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 Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Other Manufacturing 32.3 - Manufacture Of Sports Goods
15 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 July 2018
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
SealSkinz is a British manufacturer of waterproof accessories for outdoor sports based in UK. In 2015, the company outsourced and offshored the production in Bulgaria. However, in 2018 it decided to move it back in its old plant in King’s Lynn (UK). In so doing, the company re-employed many of the previous workers, and recruited 15 new people. The relocation was implemented to improve the supply chain effectiveness and increase the firm's organizational flexibility.
Eurofound (2018), SealSkinz, Reshoring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 13, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/13.
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