Arkopharma

Type
Reshoring
Country
France
Reshoring from
Ireland
Reshored business function
Production
Region
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur; Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur; Alpes-Maritimes
Location of affected unit(s)
Carros
Sector
Manufacturing
(20 - 21) Manufacture of chemicals and pharmaceuticals
21 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations
21.2 - Manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations
No information on job gains number available
Announcement Date
10 April 2017
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2017
Foreseen end date

Description

Arkopharma is a French pharmaceutical company founded in 1980 manufacturing phytotherapeutic and natural drugs and food integrators. In 2017, the company decided to to close its manufacturing sites in Italy and Ireland and centralize the production activities in Carros (France). The company aimed to reduce its production over-capacity increasing its efficiency level. It also aimed to leverage on the made in effect. Huge investments were implemented also to improve the collaboration between the R&D and the production departments. 

Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2017), Arkopharma, Reshoring in France, factsheet number 6, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/6.