How to make your European Manufacturing Operations Competitive and Future Proof?

December 2025: Regionalization of value chains means servicing European customers with nearby competitive manufacturing plants. Required: cost effective production with smart manufacturing technologies in locations in Europe, Middle East and Africa which combine low cost, high quality of the business environment (a.o. talent base) and low risks.

Takeaways / learnings from the webinar:

• How to optimize your company’s manufacturing footprint in Europe? How to trade off manufacturing in higher cost locations (including new manufacturing technologies) versus low labor cost locations?
• How to make a well-based comparison between current and potentially new production plant locations in Europe, taking all cost factors (such as labor costs; real estate costs; inbound and outbound distribution costs; taxes), quality of the business environment factors (e.g. availability of labor; labor regulations; proximity of suppliers; accessibility) and risk factors into account?
• Which locations in EMEA are low cost alternatives to current high cost locations in Western Europe?
• How to develop a robust, customer centric distribution network?

Presented by:

• René Buck, President & CEO of BCI Global, contact René at Rene.Buck@bciglobal.com
• Johan Beukema, Managing Partner and Global Head Location Strategies & Site Selection at BCI Global, contact Johan at Johan.Beukema@bciglobal.com

Click HERE for the live video recording