Company/Division name | Kuehne + Nagel Inc. |
Parent company | Kuehne Holding AG |
Type of work | Manufacturing |
Reshoring category: | Foreign Direct Investment |
Total number of jobs (added or to be added): | 180 |
Year reshoring announced: | 2018 |
Year reshoring implemented or to be implemented: | 2018 |
Country(ies) from which reshored: | Switzerland |
City reshored to: | North Charleston |
State(s) reshored to: | SC |
If relevant, work nearshored to: | - |
Industry(ies): | Transportation Equipment |
Product(s) reshored | Utility vans |
What non-domestic negative factors made offshoring less attractive? | Tariffs, Total cost |
What domestic positive factors made reshoring more attractive? | Eco-system synergies, Higher productivity, Lead time/Time to market, Lean/other business process improvement techniques, Proximity to customers/market |