RESHORING CASE

GAH Alberts

Company details
Company name: 
Gust. Alberts GmbH & Co. KG
Company country: 
Germany
Number of employees: 
630
Sector: 
C - Manufacturing
Sector detail: 
C25 - Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
Sub-sectors: 
C25.7 - Manufacture of cutlery, tools and general hardware
Reshoring details
Reshoring announcement date: 
10/03/2018
Starting implementation date: 
January, 2016
Reshored to: 
Germany
Location of affected unit(s): 
Herscheid
Location code: 
DEA58
Reshored business function: 
Production
Reshoring governance mode: 
In house (in own facilities)
Reasons for reshoring: 
Automation of production process
Delivery time
Poor quality of offshored production
Production flexibility
Case narrative: 

GAH Alberts is a German family-owned company  producing several different metal products. As far as the production of hinges, it was initially  outsourced and offshored in China mainly for cost reason. However, in 2016 the company decided to relocate and re-insource such a product line in its plant at Herscheid (Germany). As a consequence, the German facility was highly automated in order to improve the company flexibility, reduce delivery time, and realize higher quality products. However, changes in the Herscheid plant requested more time tha expected, therefore the production started only in 2018.

Sources: 

Blechnet 10/03/2016

Morgen Post 19/02/2018

Offshoring details
Offshoring location: 
China
Offshored business function: 
Production
Offshoring governance mode: 
Third party (external suppliers)
Reason for offshoring: 
Costs reduction