RESHORING CASE

Northern Flags

Company details
Company name: 
Northern Flags Ltd
Group name: 
Faber Vlaggen BV
Company country: 
United Kingdom
Group home country: 
Netherlands
Sector: 
C - Manufacturing
Sector detail: 
C18 - Printing and reproduction of recorded media
Sub-sectors: 
C18.1 - Printing and service activities related to printing
Reshoring details
Reshoring announcement date: 
21/01/2016
Starting implementation date: 
January, 2016
Reshored to: 
United Kingdom
Location of affected unit(s): 
Leeds
Location code: 
UKE42
Reshored business function: 
Production
Reshoring governance mode: 
In house (in own facilities)
Reasons for reshoring: 
Automation of production process
Delivery time
Case narrative: 

Northern Flags is a UK based company belonging to the Faber Vlaggen Group. It produces fabric customized flags, banners and display. In 2008, it offshored the production activity its own plants in Poland and Thailand to take advantage of local low production costs. In 2016, it decided to back-shore  production in its site in Leeds (UK) in order to reduce the delivery time and cope with the growing local demand. To reach such objectives, the plant was highly automated       

Sources: 

Print Week 29/01/2016 

Leeds Chamber of Commerce 21/01/2016

Offshoring details
Offshoring date: 
2008
Offshoring location: 
Poland
Offshored business function: 
Production
Offshoring governance mode: 
In house (in own facilities)
Reason for offshoring: 
Costs reduction