Stille

Type
Reshoring
Country
Sweden
Reshoring from
United States of America
Reshored business function
Production
Region
Östra Sverige; Östra Mellansverige; Södermanlands län
Location of affected unit(s)
Torshälla
Sector
Manufacturing
(32) Other manufacturing
32.5 - Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies
32.5 - Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies
No information on job gains number available
Announcement Date
20 June 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2017
Foreseen end date
1 March 2018

Description

Stille is a Swedish company that produces surgical instruments and tables. In 2017, it decided close the site in California (USA), and relocate the production in Torshälla (Sweden). Reasons for reshoring have been: improve production efficiency, rationalize costs and increase sales. The company expected to conclude the operation in the first quarter of 2018. 

Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2018), Stille, Reshoring in Sweden, factsheet number 67, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/67.