RESHORING CASE

Van Merksteijn

Company details
Company name: 
Van Merksteijn International B.V.
Company country: 
Netherlands
Sector: 
C - Manufacturing
Sector detail: 
C25 - Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
Sub-sectors: 
C259 - Manufacture of other fabricated metal products
Reshoring details
Reshoring announcement date: 
22/12/2017
Starting implementation date: 
December, 2017
End of Implementation : 
December, 2020
Reshored to: 
Netherlands
Location of affected unit(s): 
Eemshaven
Location code: 
NL11
Reshored business function: 
Production
Reshoring governance mode: 
In house (in own facilities)
Estimated job gains: 
275
Reasons for reshoring: 
Delivery time
Logistics costs
Quality control
Case narrative: 

Van Merksteijn International B.V. is a Dutch company that manufactures reinforcement products and fencing panels. Currently, it imports wire rods by Turkish suppliers, but it is experiencing concerns regarding logistics costs and delivery time. Therefore, the company decided to in-sourcing and reshore the wire rods production, also to improve the supply continuity and quality control. As a consequence, the firm decided to build a new factory at Eemshaven (The Netherlands). Preliminary activities to start the plant construction were concluded on December 22, 2017. The total investment is expected around € 250 millions and should be completed by 2020. When fully operational, 275 direct jobs should have been created at the new plant. 

Sources: 

Uni-CLUB MoRe reshoring dataset

Groningen Seaports 22/12/2017

RTV Nord 23/01/2018

Vraagenaanbod 11/01/2018

Offshoring details
Offshoring location: 
Turkey
Offshored business function: 
Production
Offshoring governance mode: 
Third party (external suppliers)
Host country geographical area: 
North Africa and Middle east