RESHORING CASE

Glunz & Jensen

Company details
Company name: 
Glunz & Jensen Holding A/S
Company country: 
Denmark
Number of employees: 
200
Sector: 
C - Manufacturing
Sector detail: 
C26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
Sub-sectors: 
C26.2 - Manufacture of computers and peripheral equipment
Reshoring details
Reshoring announcement date: 
05/01/2016
Starting implementation date: 
January, 2016
End of Implementation : 
March, 2016
Reshored to: 
Slovakia
Location of affected unit(s): 
Prešov-Solivar
Location code: 
SK041
Reshored business function: 
Production
Reshored services/activities: 
Assembling
Reshoring governance mode: 
In house (in own facilities)
Reasons for reshoring: 
Improvement of production efficiency
Untapped production capacity
Case narrative: 

Glunz & Jensen is a Danish company producing processors for printing industry; it owns facilities in Denmark, Italy, Slovakia and USA. In 2016, the company decided to near-shore in its Slovenian Prešov-Solivar plant the assembling activity earlier offshored and outsourced to China. By relocating production activities the company aims to increase its focus on profitability and effectiveness, and optimize the available production capacity.

Sources: 

Transport tidende 05/01/2016

Sources link: 

https://transporttidende.com/artikler/penge-c41/kina-produktion-flyttes-...

Offshoring details
Offshoring location: 
China
Offshored business function: 
Production
Offshoring governance mode: 
Third party (external suppliers)
Host country geographical area: 
China