Company detailsCode: ComitalCompany name: ComitalCompany country: ItalyNumber of employees: 170Sector: C - ManufacturingSector detail: C24 - Manufacture of basic metals Reshoring detailsReshoring announcement date: 13/06/2014Starting implementation date: June, 2014End of Implementation : December, 2015Reshored to: ItalyLocation of affected unit(s): VolpianoLocation code: ITC11Reshored business function: ProductionPartial or Total reshoring: TotalReshoring governance mode: In house (in own facilities)Estimated job gains: 40Reasons for reshoring: Firm's global reorganizationImplementation of strategies based on product/process innovationCase narrative: Comital Lamalu is an Italian company that produces aluminium. The company was created when Comital split into Comital Lamalu and Cuki Group SpA, which specialises in food packaging. Thanks to investment from Franco-Belgian industrial group AEDI, Comital Lamalu has invested €20 million in order to upgrade its plant in Volpiano (Piemonte, Italy), and backshore production of aluminium from a plant located in Sweden. Production in Volpiano has increased by 20% to date, which has led to the creation of 40 new jobs. Sources: Il Sole 24 Ore, 13 June 2014 La Sentinella del Canavese, 30 September 2015 Sources link: Il Sole 24 Ore, 13 June 2014 La Sentinella del Canavese, 30 September 2015 Offshoring detailsOffshoring location: SwedenOffshored business function: Production