Currently reading: Why 'deproduction' is the future of automotive salvage

A more intelligent approach to disassembly could be the answer to parts shortages in the existing car parc

'Deproduction’ sounds like a mis-spelling in a biology lesson, but it’s what one vehicle salvaging company has started doing in Poole, Dorset.

Think of it as car production in reverse. Mounted on wheeled carriers, end-of-life cars travel along steel tracks, pausing at a series of four work stations where technicians dismantle them, placing their components in large hoppers. These are then wheeled to another area, where they’re checked, catalogued, cleaned and photographed prior to being sold to bodyshops, garages and the public.

It’s vehicle salvaging with a difference.

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