Gigaset

Type
Reshoring
Country
Germany
Reshoring from
China
Reshored business function
Production
Region
Nordrhein-Westfalen; Münster; Borken
Location of affected unit(s)
Bocholt
Sector
Manufacturing
(26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products
26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
No information on job gains number available
Announcement Date
26 May 2018
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Gigaset is a German manufacturer of fixed and mobile phones whose production had been offshored in China. During the 2018, the company decided to launch a new smartphone device whose assembling will be performed in a company's plant located at Bocholt (Germany) while components will still be sourced from Asian suppliers. The German facility is highly automated so defects are highly reduced and overall production costs result similar to those in China. Finally, it is worth noting that the German facility will be in charge to design new devices and adapt them to costumers' special requirements.

Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2018), Gigaset, Reshoring in Germany, factsheet number 56, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/56.