Type
Reshoring
Country
Slovakia
Reshoring from
China
Reshored business function
Production
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Prešov-Solivar
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products
Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products
26.2 - Manufacture Of Computers And Peripheral Equipment

No information on job gains number available
Announcement Date
5 January 2016
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2016
Foreseen end date
1 March 2016

Description

Glunz & Jensen is a Danish company producing processors for printing industry; it owns facilities in Denmark, Italy, Slovakia and USA. In 2016, the company decided to near-shore in its Slovenian Prešov-Solivar plant the assembling activity earlier offshored and outsourced to China. By relocating production activities the company aims to increase its focus on profitability and effectiveness, and optimize the available production capacity.


Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2016), Glunz & Jensen, Reshoring in Slovakia, factsheet number 26, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/26.