Company/Division name | Whirlpool |
Parent company | Whirlpool |
Type of work | Manufacturing |
Reshoring category: | Reshoring |
Total number of jobs (added or to be added): | 90 |
Year reshoring announced: | 2013 |
Year reshoring implemented or to be implemented: | 2013 |
Country(ies) from which reshored: | Mexico |
City reshored to: | Clyde |
State(s) reshored to: | OH |
Industry(ies): | Electrical Equipment/Appliances/Components |
Product(s) reshored | front-loading washing machines |
What non-domestic negative factors made offshoring less attractive? | Freight cost |
What domestic positive factors made reshoring more attractive? | Automation/technology, U.S. price of natural gas/chemicals/electricity |