RESHORING CASE

Sleipner Motor

Company details
Code: 
Sleipner Motor
Company name: 
Sleipner Motor
Company country: 
Norway
Number of employees: 
140
Sector: 
C - Manufacturing
Sector detail: 
C27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
Sub-sectors: 
C27.1 - Manufacture of electric motors, generators, transformers and electricity distribution and control apparatus
Reshoring details
Reshoring announcement date: 
01/04/2017
Reshored to: 
Norway
Reshored business function: 
Production
Reasons for reshoring: 
Delivery time
Poor quality of offshored production
Case narrative: 

Sleipner Motor is a Norwegian company which is based in Fredrikstad (Norway). The company has manufactured high quality parts for the marine industry since 1908. Specifically, it produces thruster, hydraulic steering and stabilizers among other products. Sleipner Motor is a world leader in thrusters for yachts under 160 feet with its Side-Power thrusters. According to Arne Skauen, a head of Sleipner Motor in Fredrikstad (Norway), the products made in the offshore country (China) was characterized by low quality and unsatisfactory delivery times. As a result, Sleipner Motor moved its production from China back to Norway. 

Sources: 

E24  01 April 2017

Norwegianamerican  08 August 2016

Offshoring details
Offshoring location: 
China
Offshored business function: 
Production
Host country geographical area: 
China