RESHORING CASE

Fideltronik

Company details
Code: 
Fideltronik
Company name: 
Fideltronik
Company country: 
Poland
Number of employees: 
1500
Sector: 
C - Manufacturing
Sector detail: 
C26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
Sub-sectors: 
C26.1.2 - Manufacture of loaded electronic boards
Reshoring details
Reshoring announcement date: 
20/05/2016
Starting implementation date: 
May, 2016
End of Implementation : 
December, 2017
Reshored to: 
Poland
Location code: 
PL
Reshored business function: 
Production
Partial or Total reshoring: 
Partial
Reshoring governance mode: 
In house (in own facilities)
Reasons for reshoring: 
Retailer/customer pressure (e.g., Wall-Mart)
Case narrative: 

Fideltronik is a Polish electronics manufacturing company. According to the sources below, the CEO has decided to reduce the workforce at its Herrlijunga plant in Sweden. It is expected that 75 employees, out of a total of 140 at the site, will be made redundant. Sources state that the move is in response to a request from the company's largest customer, who wants to see production returned to Poland. Accordig to Fideltronik's website, the company initially invested in Sweden in 2007, however, the Herrlljunga plant was only acquired in 2013.

Sources: 

Göteborgs Posten, 20 May 2016, p.19

Offshoring details
Offshoring date: 
2007
Offshoring location: 
Sweden
Offshored business function: 
Production
Offshoring governance mode: 
In house (in own facilities)
Offshoring entry mode: 
Wholly owned
Host country geographical area: 
Western Europe