The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products 22.23 - Manufacture Of Builders’ Ware Of Plastic
8 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
17 April 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 April 2018
Foreseen end date
Description
Bati-Rénov is a French company producing polyurethane-based blinds, shutters and doors. In 2003, the company offshored and outsourced the production to a Romanian contract manufacturer. Lately, in 2013, it established an equity joint venture in Romania (Polytech Industry) and re-insourced production, but still maintained it offshored. Lastly, in 2018 the French company reshored the production activity in its new plant ( 9,000 m²) in Varaize (France) where the company invested around 3 million euro, and introduced an automated production line. Bati-Rénov also hired 8 new employees, and it is expected they will increase until 60 in the next three years. The most relevant motivations for the manufacturing relocation were: a) reduced costs gap between the two countries; b) reduction in delivery times; c) better quality due to the automated production line; d) vicinity to final customers.
Eurofound (2018), Bati-Rénov, Reshoring in France, factsheet number 32, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/32.
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