Company/Division name | Waupaca Foundry |
Parent company | Hitachi Metals |
Type of work | Manufacturing |
If manufacturing, is the company an OEM? | Yes |
Reshoring category: | Foreign Direct Investment |
Total number of jobs (added or to be added): | 61 |
Year reshoring announced: | 2018 |
Year reshoring implemented or to be implemented: | 2018 |
Capital investment ($): | 4.3 |
Country(ies) from which reshored: | Japan |
City reshored to: | Ironwood |
State(s) reshored to: | MI |
If relevant, work nearshored to: | - |
Industry(ies): | Castings/Foundries - Subset of Primary Metal Products, Primary Metal Products (not including Foundries and Castings) |
Product(s) reshored | cast iron |
What non-domestic negative factors made offshoring less attractive? | Delivery, Quality/rework/warranty |
What domestic positive factors made reshoring more attractive? | Government Incentives, import replacement |
Government Incentive dollar amount: | 1200000 |