RESHORING CASE

Lucibel

Company details
Code: 
Lucibel
Company name: 
Lucibel
Company country: 
France
Number of employees: 
150
Sector: 
C - Manufacturing
Sector detail: 
C27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
Sub-sectors: 
C27.4.0 - Manufacture of electric lighting equipment
Reshoring details
Reshoring announcement date: 
29/05/2017
Starting implementation date: 
June, 2014
Reshored to: 
France
Location of affected unit(s): 
Barentin
Location code: 
FRD22
Reshored business function: 
Production
Partial or Total reshoring: 
Partial
Reshoring governance mode: 
In house (in own facilities)
Estimated job gains: 
26
Reasons for reshoring: 
Firm's global reorganization
Logistics costs
Need for greater organizational flexibility
Proximity to customers
Streamlining of supply chain
Case narrative: 

Lucibel is a French innovative company that designs and produces lighting products and solutions based on LED technology and it was founded in 2008. In 2014, this company refocused on its professional lighting business after producing LED lights and light bulbs for the general public in China for some time. Therefore, Lucibel started to relocate its production activities from China back to France from 2014. According to Yves-Heny Brepson , the deputy CEO of the company, the motives of relocation are closeness to its customers, transport flexibility and lower inventories. Now, the company produces LED lights for shops, hotels, warehouses and factories. The cost is up to EUR 2,000 (USD 2,236.12) per room and the volumes ranging from 1,000 to 6,000 pieces. Lucibel has an R&D team and a 4,000 m2 assembly workshop. Activities such as metalworking, painting and prototyping activities are carried out by a museum lighting company called Procédés Hallier which has been acquired by Lucibel in January, 2014. Since the products are assembled manually with a wide variety, in order to improve efficiency, Lucibel has used a process to standardize components, took advantage of the past experiences, selected the right suppliers and optimized the tasks of the operators. In order to save time and keep the logistics chain as short as possible, Lucibel has to find local or European suppliers.

Sources: 

L'Usine Nouvelle, 29/05/2017

Leparisien, 08/06/2014

Francebiz-en-news, 29/09/2014

Capital Système Investissements S.A

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