{"id":1061,"date":"2021-11-01T22:44:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T22:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flex-main.lndo.site\/resources\/circular-economy-solutions-future-of-sustainable-manufacturing"},"modified":"2025-08-14T17:21:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T22:21:40","slug":"circular-economy-solutions-future-of-sustainable-manufacturing","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/flex.com\/de\/resources\/circular-economy-solutions-future-of-sustainable-manufacturing","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Hau Lee und Flex SVP Pat Ring sprechen \u00fcber Kreislaufwirtschaft"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"overscroll-top\" style=\"background-color: #eaeef4;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"resource-header block\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a title=\"Homepage\" href=\"\/\">Flex<\/a>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 384 512\"><path d=\"M365.3 256l-22.6 22.6-192 192L128 493.3 82.7 448l22.6-22.6L274.7 256 105.4 86.6 82.7 64 128 18.7l22.6 22.6 192 192L365.3 256z\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t<a title=\"Resources\" href=\"\/resources\">Resources<\/a>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 384 512\"><path d=\"M365.3 256l-22.6 22.6-192 192L128 493.3 82.7 448l22.6-22.6L274.7 256 105.4 86.6 82.7 64 128 18.7l22.6 22.6 192 192L365.3 256z\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t<a title=\"Dr. Hau Lee and Flex SVP Pat Ring talk circular economy\">Dr. Hau Lee and Flex SVP Pat Ring talk circular economy<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<h1>Dr. Hau Lee and Flex SVP Pat Ring talk circular economy<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date detail\">\n\t\t\t\tPosted on<br>\n\t\t\t\tNovember 1, 2021\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"categories\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"categories-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cat-tag\" href=\"\/webinars\">Webinar<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cat-tag\" data-cat-level=\"2\" data-destination=\"\/solutions-and-services\/post-sale#resources\" href=\"\/solutions-and-services\/post-sale#resources\">Aftermarket Services<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"sidebar block normal-sidebar\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<p><strong>Webinar | Streamed September 2021 | 60 mins<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Driven by customer trends and current regulation, sustainable manufacturing is possible through achievement of measurable and achievable goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this webinar, Pat Ring, Sr. Vice President, Global Services and Solutions at Flex, and Dr. Hau Lee, Professor at Stanford University, discuss the latest trends and insights in the circular economy and its impact on sustainable manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Overview of the 3S Innovation Model and how it can be used to evolve the circular economy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Definition of the &#8220;Circular Economy Smiley Curve&#8221; and how it&#8217;s used to turn waste and form to value creation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An in-depth analysis of measurable and achievable sustainability goals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div id=\"id_69d990ee91113\" class=\"media block\">\n\t<div class=\"container media-center \">\n\t\t<div class=\"media\" style=\"left: 0px; min-width: 100%; max-width: 100%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"media-video-id_69d990ee91113\" class=\"video\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- JS will inject the appropriate video here -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<script>\n\t(function () {\n\t\tlet hasRun_id_69d990ee91113 = false;\n\t\tfunction updateVideoDisplay_id_69d990ee91113() {\n\t\t\tconst youtubeVideoId = \"nKKw746E94M\";\n\t\t\tconst bynderID = \"7283ABC9-C9B5-4E9C-B3868F16E9C9134E\";\n\t\t\tconst mediaType = \"video\";\n\t\t\tconst mediaVideoElement = document.getElementById('media-video-id_69d990ee91113');\n\t\t\tconst bodyClass = document.body.className || '';\n\t\t\tconst match = bodyClass.match(\/translatepress-([a-z]{2})(?:_[A-Z]{2})?\/i);\n\t\t\tconst currentLanguage = match ? 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