The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment 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.
Eurofound (2018), Amps Electric Bikes , Reshoring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 9, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/9.
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