RESHORING CASE

QTS

Company details
Code: 
QTS
Company name: 
QTS
Company country: 
United Kingdom
Number of employees: 
11
Sector: 
C - Manufacturing
Sector detail: 
C24 - Manufacture of basic metals
Reshoring details
Reshoring announcement date: 
04/02/2015
Starting implementation date: 
August, 2015
End of Implementation : 
December, 2016
Reshored to: 
United Kingdom
Location of affected unit(s): 
Nottinghamshire
Location code: 
UKF1
Reshored business function: 
Production
Partial or Total reshoring: 
Partial
Reshoring governance mode: 
In house (in own facilities)
Estimated job gains: 
15
Reasons for reshoring: 
Delivery time
Government support to relocation
Improve customer service
Need for greater organizational flexibility
Proximity to customers
Case narrative: 

QTS provides wire mesh-based material for the logistics industry.

QTS will backshore its production from China to the UK through a 50,000 sq. ft. site in Nottinghamshire (East Midlands) in August 2015.

The company suggests that 11 jobs could be created, and that this number could increase to 26 during the next year as a result of the reshoring.

Managing director Shaun Ingram said: "The rise of online shopping and the need to provide flexibility for warehouses and distribution centres had driven significant demand for our products,"

"Traditionally, we'd imported around 95 per cent of our product in complete form from China, yet had noticed a desire from our customers to decrease the turnaround time for installations of solutions.

"The decision was taken to create our own manufacturing plant in the East Midlands, starting first with assembly and then followed by full scale production for our solutions."

QTS was supported by Business Growth Service’s Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) and ReshoreUK.

Ingram also revealed the company is in talks with the Regional Growth Fund (RGF) to help fund the move.

Sources: 

Insider Media Limited, 04/02/2015

Offshoring details
Offshoring date: 
2003
Offshoring location: 
China
Offshored business function: 
Production
Offshoring governance mode: 
Third party (external suppliers)