Company/Division name | Sumitomo Demag Plastics Machinery N. America, Inc. |
Parent company | Sumimoto Heavy Industries, Ltd. |
Type of work | Manufacturing |
Reshoring category: | Foreign Direct Investment |
Total number of jobs (added or to be added): | 30 |
Year reshoring announced: | 2019 |
Year reshoring implemented or to be implemented: | 2019 |
Capital investment ($): | 800,000 |
Country(ies) from which reshored: | Japan |
City reshored to: | Suwanee |
State(s) reshored to: | GA |
If relevant, work nearshored to: | - |
Industry(ies): | Machinery |
Product(s) reshored | injection molding machinery |
What domestic positive factors made reshoring more attractive? | Customer responsiveness improvement, Lead time/Time to market, Proximity to customers/market |