Northern Flags

Type
Reshoring
Country
United Kingdom
Reshoring from
Poland
Reshored business function
Production
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber; West Yorkshire; Leeds
Location of affected unit(s)
Leeds
Sector
Manufacturing
(18) Printing and reproduction of recorded media
18.1 - Printing and service activities related to printing
18.1 - Printing and service activities related to printing
No information on job gains number available
Announcement Date
21 January 2016
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2016
Foreseen end date

Description

Northern Flags is a UK based company belonging to the Faber Vlaggen Group. It produces fabric customized flags, banners and display. In 2008, it offshored the production activity its own plants in Poland and Thailand to take advantage of local low production costs. In 2016, it decided to back-shore  production in its site in Leeds (UK) in order to reduce the delivery time and cope with the growing local demand. To reach such objectives, the plant was highly automated       

Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2016), Northern Flags, Reshoring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 51, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/51.