Company/Division name | Bicycle Corporation of America |
Parent company | Kent International |
Type of work | Manufacturing |
Reshoring category: | Reshoring |
Total number of jobs (added or to be added): | 65 |
Year reshoring announced: | 2019 |
City reshored to: | Summerton |
State(s) reshored to: | SC |
If relevant, work nearshored to: | - |
Industry(ies): | Hobbies (subset of Miscelaneous) |
Product(s) reshored | bicycles |
What non-domestic negative factors made offshoring less attractive? | Price, Tariffs, Total cost |
What domestic positive factors made reshoring more attractive? | Automation/technology, Image/brand, Skilled workforce availability/training, Under-utilized capacity, Walmart, Other, import replacement |