RESHORING CASE

Fazer

Company details
Code: 
Fazer
Company name: 
Fazer
Company country: 
Finland
Number of employees: 
14709
Sector: 
C - Manufacturing
Sector detail: 
C10 - Manufacture of food products
Sub-sectors: 
C10.7.2 - Manufacture of rusks and biscuits; manufacture of preserved pastry goods and cakes
Reshoring details
Reshoring announcement date: 
26/04/2017
Starting implementation date: 
April, 2016
End of Implementation : 
March, 2017
Reshored to: 
Finland
Location of affected unit(s): 
Vantaa
Location code: 
FI197
Reshored business function: 
Production
Partial or Total reshoring: 
Total
Reshoring governance mode: 
In house (in own facilities)
Estimated job gains: 
65
Reasons for reshoring: 
"Made in" effect
Case narrative: 

Fazer is one of the largest companies in the Finnish food industry. In order to expand its share of the Nordic bakery sector, Fazer acquired the Domino, Jaffa and Fanipala (currently Fasupala) biscuit brands from US-based food, beverage and confectionery company Mondelez International in April 2016. One year later, in March 2017, Fazer decided to relocate the production of Jaffa biscuit from Poland back to Vantaa (Finland) where the first Jaffa biscuits were produced. Finns love Jaffa very much and the domestic is very important to Finns. Currently, Vantaa (Finland) biscuit factory employs about 65 employees.

Sources: 

Press Release, Fazer Group, 26/04/2017

Sources link: 

http://news.cision.com/fi/fazer-group/r/fazer-siirsi-jaffa-keksien-valmi...

Offshoring details
Offshoring location: 
Poland
Offshored business function: 
Production
Reason for offshoring: 
Merger and Acquisition
Host country geographical area: 
Eastern Europe