Global Advantage

Give your company a competitive advantage in the global marketplace...

Global Advantage creates real-world solutions by meeting the challenges that businesses face. Whether it is finding business partners or customers, we help companies expand in the North American market as well as help domestic companies reach international markets.

The Global Advantage program is managed by Tech Parks Arizona through the University of Arizona (UA) Center for Innovation.

Global Advantage is a network of trusted partners with a wealth of expertise in international business. This trusted network provides companies with a complete suite of business support tools and a soft-landing program, all from a very advantageous location within the NAFTA region – Tucson, Arizona.

Specifically, Global Advantage gives your company a competitive advantage by helping with:

Market Access
Product Development
Manufacturing Assistance
Business Development

Market Access

Located in Tucson, Arizona, Global Advantage provides access to major markets in the U.S. and North America: California to the west; the Arizona Sun Corridor and the intermountain west including Nevada, Utah and Colorado to the north; Texas to the east; and northwest Mexico to the south.

The Arizona-Sonora region is a major trade corridor that reaches sixty-eight million customers in the United States and Mexico within a 1,000-mile radius. A robust integrated multimodal transportation system of air, rail, and roads connects all points.

Product Development

Global Advantage can help with every stage of product development, including:

research and development
proof of concept
prototyping
testing, evaluation, and demonstration

We help turn great ideas into successful businesses—and we help successful businesses grow bigger, better and more productive.

Manufacturing Assistance

Global Advantage can assist with locating high-quality manufacturing facilities. Diverse facilities are available from first-generation production to large-scale manufacturing.

We empower your company to:

produce your products at a competitive price
distribute them throughout North American under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

Business Development

Global Advantage provides a soft landing for international companies and for domestic companies interested in relocation or expansion.

We can:

help you find the space that meets your needs
connect you with suppliers, partners and business leaders who can help you reach your goals
assist in determining potential customers

Where Innovation Shines - Tucson, Arizona

Tucson is located in the Sonoran Desert and is the second-largest city in Arizona with a greater metropolitan area population of 1.1 million. When it comes to costs, Tucson is an excellent option because the cost of living and doing business is 10 percent lower than the national average. Tucson and Southern Arizona enjoy a high-quality lifestyle that is less expensive than major markets on the east and west coasts.

Tucson has a diverse workforce and industry strengths in sectors that include: aerospace and defense, bioscience, solar, mining, water and arid lands as well as transportation and logistics.

Industry strengths are built upon the University of Arizona’s research enterprise, the existing industry base in Southern Arizona, and Tech Parks Arizona’s exceptional testing, evaluation and demonstration capabilities.

The Global Advantage - Customized Business Assistance

Global Advantage is a full-service, soft landings program.

Connections to the University of Arizona programs, faculty, students and facilities
Introductions to industry and community partners and collaborators
Assistance with business plans
Assistance with marketing analysis and marketing plans
Access to the local investment community
Assistance with event planning
Access to office, laboratory and production space
Participation in Arizona Center for Innovation (business incubator) programs and events
Access to executive suite services

Global Advantage Partners

Global Advantage is comprised of partners that foster international business opportunities and include:

CAID Industries which specializes in diversification and being a vertically integrated solutions for engineering, custom fabrication, pressure vessels, large scale manufacturing, factory automation, precision machining, extensive mine technologies and services.

Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR an employee owned and founded commercial real estate business with properties in Southern Arizona and Sonora, Mexico.

Tech Parks Arizona which creates the place, environment, and interactive ground that generates, attracts and retains technology companies in alignment with the research, mission, and goals of the University of Arizona.

Tetakawi which provides manufacturing and technology companies with turnkey solutions to establishing world-class manufacturing environments in Mexico.

Tucson Electric Power which provides safe and reliable power to Tucson residents.