DAVA Foods Finland

Type
Reshoring
Country
Finland
Reshoring from
Sweden
Reshored business function
Production
Region
Manner-Suomi; Etelä-Suomi; Varsinais-Suomi
Location of affected unit(s)
Kaarina
Sector
Manufacturing
(10 - 11) Manufacture of food and beverage
10.5 - Manufacture of dairy products and edible ice
10.5 - Manufacture of dairy products and edible ice
No information on job gains number available
Announcement Date
21 September 2016
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2016
Foreseen end date
1 December 2016

Description

DAVA Foods Finland is an egg producer that offshored liquid egg products from Finland to Sweden. However, customers did not appreciate the change while the company did not receive the expected advantages.  Thus, the production will be returned to Kaarina in Finland by the end of 2016. One of the challenges was the short shelf life of the products while the level of production costs was roughly the same in Finland and Sweden.  On the other hand, production in Sweden increased the level of logistics expenses. The company has to invest EUR 300,000 in new machinery. Production volume is 4mn kilos per year. DAVA Foods Finland is equally owned by Finnish cooperative Munakunta and Danish DAVA Foods.

Sources

  • 21 September 2016: Turun Sanomat (www.ts.fi)

Citation

Eurofound (2016), DAVA Foods Finland, Reshoring in Finland, factsheet number 156, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/156.