RESHORING THE TEXTILE-PRINTING INDUSTRY IN EUROPE
Reshoring production for the textile-printing industry has become a pressing concern in light of increasing supply-chain problems and sustainability legislation. Michiel Willemse, of Hollanders Printing Solutions, outlines the problems and offers potential solutions
Year
2023
Company
Hollanders Printing Solutions
Author
Michiel Willemse
Offshoring production to low wage countries, is becoming less feasible due to long lead times and rising transportation costs. The EU’s announcement of due-diligence legislation for sustainable manufacturing and equal taxation of CO2 emissions – for internal and external production – also shifts the balance. Manufacturers can answer these shifts by reshoring part of the production process closer to, or inside, The EU.