Reconext

Reconext provides aftermarket lifecycle services for electronics, handling devices after point of sale and through to retirement. Its work spans repair and refurbishment, trade-in and buyback programmes, returns management, IT asset disposition, data-centre decommissioning, custom testing and grading, and the recovery of materials that cannot be reused. The company operates 22 facilities across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific, running shared workflows, systems and standards across the network.

The business dates to 1983, when it began as a television repair shop in Frankfurt, Germany. It later emerged from 4L, a global reverse-logistics business for wireless and electronics formed through the 2020 combination of Teleplan and Clover Wireless. Reconext serves electronics manufacturers, wireless carriers and mobile operators, retailers, insurers, data centres and consumer electronics brands.

Technical domains at the company include electronics repair and refurbishment, reverse logistics, custom testing and grading technology, automation, secure data erasure and materials recovery. The company reports investment in automation, custom testing technology and standardised operating processes, with an emphasis on circular-economy objectives and keeping electronics in use for as long as possible.