At the end of 2020, the Renault assembly plant in Flins, France, embarked on a new path to focus on the circular economy. The automaker set a goal of buying less, extracting value from existing products, and creating a new industrial model centered on sustainability.

This is how the Flins plant became the Refactory. Today, the factory is known for refurbishing used vehicles and for its role in Renault Group’s new approach to business, generating value throughout the life cycle of its brands’ models. But the vehicles are not the only machines that are enjoying the benefits of transformation. The Refactory now houses a new workshop that retrofits robots.