model supports this? Along the way, five employees from four departments qualified as circular economy ambassadors. They carry the knowledge into the company for the long term.
The results went straight into the MakerSpace. For one week, 20 JAEGGI employees worked with our team on real components. Some adjustments that looked convincing on paper raised new questions in the model. Other ideas proved more technically viable than expected.
Three Business Model Strategies, Four Prototypes, and a Four-Year Roadmap
The joint process produced three business model strategies, four prototypes for circular products, and a four-year roadmap for their implementation.
Current challenges also found direct answers, including the demand for more flexible, standardized solutions and the growing pressure to reduce dependence on primary materials.
See how the journey from the first workshop to the finished prototype unfolded in the film “From Post-it to Prototype”.
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Key Results
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Three business model strategies for circular products
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Four prototypes from one week in the MakerSpace
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A four-year roadmap for implementation
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Five circular economy ambassadors from four departments
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