RESHORING CASE

Outotec

Company details
Code: 
Outotec
Company name: 
Outotec
Company country: 
Finland
Number of employees: 
4192
Sector: 
B - Mining and quarrying
Sector detail: 
B9.9 - Support activities for other mining and quarrying
Reshoring details
Reshoring announcement date: 
26/10/2017
Reshored to: 
Finland
Partial or Total reshoring: 
Partial
Reshoring governance mode: 
Third party (external suppliers)
Estimated job gains: 
80
Reasons for reshoring: 
Need for greater organizational flexibility
Case narrative: 

Outotec is a Finnish technology company operating in the mining and metallurgy industry. The company planned to outsource part of its German-based project engineering activities to Finnish engineering services company Citec and it has started to negotiate with their employees' representatives about this relocation. The target is to transfer approximately 70-80 Outotec employees to Citec. 'By outsourcing part of our engineering activities we will create more flexibility to our organization and decrease Outotec's fixed costs in the long run. Citec is a suitable partner for us as they have an existing customer base in Germany and Finland ', said the head of Outotec's Metals, Energy & Water business unit.

 

 

Sources: 

Press Release Outotec    26 October 2017 

Offshoring details
Offshoring location: 
Germany
Offshoring governance mode: 
In house (in own facilities)
Offshoring entry mode: 
Wholly owned
Host country geographical area: 
Western Europe