Company detailsCode: ClearviewCompany name: Clearview Traffic GroupCompany country: United KingdomNumber of employees: 37Sector: C - ManufacturingSector detail: C30 - Manufacture of other transport equipment Reshoring detailsReshoring announcement date: 04/03/2014Starting implementation date: March, 2014End of Implementation : December, 2014Reshored to: United KingdomLocation of affected unit(s): BicesterLocation code: UKJ14Reshored business function: ProductionEstimated job gains: 49Reasons for reshoring: Government support to relocationStreamlining of supply chainCase narrative: Clearview Traffic Group is based in Bicester, Oxfordshire. The company is the market leader for intelligent solar powered road studs which offer 10 times greater visibility of the road ahead than traditional ‘cat’s eyes’. With the support of a £4 million Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative (AMSCI) grant, Clearview Traffic are relocating the manufacture of the product from overseas to Britain. This is part of a £6 million project to streamline their supply chain, strengthen intellectual property and boost overseas sales. Working in partnership with two other British businesses, Zeta Specialist Lighting Ltd and AEV Ltd, the project will lead to 49 jobs being re-shored and 37 existing UK jobs being safeguarded. Sources: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, 04/03/2014 Sources link: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cable-backs-reshoring-of-jobs-and-sup... Offshoring detailsOffshoring date: 2006Offshoring location: PolandOffshored business function: Production
