A study on industrial location: a comparative analysis of Shah Alam and Klang industrial parks / Mulyadee Daud

Industrial location is one of the most important decisions faced by industrialists in deciding where to relocate or expand their business. There are normally three major factors influencing industrial location decisions namely, location of industrial development, labour land/properties offered. supply and prices of industrial This paper was written to study the industrial location and its factors with relations to industrial parks development located in Shah Alam and Klang. Industrial parks had experienced tremendous growth since the early 1990s, particularly in the period of 1993 to 1995 and the State of Selangor Darul Ehsan is the best example to show the development of this new concept in industrialization. As Selangor calls for many domestic investment and SMIs growth, industrial parks have many to offer to SMIs, especially in Shah Alam and Klang. The study found that there were differing views about industrial location decision from the comparative analysis conducted, industrial parks located in Klang have more advantages after taking into consideration all those major factors. For the purpose of this study, developers are interviewed and the elements that influenced industrial location are studied.