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Reclaim Value from Your Materials: Testbourne’s Recycling and Refining Program

As the global manufacturing landscape continues to evolve, the pressure to adopt more efficient and cost-effective processes is growing fast. Whether driven by economic factors, environmental regulations or customer expectations, the need to rethink how we source and manage materials is now a priority for businesses in advanced sectors such as architectural and automotive glass coating, decorative and hardwearing coatings, R&D, medical, photovoltaic, ophthalmic and semiconductor manufacturing.

At Testbourne, we help manufacturers and research institutions meet these challenges head-on by offering a comprehensive recycling and refining program for precious metals and used sputtering targets.

The result? A solution that helps you lower material costs, increase supply resilience and improve sustainability performance - all while making the most of materials you already own.

Why Recycling Matters

High-purity metals are the backbone of modern coatings and thin-film technologies. They deliver the performance and innovation today’s industries demand but they also come at a cost.

Many of the metals used in sputtering targets and thin-film deposition are:

Subject to volatile pricing
Finite in global supply
Valuable even after use

That’s why recycling is increasingly important. By refining and reusing your existing materials, you can:

Reduce your overall spend on raw materials
Offset future purchases with recovered material credits
Protect against market fluctuations
Secure a more stable, traceable supply chain

Recycling with Testbourne isn’t just about reducing waste - it’s a smart financial decision that delivers long-term value and operational certainty.

At the same time, global initiatives like the EU Green Deal, ISO 14001 compliance and national net-zero targets are putting increased pressure on manufacturers to make their supply chains more sustainable.

This is where Testbourne’s recycling and refining program steps in, not just as a waste management solution, but as a powerful tool for cost control, risk reduction and supply chain optimisation.

Who Can Benefit

Our recycling and refining program is designed for organisations working with :

Precious metals
Rare Earth materials
High volume industrial materials.

Whether you’re developing prototypes or managing large-scale production, we help you recover valuable material, reduce procurement costs and optimise stock management.

What We Accept

We support a wide range of industries by accepting both precious metals and used metallic sputtering targets, helping customers recover valuable content and reintegrate it into their production cycle.

Precious Metals Recovery
We accept used sputtering targets and scrap materials containing the following:

Rare Earth materials

With the world wide disruption of the supply it shows the importance of recycling these materials. For Rare Earth Materials we offer refining service for materials used such as

Germanium (Ge)
Scandium (Sc),
Yttrium (Y),
Lanthanum (La)
Neodymium (Nd)

High Volume Industrial Targets
These metals are commonly used glass, decorative, hardwear, medical, coatings. Even after use, they retain significant material value that can be recovered and reused through our refining process

We recycle used sputtering targets made from a variety of pure metals and alloys, including:

Titanium (Ti)
Tungsten (W)
Tungsten Carbide (WC)
Zirconium (Zr)
Nickel (Ni)
Chromium (Cr)
Indium (In)
Nickel-Chromium (NiCr)

Whether you work with PVD or other deposition technologies, we can help you reclaim value from spent materials that might otherwise be discarded.

Cost-Saving Benefits of Material Recovery

Recycling doesn’t just improve your environmental performance; it boosts your bottom line.

With Testbourne, you can:

Reduce your cost per gram or unit by reclaiming high-value metals
Lower your total spend on new materials
Offset future purchases with refined credit
Mitigate price volatility by relying on recovered assets instead of fluctuating marketing prices
Streamline inventory by managing used stock effectively

Our refining service ensures full transparency and accurate valuation, giving you peace of mind and a clear return on your material investments.

Our Refining Process: Simple, Secure and Efficient

Recycling with Testbourne is straightforward and tailored to your needs:

Assessment – Share details or send a sample of your used materials
Quotation – We provide an estimated recovery value or replacement options
Collection & Processing – Materials are securely transported and processed via trusted refining partners
Return or Credit – Choose to receive the refined material back or take it as a credit toward future purchases

Throughout the process, we maintain full traceability, material accountability and clear documentation, as part of our commitment to quality and transparency.

Get Started Today

Recycling is not just about doing the right thing for the planet; it’s about making smarter business decisions.

At Testbourne, we’re ready to help you unlock hidden value from materials you already own while building a stronger, greener and more cost-effective supply chain.

Let’s work together to recover value, reduce waste and rethink how materials are used in advanced manufacturing.