Palladium: a double risk for supply and reputation. In high-tech radar systems, palladium carries a high risk for both security of supply and corporate reputation, and has a significant environmental impact despite its small share. Antimony likewise represents a high supply risk. In high-tech radar systems, most value sits in components, which is lost in recycling.
Component retention and lifetime extension keep the value of radar systems intact. This outcome is relevant for manufacturers of high-tech systems, OEMs and organisations in circular electronics. Source: RTA Manufacturing Industry Overijssel (2020).