Fazer

Type
Reshoring
Country
Finland
Reshoring from
Poland
Reshored business function
Production
Region
Manner-Suomi; Helsinki-Uusimaa; Helsinki-Uusimaa
Location of affected unit(s)
Vantaa
Sector
Manufacturing
(10 - 11) Manufacture of food and beverage
10.7 - Manufacture of bakery and farinaceous products
10.72 - Manufacture of rusks, biscuits, preserved pastries and cakes
65 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
26 April 2017
Employment effect (start)
1 April 2016
Foreseen end date
1 March 2017

Description

Fazer is one of the largest companies in the Finnish food industry. In order to expand its share of the Nordic bakery sector, Fazer acquired the Domino, Jaffa and Fanipala (currently Fasupala) biscuit brands from US-based food, beverage and confectionery company Mondelez International in April 2016. One year later, in March 2017, Fazer decided to relocate the production of Jaffa biscuit from Poland back to Vantaa (Finland) where the first Jaffa biscuits were produced. Finns love Jaffa very much and the domestic is very important to Finns. Currently, Vantaa (Finland) biscuit factory employs about 65 employees.

Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2017), Fazer, Reshoring in Finland, factsheet number 126, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/126.