RESHORING CASE

Monbento

Company details
Company name: 
Monbento
Company country: 
France
Number of employees: 
20
Sector: 
C - Manufacturing
Sector detail: 
C22 - Manufacture of rubber and plastic products
Sub-sectors: 
C22.21 - Manufacture of plastic plates, sheets, tubes and profiles
Reshoring details
Reshoring announcement date: 
05/10/2017
Starting implementation date: 
January, 2017
Reshored to: 
France
Location of affected unit(s): 
Clermont-Ferrand
Location code: 
FRK14
Reshored business function: 
Production
Reshoring governance mode: 
Third party (external suppliers)
Reasons for reshoring: 
Change in total costs of sourcing
Case narrative: 

Monbento is a French company established in 2006, and producing plastic lunch boxes. Since 2009, the company decided to outsource production to Chinese suppliers since the low labor cost.  However, the cost gap with France has been reduced over the years; therefore, in 2017 the company decided to relocalize production in France, and establish a contract manufacturing agreement with a supplier in Clermont-Ferrand. After the relocation, the final price increased by only 10%.

Sources: 

Usine nouvelle 05/10/2017

Offshoring details
Offshoring location: 
China
Offshored business function: 
Production
Offshoring governance mode: 
Third party (external suppliers)
Reason for offshoring: 
Costs reduction