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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26.4 - Manufacture Of Consumer Electronics
No information on job gains number available
Announcement Date
9 February 2017
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
Lechpol is a Polish company belonging to the consumer electronic industry. Among other products, the company manufactures and sells televisions with the brand Kruger & Matz. In 2017, it decided to back-shore in Poland the assembling phase earlier realized in China. The production activity is realized through the local contract manufacturer TCL whose factory is placed in Żyrardów (Poland). Reshoring motivations were mainly of economic nature, since the company would improve its competitiveness in term of price and obtain higher margins. Currently, the company is also considering starting to produce in Poland large household appliances.
Eurofound (2017), Comital Lamalu, Reshoring in Poland, factsheet number 11, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/11.
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