Abstract Remanufacturing has become an impressively booming technology within the past decade–serving both economical and ecological needs and conquering more industries and product sectors than ever before. The author, who runs the European Remanufacturing Technology Center (ERTC) at the University of Bayreuth, supports this trend by developing the appropriate new technologies by his team of three dozens of highly motivated and qualified engineers and scientists. This presentation offers an up-to-date overview of Remanufacturinǵs role within todaýs Life-cycle-Engineering efforts worldwide, pointing out progress achieved, milestones ahead and also severe obstacles to overcome. Relevant results of ERTCs work here will be presented by examples from both the automotive and non-automotive industrial sectors.