Big World
It's a big world out there, filled with hundreds of countries and billions of workers - and all competing for a piece of the business pie. Multiple trade markets exist, but they're now functioning within one large, global marketplace. Politics and ideology have taken a back seat to economic, relationship-based trading conducted within powerful trading blocs. These blocs, and the subset regions within each, form the global stage on which the world competes in this new global, market-driven economy.
Small World
As big as this world is, it gets smaller every day. Technological advances and telecommunications networks create an integrated global network. Goods and services that used to take weeks to travel now take days, what used to take days, is now delivered in hours. As with all things new, the evolution to this new world market has brought new opportunities - opportunities for businesses to compete on a global scale.
One World
To take full advantage of these new global opportunities, today's businesses must be strategically located and thoroughly connected. There is no other way. Toledo Express Business Park is a 500+ acre (202 hectare) business park located in the nation's heartland, offering businesses the resources and services they need to not only compete, but to compete successfully in this new global reality.
- Location: A strategic location with unparalleled access to the largest
concentration of the nation's industry.
- Transportation: An extensive intermodal transportation infrastructure, including
highway, rail,
water, and
air.
- Perishable Processing Hub: Toledo Express Business Park
is also designed to include a Perishables Processing Hub, which will offer
single point of contact and effective service to the U.S. marketplace for
international providers of all perishable goods. This will be one of four strategically
positioned hubs that
already includes existing hubs in Atlanta, Dallas and New Orleans which,
when combined with Toledo, will provide easy access to 80% of the U.S.
market and 50% of the Canadian market. Additional details may be found
at the
PGI website.
- Network: Connected through a global fiber optic network.
- Workforce: A truly motivated,
highly skilled and
flexible workforce with training and development programs.
- Education: Located near many technical and higher education institutions.
- Economics: Positioned within both a Foreign Trade Zone and an
Enterprise Zone
cost savings through various tax exemptions, abatements, and duty reductions and deferrals.
- Financing: A variety of financing and favorable loan programs help make the move easy.
- International Services: A full range of market access
services is available through
Access-America Plus,
which provides fast, affordable access to U.S. markets.
- International Services (For Domestic Businesses): A full range of access services is available through International Consulting Network to allow companies fast affordable services to reach international markets.
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