U.S. factories pop up to make medical gloves, spurred by pandemic

URLhttps://www.reuters.com/business/us-factories-pop-
SourceReuters
Date Published06/22/2022
Author NameTimothy Aeppel
Mentions specific company case(s) of reshoring, kept from offshoring, or transplantYes

Additional Reshoring Information:

Company/Division name SHOWA Glove Co
Parent companySHOWA Glove Co
Type of work Manufacturing
Reshoring category:Foreign Direct Investment
What product(s) and/or service(s) were outsourced domestically?Manufacturing
Year reshoring announced:2022
Year reshoring implemented or to be implemented:2024
Domestically, the work will be done:In-house
Country(ies) from which reshored:Japan
City reshored to:Fayette
State(s) reshored to:AL
If relevant, work nearshored to:-
Industry(ies):Medical Equipment & Supplies
Product(s) reshoredmedical-grade nitrile gloves
What non-domestic negative factors made offshoring less attractive?Supply chain interruption risk/Natural disaster risk/Political instability
What domestic positive factors made reshoring more attractive?Other, COVID-19
Government Incentive dollar amount:$81.3 million
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