This paper aims to identify an area of over 5 ha for setting up an industrial park in Ipatinga microregion in Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Ipatinga is both nationally and internationally regarded as a model city in terms of development because of Usiminas Company, which is one of the greatest metallurgic industrial powers of Minas Gerais State. Setting up an industrial park in this framework is essential to attract potential investors, to foster purchase of products manufactured by Usiminas, and thus to promote fiscal incentives to the municipality, which may contribute to Ipatinga socioeconomic development. A multicriteria analysis was carried out, applying fuzzy logic (IDRISE software), ArcGis and images available from Google Earth and made a mosaic. Areas suitable for the industrial park implantation and the most suitable area were found by means of a cost-benefit analysis. Since hiring qualified labor after setting the park up would eventually implicate migration of several people from other regions, a dwelling study was also carry out. The results indicate that multicriteria analysis is an important tool for decision-making throughout the process of assessing and selecting areas to set up striking enterprises.
Industrial Location; Usiminas company; Geographic information system; WLC and OWA
