Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
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.
DAVA Foods Finland is an egg producer that offshored liquid egg products from Finland to Sweden. However, customers did not appreciate the change while the company did not receive the expected advantages. Thus, the production will be returned to Kaarina in Finland by the end of 2016. One of the challenges was the short shelf life of the products while the level of production costs was roughly the same in Finland and Sweden. On the other hand, production in Sweden increased the level of logistics expenses. The company has to invest EUR 300,000 in new machinery. Production volume is 4mn kilos per year. DAVA Foods Finland is equally owned by Finnish cooperative Munakunta and Danish DAVA Foods.
Eurofound (2016), DAVA Foods Finland, Reshoring in Finland, factsheet number 156, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/156.
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