RESHORING CASE

McLaren

Company details
Company name: 
McLaren Technology Group
Company country: 
United Kingdom
Number of employees: 
3178
Sector: 
C - Manufacturing
Sector detail: 
C29 - Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
Sub-sectors: 
C29.1.0 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
Reshoring details
Reshoring announcement date: 
08/02/2017
Starting implementation date: 
January, 2017
End of Implementation : 
December, 2020
Reshored to: 
United Kingdom
Location of affected unit(s): 
Sheffield
Location code: 
UKE32
Reshored business function: 
Production
Reshoring governance mode: 
In house (in own facilities)
Estimated job gains: 
200
Reasons for reshoring: 
Changes in taxation
Proximity to suppliers
Quality control
Case narrative: 

McLaren is an multinational automotive company based in UK. In 2017, the company invested around  £50 million in a new plant in Sheffield (UK) where it relocated the production of carbon-fibre “tubs” earlier offshored to Austria. The decision will create around 200 new job positions by 2020. The main reasons for relocation decision were the higher control over the manufacturing processes, and the protection from any tariffs related to the imminent Brexit.

Sources: 

The telegraph, 08/02/2017

The manufacturer 13/02/2018

Daily mail 30/05/2018

Offshoring details
Offshoring location: 
Austria
Offshored business function: 
Production
Offshoring governance mode: 
In house (in own facilities)