Lenovo Introduces Asset Recovery Services

Lenovo has introduced Lenovo Asset Recovery Services (ARS) to the U.S. and Canadian markets.

Lenovo ARS includes computer take-back, data destruction, refurbishment and recycling services. The company also offers inventory, value assessment, on-site deinstallation and data encryption services through its ARS service. Lenovo also can help its clients donate their old PCs.

Through ARS, Lenovo prioritizes refurbishment and reuse and then focuses on recycling. In 2007, Lenovo managed or financed the proper disposal of more than 38 million pounds of Lenovo owned or customer returned computer equipment. More than 93 percent of that was reused as products or recycled as materials, according to the company.

Lenovo says it expects the ARS addition to its existing take-back programs will help grow customer returns by more than 30 percent in 2008.

The company also offers recycling options to individual consumers in the U.S. and other countries around the world.

“The Lenovo Asset Recovery Services is one more step in our commitment to being good stewards of our environment,” Fran O’Sullivan, senior vice president, product group, Lenovo, says. “We’re focused on greening the entire life cycle of our computers, from increasing the lifespan and designing for upgradeability to improving energy efficiency. We’ve made considerable progress with our EPEAT Gold-rated notebooks, desktops and monitors thus far and are striving to expand our portfolio of Gold-rated products.”

Lenovo has introduced several products that meet the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool’s (EPEAT) Gold rating. They include the ThinkCentre A61e and M57/M57p eco desktops, the ThinkPad X300 notebook and more than nine ThinkVision monitors, including the ThinkVision L193p, the first EPEAT Gold-rated monitor in the industry, the company claims.

ARS will be available beginning June 30 to businesses with limited support for their multi-national operations and will be sold through Lenovo sales representatives. 

Formed by Lenovo Group’s acquisition of the former IBM Personal Computing Division, Lenovo develops, manufactures and markets technology products and services worldwide. Lenovo has major research centers in Yamato, Japan; Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, China; and Raleigh, N.C. More information is available at www.lenovo.com.