Company/Division name | Smiley Monroe |
Parent company | Smiley Monroe |
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: | 2020 |
Capital investment ($): | 2 |
Country(ies) from which reshored: | Ireland |
City reshored to: | Franklin |
State(s) reshored to: | KY |
If relevant, work nearshored to: | - |
Industry(ies): | Plastic & Rubber Products |
Product(s) reshored | conveyor belts & materials handling equipment |
What non-domestic negative factors made offshoring less attractive? | Tariffs, Other, political uncertainty in the UK |
What domestic positive factors made reshoring more attractive? | Customer responsiveness improvement, Lead time/Time to market, Proximity to customers/market, Other, expansion |