Company/Division name | BOCAR |
Type of work | Manufacturing |
Reshoring category: | Foreign Direct Investment |
Total number of jobs (added or to be added): | 300 |
Year reshoring announced: | 2017 |
Year reshoring implemented or to be implemented: | 2017 |
Domestically, the work will be done: | In-house |
Capital investment ($): | 115 |
Country(ies) from which reshored: | Germany |
City reshored to: | Huntsville |
State(s) reshored to: | AL |
If relevant, work nearshored to: | - |
Industry(ies): | Transportation Equipment |
Product(s) reshored | high-end structural aluminum parts |
What non-domestic negative factors made offshoring less attractive? | Quality/rework/warranty |
What domestic positive factors made reshoring more attractive? | Automation/technology, Higher productivity, Skilled workforce availability/training |