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Artsana Group is involved in the production of a variety of goods for babies. It owns several brands including Chicco, Prenatal, Pic solutions, Lycia, Control. Half of the prodution has been sold in Italy, other major markets are Europe and USA. In 2009 the company decided to offshore the toys production in China. Economic crisis, custom troubles, and competitors trying to stole production secret let the company to rethink the decision. New main manager, De Conte, also aims to have a higher control over the production cycle, to reduce total costs, to increase productivity in Italy and to have a production near to customers and suppliers. Moreover, the backshoring should also support innovation and thus the power over competitor pressure. The backshoring from China already started at the date of the announcement.
Eurofound (2014), Artsana, Reshoring in Italy, factsheet number 218, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/218.