RESHORING CASE

Unilever 4

Company details
Company name: 
Unilever PLC
Company country: 
Netherlands
Number of employees: 
169000
Sector: 
C - Manufacturing
Sector detail: 
C10 - Manufacture of food products
Reshoring details
Reshoring announcement date: 
14/06/2018
Reshored to: 
Netherlands
Location of affected unit(s): 
Rotterdam
Location code: 
NL33
Reshored services/activities: 
Reshoring governance mode: 
In house (in own facilities)
Case narrative: 

Unilever is an Anglo-Dutch producer of consumer goods having two headquarters, one in Rotterdam (Netherlands) and the other in London (UK). The company announced its intention to move all headquarters activities to Rotterdam. It specified that the decision was not connected with Brexit, but Rotterdam was chosen because the firm mainly deals in Dutch shares. Moreover, the company announced that it will leave the FTSE 100, the English blue chip stock index, and will probably increase its weighting in the EuroStoxx index. 

Sources: 

Telegraph 14/06/2018

Financial Times 14/06/2018

Offshoring details
Offshoring location: 
United Kingdom
Offshoring governance mode: 
In house (in own facilities)
Host country geographical area: 
Western Europe