Rigas Dzirnavnieks

Type
Reshoring
Country
Latvia
Reshoring from
Estonia
Reshored business function
Production
Region
Latvija; Latvija; Rīga
Location of affected unit(s)
Pieriga
Sector
Manufacturing
(10 - 11) Manufacture of food and beverage
10.3 - Processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables
10.3 - Processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables
No information on job gains number available
Announcement Date
2 November 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2019
Foreseen end date

Description

Rigas Dzirnavnieks is the Latvian subsidiary of the Lithanian grain processing group Baltic Mill. The company decided to relocate production activities from Estonia to Latvia investing EUR 10 million in the coming years to strengthen its positions in the market. Relocation will start in 2019 with the production of packaged peas and bean products. The company is currently looking for new people to enroll in the production and warehouse departments.   

Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2018), Rigas Dzirnavnieks, Reshoring in Latvia, factsheet number 3, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/3.