RESHORING CASE

Metal Product

Company details
Code: 
Metal Product
Company name: 
Metal Produkt
Company country: 
Croatia
Number of employees: 
170
Sector: 
C - Manufacturing
Sector detail: 
C28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
Sub-sectors: 
C28.4.1 - Manufacture of metal forming machinery
Reshoring details
Reshoring announcement date: 
13/02/2017
Starting implementation date: 
March, 2017
Reshored to: 
Croatia
Location of affected unit(s): 
Vukovar
Location code: 
HR04C
Reshored business function: 
Production
Partial or Total reshoring: 
Total
Reshoring governance mode: 
In house (in own facilities)
Reasons for reshoring: 
Firm's global reorganization
Case narrative: 

Metal Produkt is a private Croatian company founded in 1967. The company currently has 220 employees. Because of higher labour costs in Germany and Austria, Metal Produkt decided to move its production to the city of Vukovar in Croatia. The company has been operating in Croatia since 2016.  In early 2017, the company begun its operations in Vukovar (Croatia). Ivan Dzigumovic, the owner of the company, stated that establishing operations in Croatia was achieved without great efforts. His objective is to increase the number of employees of the Metal Produkt up from the current five. Detailed information disclosure is being expected. 

Sources: 

Poslovni Dnevnik, 13 February 2017

Sources link: 

http://www.poslovni.hr/domace-kompanije/tvrtka-metal-produkt-seli-proizv...

Offshoring details
Offshoring location: 
Austria
Offshored business function: 
Production