RESHORING CASE

Carte Noire

Company details
Code: 
CarteNoir
Company name: 
Carte Noire
Group name: 
Lavazza
Company country: 
France
Group home country: 
Italy
Number of employees: 
300
Sector: 
C - Manufacturing
Sector detail: 
C10 - Manufacture of food products
Sub-sectors: 
C10.8.3 - Processing of tea and coffee
Reshoring details
Reshoring announcement date: 
01/04/2016
Reshored to: 
France
Location of affected unit(s): 
Laverune
Location code: 
FR813
Reshored business function: 
Production
Partial or Total reshoring: 
Total
Reshoring governance mode: 
In house (in own facilities)
Reasons for reshoring: 
Firm's global reorganization
Case narrative: 

Lavazza acquired Carte Noire in 2015. At the time, French employees were worried about their future at the company and the implications of the acquisition; however the new management decided to concentrate all Carte Noire production at the Lavérune factory in France. This means that three production lines which are currently located in the Czech Republic will be moved to Lavérune. Moreover, a new line of soft pods will be moved to the site, along with grinding and roasting equipment in an overall expansion of the factory’s capacity. In total it will have nine roasters and eight production lines. Lavazza expects a turnover of EUR 1.70bn (USD 1.94bn) in 2016 as opposed to EUR 1.4bn in 2015, thanks to a combination of internal growth and the contribution of new companies.

Sources: 

L'Usine Nouvelle, 1/04/2016

Offshoring details
Offshoring location: 
Czech Republic
Offshored business function: 
Production
Reason for offshoring: 
Labour costs