RESHORING CASE

Rigas Dzirnavnieks

Company details
Company name: 
Rīgas Dzirnavnieks AS
Group name: 
Baltic Mill AB
Company country: 
Latvia
Group home country: 
Lithuania
Sector: 
C - Manufacturing
Sector detail: 
C10 - Manufacture of food products
Sub-sectors: 
C10.3 - Processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables
Reshoring details
Reshoring announcement date: 
02/11/2018
Starting implementation date: 
January, 2019
Reshored to: 
Latvia
Location of affected unit(s): 
Pieriga
Reshored business function: 
Production
Partial or Total reshoring: 
Partial
Reshoring governance mode: 
In house (in own facilities)
Reasons for reshoring: 
Automation of production process
Case narrative: 

Rigas Dzirnavnieks is the Latvian subsidiary of the Lithanian grain processing group Baltic Mill. The company decided to relocate production activities from Estonia to Latvia investing EUR 10 million in the coming years to strengthen its positions in the market. Relocation will start in 2019 with the production of packaged peas and bean products. The company is currently looking for new people to enroll in the production and warehouse departments.   

Sources: 

Baltic Course 02/11/2018

Sources link: 

http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/good_for_business/?doc=144851

Offshoring details
Offshoring location: 
Estonia
Offshored business function: 
Production
Offshoring governance mode: 
In house (in own facilities)
Host country geographical area: 
Eastern Europe