Company/Division name | Dow / Mitsui JV |
Parent company | Dow Chemical / Mitsui & Co. |
Type of work | Manufacturing |
Reshoring category: | Reshoring |
Year reshoring announced: | 2010 |
Year reshoring implemented or to be implemented: | 2014 |
Capital investment ($): | 411 |
Country(ies) from which reshored: | Japan |
City reshored to: | Freeport |
State(s) reshored to: | TX |
If relevant, work nearshored to: | - |
Industry(ies): | Chemicals |
Product(s) reshored | chlor-alkali (sodium hydroxide & chlorine) |
What non-domestic negative factors made offshoring less attractive? | Other, chem update |
What domestic positive factors made reshoring more attractive? | Automation/technology, Customer responsiveness improvement, Lean/other business process improvement techniques, U.S. price of natural gas/chemicals/electricity, Other, import replacement; increase supply to meet demand |