Gtech

Type
Reshoring
Country
United Kingdom
Reshoring from
China
Reshored business function
Production
Region
West Midlands (England); Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire; Worcestershire CC
Location of affected unit(s)
Worcester
Sector
Manufacturing
(26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products
27.5 - Manufacture of domestic appliances
27.5 - Manufacture of domestic appliances
100 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
5 February 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2019
Foreseen end date

Description

Gtech, the vacuum cleaner maker headquartered in UK, will invest £10 million in its plant in Worcestershire. The investment is aimed to bring back some manufacturing activities currently performed by contractors in China. The production in the British plant will start in 2019 and 100 new jobs are expected at that time. The relocation is consistent with the need to shorten delivery times and to be closer to final consumers. At the same, the company will invest in R&D in order to launch a new product line "100% made in  Worcestershire" by autumn 2018. 

Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2018), Gtech, Reshoring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 83, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/83.