RESHORING CASE

Kemppi

Company details
Company name: 
Kemppi Oy
Company country: 
Finland
Number of employees: 
600
Sector: 
C - Manufacturing
Sector detail: 
C27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
Sub-sectors: 
C 27.9 - Manufacture of other electrical equipment
Reshoring details
Reshoring announcement date: 
14/05/2018
Starting implementation date: 
August, 2018
Reshored to: 
Finland
Location of affected unit(s): 
Lahti
Location code: 
FI1C3 
Reshored business function: 
Production
Reshoring governance mode: 
In house (in own facilities)
Estimated job gains: 
50
Reasons for reshoring: 
Firm's global reorganization
Case narrative: 

Kemppi is a Finnish company producing welding equipment. By the end of August 2018, the company will close its plant in India (Chennai) ,and will move the production back to Finland (Lathi). The company aims to centralise its production activity, and locate it close to the product development department. 

Updating: the volume of production realized in Chennai was about 5% of the total. The relocation will bring about 50 new employees in Lathi, and up to thirty new subcontractors.

Sources: 

Yle UUtiset 14/05/2018

Tekniikka & Talous 17/05/2018

Yle UUtiset 05/09/2018

Offshoring details
Offshoring location: 
India
Offshoring governance mode: 
In house (in own facilities)
Host country geographical area: 
Indian Subcontinent (eg. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)