Company detailsCode: Fideltronik Company name: Fideltronik Company country: PolandNumber of employees: 1500Sector: C - ManufacturingSector detail: C26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical productsSub-sectors: C26.1.2 - Manufacture of loaded electronic boards Reshoring detailsReshoring announcement date: 20/05/2016Starting implementation date: May, 2016End of Implementation : December, 2017Reshored to: PolandLocation code: PLReshored business function: ProductionPartial or Total reshoring: PartialReshoring 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 Sources link: http://www.alingsastidning.se/2016/05/stort-varsel-pa-fideltronik/ http://evertiq.se/news/31887 Offshoring detailsOffshoring date: 2007Offshoring location: SwedenOffshored business function: ProductionOffshoring governance mode: In house (in own facilities)Offshoring entry mode: Wholly ownedHost country geographical area: Western Europe
