Company detailsCode: RenaultUKCompany name: RenaultCompany country: FranceNumber of employees: 117000Sector: C - ManufacturingSector detail: C29 - Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers Reshoring detailsReshoring announcement date: 03/04/2014Starting implementation date: May, 2014End of Implementation : November, 2015Reshored to: FranceLocation of affected unit(s): SandouvilleLocation code: FR232Reshored business function: ProductionPartial or Total reshoring: PartialReshoring governance mode: In house (in own facilities)Estimated job gains: 150Reasons for reshoring: Untapped production capacityReshoring ERM database code: renault-14Case narrative: Renault has relocated the production of Trafic from the Opel plant in Lutton (UK) and Nissan in Barcelona (Spain) to Sandouville. The aim is to save this plant, where production volumes have reduced from 105,000 units six years ago to only 25,000 cars in 2013. The group has invested €230 million in its plant in Sandouville, and intends to move its production from high-end vehicles to commercial ones by mid-2015 It is reported that in addition to the announced job creation plan, the company will call back 400 employees that were previously employed to other plants within the Renault group. In January 2013, Renault announced plans to cut about 7,500 jobs within the group in France. Renault–Nissan Alliance is a Franco-Japanese strategic partnership based in Amsterdam and founded in 1999. Sources: Le Parisien, 20/05/2014 Les Echos, 03/04/2014 Sources link: http://www.leparisien.fr/economie/automobile-nouveau-depart-de-l-usine-s... http://www.lesechos.fr/entreprises-secteurs/auto-transport/actu/02034173... Offshoring detailsOffshoring date: 2001Offshoring location: United KingdomOffshoring entry mode: Joint ventureReason for offshoring: Merger and Acquisition
