Marklin

Type
Reshoring
Country
Hungary
Reshoring from
China
Reshored business function
Production
Region
Dunántúl; Nyugat-Dunántúl; Győr-Moson-Sopron
Location of affected unit(s)
Györ
Sector
Manufacturing
(32) Other manufacturing
32.4 - Manufacture of games and toys
32.4 - Manufacture of games and toys
No information on job gains number available
Announcement Date
24 January 2015
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2015
Foreseen end date
1 December 2015

Description

Marklin is a German producer of toys, famous for producing locomotive models. In recent years, the company has adopted cost saving strategies, which involved offshoring and relocation to China. However, in 2015 the company invested in a plant in Gyor (Hungary) in order to nearshore production. Sources are not clear regarding the number of new jobs created through the nearshoring.

Sources

  • 24 January 2015: NWZ
  • 26 August 2015: KPMG press release

Citation

Eurofound (2015), Marklin, Reshoring in Hungary, factsheet number 200, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/200.