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 Of Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery And Equipment 25.7 - Manufacture Of Cutlery, Tools And General Hardware
No information on job gains number available
Announcement Date
10 March 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2016
Foreseen end date
Description
GAH Alberts is a German family-owned company producing several different metal products. As far as the production of hinges, it was initially outsourced and offshored in China mainly for cost reason. However, in 2016 the company decided to relocate and re-insource such a product line in its plant at Herscheid (Germany). As a consequence, the German facility was highly automated in order to improve the company flexibility, reduce delivery time, and realize higher quality products. However, changes in the Herscheid plant requested more time tha expected, therefore the production started only in 2018.
Eurofound (2018), GAH Alberts, Reshoring in Germany, factsheet number 55, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/55.
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