RESHORING CASE

Boryszew

Company details
Code: 
Boryszew
Company name: 
Boryszew
Company country: 
Poland
Number of employees: 
6623
Sector: 
C - Manufacturing
Sector detail: 
C29 - Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
Sub-sectors: 
C29.3.2 - Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles
Reshoring details
Reshoring announcement date: 
30/01/2014
Starting implementation date: 
February, 2014
End of Implementation : 
July, 2014
Reshored to: 
Poland
Location of affected unit(s): 
Toruń
Location code: 
PL612
Reshored business function: 
Production
Partial or Total reshoring: 
Partial
Estimated job gains: 
250
Reasons for reshoring: 
Government support to relocation
Know-how in the home country
Labour costs
Reshoring ERM database code: 
boryszew
Case narrative: 

Polish auto components and chemicals group Boryszew is to create 250 jobs at its new factory in Toruń. The company plans to create up to 700 jobs over the coming years. The factory is expected to be operational in mid-2014 and it will produce plastic components for the Volkswagen factory in Poznań. The contract with VW is worth PLN 120 million.

It is also reported that the group plans to relocate part of the production from Germany to Poland.

Boryszew group produces chemicals as well as components for automotive industry. The company Boryszew was established in 1991 as a result of privatization.

Sources: 

Motofaktor, 30/01/2014

Offshoring details
Offshoring date: 
2011
Offshoring location: 
Germany
Offshoring entry mode: 
Wholly owned
Reason for offshoring: 
Merger and Acquisition