Amps Electric Bikes

Type
Reshoring
Country
United Kingdom
Reshoring from
China
Reshored business function
Production
Region
South East (England); Kent; West Kent
Location of affected unit(s)
Sevenoaks
Sector
Manufacturing
(29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment
30.9 - Manufacture of transport equipment n.e.c.
30.9 - Manufacture of transport equipment n.e.c.
No information on job gains number available
Announcement Date
16 July 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 July 2018
Foreseen end date

Description

Amps Electric Bikes is a British company producing electric bicycles under the brand name Wisper. In July 2018, it opened a new facility in the Kent county where it already had its administrative offices. It the new plant the company will assembly the high-end electric bikes it earlier imported from China. The decision to relocate the final production phase in UK is - at least partially - the consequence of the recent decision of European Union to collect duties from importers of e-bikes. However, the company also aimed to to improve the product quality and make the production more effective.

Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2018), Amps Electric Bikes , Reshoring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 9, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/9.