Company/Division name | iRT Wheels |
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: | 2014 |
Year reshoring implemented or to be implemented: | 2014 |
Offshore, work was done: | Outsourced |
Domestically, the work will be done: | Outsourced |
Country(ies) from which reshored: | Taiwan, Province of China |
If relevant, work nearshored to: | - |
Industry(ies): | Transportation Equipment |
Product(s) reshored | Components for Bicycle Wheels |
What non-domestic negative factors made offshoring less attractive? | Lead time/time to market, Loss of control |
What domestic positive factors made reshoring more attractive? | 3D Printing/Additive Manufacturing, Re-design of the part |