Company/Division name | Independence LED |
Type of work | Manufacturing |
If manufacturing, is the company an OEM? | Yes |
Reshoring category: | Reshoring |
What product(s) and/or service(s) were outsourced domestically? | Manufacturing |
Year reshoring announced: | 2009 |
Offshore, work was done: | Outsourced |
Domestically, the work will be done: | In-house |
Country(ies) from which reshored: | China |
City reshored to: | Wayne |
State(s) reshored to: | PA |
If relevant, work nearshored to: | - |
Industry(ies): | Electrical Equipment/Appliances/Components |
Product(s) reshored | LED Lighting |
What non-domestic negative factors made offshoring less attractive? | Freight cost, Lead time/time to market, Loss of control, Price, Quality/rework/warranty |
What domestic positive factors made reshoring more attractive? | Higher productivity, Manufacturing/engineering joint innovation (R&D), Skilled workforce availability/training, Other, American energy independence |