Japan’s Kubota to build new $53m production plant in US

URLhttps://www.worldconstructionnetwork.com/news/japa
SourceWorld Construction Network
Date Published08/17/2020
Mentions specific company case(s) of reshoring, kept from offshoring, or transplantYes

Additional Reshoring Information:

Company/Division name Great Plains Manufacturing (GPM)
Parent companyKubota
Type of work Manufacturing
Reshoring category:Foreign Direct Investment
Total number of jobs (added or to be added):120
Year reshoring announced:2020
Year reshoring implemented or to be implemented:2023
Domestically, the work will be done:In-house
Capital investment ($):53
Country(ies) from which reshored:Japan
City reshored to:Salina
State(s) reshored to:KS
If relevant, work nearshored to:-
Industry(ies):Machinery, Transportation Equipment
Product(s) reshoredcompact track loaders
What non-domestic negative factors made offshoring less attractive?Supply chain interruption risk/Natural disaster risk/Political instability , Tariffs
What domestic positive factors made reshoring more attractive?Customer responsiveness improvement, Lead time/Time to market, Proximity to customers/market
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