The Southwestern Ontario Marketing Alliance (SOMA) is a partnership of Southwestern Ontario communities, grown out of natural economic ties. Known as “Canada's Industrial Heartland,” this region encompasses the municipalities of Ingersoll, Perth County, Stratford, St. Thomas, Tillsonburg and Woodstock. It stretches across Elgin, Oxford and Perth counties, with advantageous connections to the nearby Kitchener/Waterloo and London areas. The SOMA region offers many distinct advantages to manufacturing businesses, including: • A strategic location, with access to 5 USMCA corridors and 6 Canada/USA border crossings, reaching 130 million consumers within one day’s trucking • A large talent pool of 500,000 skilled workers • Competitive business costs • Strategic advantages that enable Southwestern Ontario manufacturers in key sectors to outperform competitors located in other parts of the province Our area businesses are investing & growing, with over $2 billion in private sector investments in plant and equipment made in the last 5 years. We invite you to discover for yourself why manufacturing thrives here. Learn more: https://canadasindustrialheartland.com Contact us: https://canadasindustrialheartland.com/contact-soma #investSOMAregion #CanadaIndustrialHeartland #OntarioIndustrialHeartland #SouthwesternOntario #economicdevelopment