RESHORING CASE

Gtech

Company details
Company name: 
Gtech
Company country: 
United Kingdom
Number of employees: 
200
Sector: 
C - Manufacturing
Sector detail: 
C27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
Sub-sectors: 
C27.5 - Manufacture of domestic appliances
Reshoring details
Reshoring announcement date: 
05/02/2018
Starting implementation date: 
January, 2019
Reshored to: 
United Kingdom
Location of affected unit(s): 
Worcester
Location code: 
UKG12
Reshored business function: 
Production
Partial or Total reshoring: 
Partial
Reshoring governance mode: 
In house (in own facilities)
Estimated job gains: 
100
Reasons for reshoring: 
Delivery time
Proximity to customers
Case narrative: 

Gtech, the vacuum cleaner maker headquartered in UK, will invest £10 million in its plant in Worcestershire. The investment is aimed to bring back some manufacturing activities currently performed by contractors in China. The production in the British plant will start in 2019 and 100 new jobs are expected at that time. The relocation is consistent with the need to shorten delivery times and to be closer to final consumers. At the same, the company will invest in R&D in order to launch a new product line "100% made in  Worcestershire" by autumn 2018. 

Sources: 

Daily Mail 05/02/2018

Express 05/02/2018 

Insider media 07/02/2018

Sources link: 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-5351421/Vacuum-cleaner-maker... https://www.express.co.uk/finance/city/914780/appliance-company-gtech-va... https://www.insidermedia.com/insider/midlands/job-creating-gtech-in-uk-r...

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