French flooring giant moves soft flooring production to U.S. from Canada

URLhttps://www.furnituretoday.com/rugs/french-floorin
SourceFurniture Today
Date Published04/25/2019
Author NameCecile Corral
Mentions specific company case(s) of reshoring, kept from offshoring, or transplantYes

Additional Reshoring Information:

Company/Division name Tarkett
Type of work Manufacturing
Reshoring category:Reshoring
Year reshoring announced:2019
Year reshoring implemented or to be implemented:2019
Domestically, the work will be done:In-house
Country(ies) from which reshored:Canada
City reshored to:Dalton
State(s) reshored to:GA
If relevant, work nearshored to:-
Industry(ies):Apparel & Textiles, Furniture
Product(s) reshoredcarpeting
What non-domestic negative factors made offshoring less attractive?Freight cost, Supply chain interruption risk/Natural disaster risk/Political instability
What domestic positive factors made reshoring more attractive?Higher productivity, Proximity to customers/market
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