Achieve full transparency over transformer end-of-life in weeks, not years.
European utilities manage thousands of power transformers approaching end-of-life. ContainerGrid provides the digital infrastructure to orchestrate dismantlers, recyclers, and refiners — with full documentation at every step.
Who Operates These Programs
The platform adapts to your operating model
Asset Owners
Utilities, TSOs, DSOs, and infrastructure operators recovering their own assets
Equipment Manufacturers
OEMs and system suppliers running take-back for sold equipment
Service Providers
Integrators orchestrating recovery on behalf of asset owners
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How Transformer Recovery Programs Work
Define Program Rules
Set routing rules, R-strategies (reuse/refurb/recycle), quality specs, and accepted offtakers
Register Assets
Log transformers with voltage class, oil type, mass, hazard flags, and hub locations
Orchestrate Dismantling
Coordinate decommissioning, oil handling, segmentation, and fraction separation across contractors
QA & Bundle Materials
Quality banding, weight verification, and virtual aggregation into contract-ready lots
Close-Out & Compliance
Complete evidence package: weigh slips, certificates, chain-of-custody, CO₂ reporting
Proof-of-Value with European Grid Operators
We're running pilots with leading European TSOs and utilities to validate governed execution, audit-ready evidence, and improved recovery outcomes across transformer end-of-life programs.
- 5 transformers per pilot
- 3-5 maintenance hubs
- Full chain-of-custody documentation
What's Recoverable
Every material stream tracked, quality-banded, and routed to certified processing.
High-value recovery, quality banding for premium pricing
Volume aggregation for transport efficiency
Certified chain-of-custody for compliance
Connects to Your Ecosystem
Integrate with existing systems and partners
Asset & Maintenance
- • ERP/EAM/CMMS systems
- • Work order integration
- • Site evidence capture
Contractor Ecosystems
- • Field execution tools
- • Subcontractor portals
- • SLA management
Compliance & Reporting
- • Digital product passports
- • ESG/CSRD reporting
- • Carbon accounting
Commercial
- • Buyer/offtaker data rooms
- • QA/testing systems
- • Financial clearing
Why existing software categories don't cover this
Circular take-back programs cross at least four organizations. Each adjacent category solves one slice — none span the full workflow.
| Software category | Multi-party orchestration Coordinates OEM, contractors, recyclers, offtakers in one workflow | Physical workflow execution Runs the actual collection, dismantling, sorting steps | Chain-of-custody from operations Compliance evidence generated from the physical workflow itself | Continuous operation Runs the program ongoing — not a one-off engagement | Neutral across parties Not tied to a single recycler, buyer, or trader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise ERP / EAM | — | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Material trading marketplaces | — | — | — | ✓ | — |
| Traceability / passport tools | — | — | ~ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sustainability consultancies | ~ | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Vertical waste-management software | — | ✓ | ~ | ✓ | — |
| ContainerGrid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
- —Multi-party orchestration
- —Physical workflow execution
- —Chain-of-custody from operations
- ✓Continuous operation
- ✓Neutral across parties
- —Multi-party orchestration
- —Physical workflow execution
- —Chain-of-custody from operations
- ✓Continuous operation
- —Neutral across parties
- —Multi-party orchestration
- —Physical workflow execution
- ~Chain-of-custody from operations
- ✓Continuous operation
- ✓Neutral across parties
- ~Multi-party orchestration
- —Physical workflow execution
- —Chain-of-custody from operations
- —Continuous operation
- ✓Neutral across parties
- —Multi-party orchestration
- ✓Physical workflow execution
- ~Chain-of-custody from operations
- ✓Continuous operation
- —Neutral across parties
- ✓Multi-party orchestration
- ✓Physical workflow execution
- ✓Chain-of-custody from operations
- ✓Continuous operation
- ✓Neutral across parties
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