RESHORING CASE

RBI Interior (Sweden)

Company details
Code: 
RBIS
Company name: 
RBI Interior
Company country: 
Norway
Number of employees: 
40
Sector: 
C - Manufacturing
Sector detail: 
C16 - Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials
Sub-sectors: 
C16.2.1 - Manufacture of veneer sheets and wood-based panels
Reshoring details
Reshoring announcement date: 
06/03/2015
Starting implementation date: 
January, 2015
End of Implementation : 
March, 2016
Reshored to: 
Norway
Location of affected unit(s): 
Fredrikstad
Location code: 
NO031
Reshored business function: 
Production
Partial or Total reshoring: 
Partial
Reshoring governance mode: 
In house (in own facilities)
Estimated job gains: 
10
Reasons for reshoring: 
Automation of production process
Firm's global reorganization
Case narrative: 

Norwegian company RBI interiør has planned to move its production of all MDF panels (Medium density fireboard) back to Norway, from Sweden and Poland. The "SmartPanel" model in particular has been already been moved to Fredrikstad. This change in production strategy required the movement of 30 employees from Skjeberg, Sweden and the recruitment of 20 new employees. Production is now taking place in a new automated factory in Fredrikstad. Production capacity at this site is currently about 800 sq. metres per hour. Remi Bergstrøm, head of Smart Board Production said that RBI interior aims to reach 10 million sq. metres per year. The factory is receiving large investments for five production lines that will be in operation by the end of the reshoring process. These investments total approximately NOK 35-40 million (EUR 3.7 - 4.2 million USD 4.2 - 4.8 million).

 

Sources: 

Fredriksstad Blad, 06/03/2015

Nationen, 18/03/2015

Offshoring details
Offshoring location: 
Sweden
Offshored business function: 
Production
Offshoring governance mode: 
In house (in own facilities)
Offshoring entry mode: 
Wholly owned
Notes: 
The attribution of new jobs (20) has been shared among the two cases of backshoring (from Poland and from Sweden).