LEADING THE PACK
In the North American Midwest region, Edmonton earns No. 1 low-cost rankings
in seven sectors, including agri-food, automotive, medical devices, metal
components, plastics, software design, and Web and multimedia. Building
on this strong regional showing, the city also is the number two low-cost
location in chemicals, electronics, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications,
biotechnology and corporate service centres.
MAXIMIZING COST ADVANTAGES
The KPMG study confirms Edmonton’s substantial cost advantages over
U.S. cities. Edmonton has strong cost advantages over all U.S. business
locations in the region. For example, the city has a nearly 10 percentage
point cost advantage over Houston, and a decisive 10.5 percentage point
cost advantage over Minneapolis—further supporting a strong business
case for investing in Canada.
That’s just the start. Edmonton has across-the-board
regional cost advantages in each sectoral category analyzed by KPMG as
proven in the graph below:
![Edmonton's Regional Cost Advantages Graph](/web/20071116080757im_/http://www.investincanada.com/images/city_graph_edmonton.jpg)
The cost advantage is clear. The choice is yours. Investing in
Canada simply makes a whole lot of business sense. |