SHERBROOKE.
INVESTING IN LEADERSHIP.
Sherbrooke is the low-cost giant—No.
1 in the G7—providing exceptional value to your investment. This
impressive result comes from Competitive Alternatives: KPMG’s Guide
to International Business Costs, 2006 edition. The comprehensive study
of location-sensitive costs compares 128 cities in North America, Europe
and Asia-Pacific, using the U.S. average as the study benchmark. This
low-cost giant is No. 1 in the G7 for aerospace, agri-food, automotive,
metal components, precision manufacturing, biotechnology, product testing, software design, and Web and multimedia. And the city adds to
its impressive low-cost track record with number two G7 rankings in medical
devices, pharmaceuticals and corporate service centre industries.
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LEADING THE PACK
This exceptional G7 ranking is further underscored by the city’s
overall low-cost leadership in its region, located within a short 30-minute
drive to 130 million North American consumers. Building on its stellar
G7 ranking, the city is the cost leader in all 17 sectors in its region.
No. 1 ratings in research intensive industries, such as clinical trials,
biotechnology and product testing, further define Sherbrooke as a high-value
investment location.
MAXIMIZING COST ADVANTAGES
The KPMG study confirms Sherbrooke’s substantial cost advantages
over U.S. cities. Sherbrooke reinforces its cost leadership, holding about
13 and 18 percentage point cost advantages over Philadelphia and Boston
respectively.
That’s just the start. Sherbrooke has across-the-board
regional cost advantages in each sectoral category analyzed by KPMG as
proven in the graph below:
The cost advantage is clear. The choice is yours. Investing in
Canada simply makes a whole lot of business sense. |
SHERBROOKE QUICK FACTS:
- Province: Quebec
- Population: 163,700 (2005)
- Traditional Industries: Electronic equipment and
components, metal manufacturing and products, and transportation equipment.
- Emerging Industries: Biotechnology, engineering
and environmental technologies, and information and communications technology.
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