RESHORING CASE

Ewes

Company details
Company name: 
Ewes Stålfjäder AB
Company country: 
Sweden
Number of employees: 
75
Sector: 
C - Manufacturing
Sector detail: 
C25 - Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
Sub-sectors: 
C25.9.3 - Manufacture of wire products, chain and springs
Reshoring details
Reshoring announcement date: 
10/01/2017
Starting implementation date: 
January, 2017
Reshored to: 
Sweden
Location of affected unit(s): 
Bredaryd
Location code: 
SE211
Reshored business function: 
Production
Partial or Total reshoring: 
Partial
Reshoring governance mode: 
In house (in own facilities)
Reasons for reshoring: 
Automation of production process
Delivery time
Need for greater organizational flexibility
Case narrative: 

Ewes is a Swedish company that produces steel springs. It owns manufacturing units in different European countries and in Asia. In 2017, it decided to relocate its Serbian based production to its Swedish plant in Bredaryd. The relocation decision was mainly based on the willingness to improve the company flexibility and reduce the delivery time. Finally, the company implemented investments in the Swedish plant to automate the production process and improve the operational efficiency. Other reshoring motivations have been the improvement in flexibility and the reduction in delivery time.

Sources: 

Metal supply 10/01/2017 

Vn.se 29/03/2017

Offshoring details
Offshoring location: 
Serbia
Offshored business function: 
Production
Offshoring governance mode: 
In house (in own facilities)
Host country geographical area: 
Eastern Europe