RESHORING CASE

Põltsamaa Felix

Company details
Code: 
Felix
Company name: 
Põltsamaa Felix
Company country: 
Estonia
Number of employees: 
200
Sector: 
C - Manufacturing
Sector detail: 
C10 - Manufacture of food products
Sub-sectors: 
C10.5 - Manufacture of dairy products
Reshoring details
Reshoring announcement date: 
22/09/2016
Starting implementation date: 
September, 2016
End of Implementation : 
December, 2016
Reshored to: 
Estonia
Location code: 
EE00
Reshored business function: 
Production
Partial or Total reshoring: 
Partial
Reshoring governance mode: 
In house (in own facilities)
Estimated job gains: 
0
Reasons for reshoring: 
Automation of production process
Firm's global reorganization
Case narrative: 

Põltsamaa Felix is an Estonian company that produces a variety of dairy products, as well as juices, canned vegetables, soups, sauces and seasonings. Orkla, the Norwegian owner of the company, has decided to reorganize the production of several branches in order to gain competivity through specialization. In particular Põltsamaa Felix should stop the production of sauces and seasonings relocating it to another Orkla company in Latvia. Meanwhile, the production of fruit juices of Põltsamaa Felix is going to be backshored from Latvia to Estonia. The move would make 13 employees out of 200 redundant at Põltsamaa Felix.

Sources: 

ERR Uudised, 22/09/2016

Offshoring details
Offshoring location: 
Latvia
Offshored business function: 
Production