RESHORING CASE

Jaguar Land Rover 15

Company details
Code: 
Jaguar15
Company name: 
Jaguar Land Rover
Group name: 
Tata Motors
Company country: 
United Kingdom
Group home country: 
India
Number of employees: 
45000
Sector: 
C - Manufacturing
Sector detail: 
C29 - Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
Reshoring details
Reshoring announcement date: 
12/01/2015
Starting implementation date: 
January, 2015
End of Implementation : 
January, 2015
Reshored to: 
United Kingdom
Location of affected unit(s): 
Solihull
Location code: 
UKG32
Reshored business function: 
Production
Partial or Total reshoring: 
Partial
Reshoring governance mode: 
In house (in own facilities)
Estimated job gains: 
1300
Reasons for reshoring: 
"Made in" effect
Automation of production process
Case narrative: 

Tata Motor is part of the larger Tata group, an Indian company that sells products for mor than 100 billions dollars per year. The company bought Jaguar and Land Rover producing cars under those brands in UK and India. However, during last year it has been demonstrated the willingness to mantain British site production investing there. Investments in British sites have allowed the company to start the production of a new car each 20 seconds.

Sources: 

Independent, 12/01/2015

Offshoring details
Offshoring date: 
2008
Offshoring location: 
India
Reason for offshoring: 
Merger and Acquisition