Your Global Partner for Location Strategy

For more than 60 years, Global Location Strategies has conducted location strategy, site selection, and incentive negotiations for world-class industrial and manufacturing corporations.

With GLS, you will have a site selection team with an unparalleled understanding of the complexity and diversity of operational needs of capital- and resource-intensive projects. Our methodology is structured yet customizable to meet our clients’ specific business needs, strategies, priorities, and objectives.

Contact us today to learn more about our services.

Testimonial Rockwool - Europe Office

“We are appreciative to the team at Global Location Strategies for their guidance in helping us identify the right location for our planned manufacturing facility. GLS demonstrated professionalism throughout the process and has become a trusted partner to ROCKWOOL.”

– Rory Moss, President, North America

Location Strategy

The advisors at GLS have been down this road before and will skillfully guide you to your destination.

Our experienced team walks you through the process of defining your search region, identifying optimal properties, and making an informed decision. Our methodology is structured yet customizable to meet our clients’ specific business needs, strategies, priorities, and objectives.

Whether you are trying to narrow your search to select countries, regions, states, or cities, we will advise what locations have the best mix of a strong labor market, superb business climate, competitive costs, and the infrastructure to meet your project’s development and operational needs.

Every prospective site will have strengths and challenges. Our team scouts available properties to identify and filter through locations that meet your requirements so that you only spend time considering those that will drive you to success. We also help you understand the trade-off of cost, quality, and risk associated with any decision, empowering you to confidently recommend and execute upon the choice that is best for your company.

Through a combination of desktop, virtual, and field analysis, the site evaluation process includes an assessment of each location’s investment and operating costs, functional fit, and location-dependent risks that impact development schedules, costs, and operating flexibility.

Our technical site analysis covers many due diligence factors, including the review and/or identification of entitlements, utilities, logistics, environmental, workforce, and site conditions. The analysis helps to prioritize due diligence activities necessary prior to finalizing a site location that will enable you to commit to your project with confidence.

The availability of incentives will be project-specific and varies across jurisdictions. Our team identifies support available to our clients and analyzes the potential impact to investment and/or operating costs. Additionally, GLS guides its clients through the process and/or requirements for finalization of the incentives.

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Service Spotlight

The available labor market and supply chain can be major factors in finding the right location. We analyze workforce and logistics factors that may feed into location benchmarking and inform site selection parameters.

Workforce

The available labor market is a major factor in finding the right location. Our bespoke workforce analysis can help you determine which community is right for you. The detailed analysis includes a comparison of demographic and workforce considerations critical to the project’s success such as workforce availability, wages, available skillsets, industry turnover, and hiring trends. Additionally, we offer insights into training programs and/or support for workforce pipeline development that will most beneficial for your operation.

Logistics 

Our options for site-specific logistics analysis evaluate factors including transportation costs and inbound and outbound transportation optionality. This analysis feeds into location benchmarking and informs site selection parameters. Preliminary assumptions for transportation costs and customer service quality are used in location benchmarking to find optimal regions for client facilities. Our Network Model forecasts and models the distribution network needed for the next 5+ years, incorporating detailed data into the study.

Our Projects

Hexcel Roussilon France - Europe Office

Hexcel - Europe Office

Hexcel is a global leader in advanced lightweight composites technology. Hexcel enlisted GLS to identify a location for a carbon fiber plant in Europe. The project required a chemical park with existing infrastructure and ease of permitting for air emissions and wastewater treatment.

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The ROCKWOOL Group is a world leader in stone wool solutions covering building, industrial, and technical insulation. The company enlisted GLS to identify a suitable location for a stone wool insulation manufacturing facility. The project required available land for planned and future operations, the ability to accommodate a large electricity demand, and the ability to permit a heavy manufacturing facility.

Condair Richmond Facility - Europe Office

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Condair Group is a global leader in humidification, dehumidification, and evaporative cooling. The company enlisted GLS to identify a suitable location for its next production facility. The project required access to an existing building meeting project specifications, a skilled labor pool, and speed-to-market.

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Nicholette Ross

Nicholette Ross

Managing Consultant