GAH Alberts

Type
Reshoring
Country
Germany
Reshoring from
China
Reshored business function
Production
Region
Nordrhein-Westfalen; Arnsberg; Märkischer Kreis
Location of affected unit(s)
Herscheid
Sector
Manufacturing
(24 - 25) Manufacture of metals
25.6 - Manufacture of cutlery, tools and general hardware
25.6 - Manufacture of cutlery, tools and general hardware
No information on job gains number available
Announcement Date
10 March 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2016
Foreseen end date

Description

GAH Alberts is a German family-owned company  producing several different metal products. As far as the production of hinges, it was initially  outsourced and offshored in China mainly for cost reason. However, in 2016 the company decided to relocate and re-insource such a product line in its plant at Herscheid (Germany). As a consequence, the German facility was highly automated in order to improve the company flexibility, reduce delivery time, and realize higher quality products. However, changes in the Herscheid plant requested more time tha expected, therefore the production started only in 2018.

Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2018), GAH Alberts, Reshoring in Germany, factsheet number 55, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/55.