Guild Member Profile

Wolfgang Riedel is the founder and managing partner of the Germany-based consultancy firm Riedel Consulting GmbH. The company’s explicit focus is on site selection consulting to advise firms on their global expansion strategies.

Out of close to 30 years of professional experience, Wolfgang Riedel has conducted site selection throughout many of the world’s key investment markets for nearly 20 years, with project references in more than 40 countries on five continents and a worldwide track record of around 300 field technical due diligence assessments in the past years.

GEOGRAPHIC AREAS SERVED

North America

International

Industries

Data Centers	Energy	IT
Automotive	Chemicals and Plastics	Advanced Manufacturing
Electronics

PAST CLIENTS

Asian developer of photovoltaic parks/concentrating solar power plants	Brazilian state government and state development bank (Southeastern Brazil)	European economic development organizations and cities
European manufacturer of advanced semiconductor components	European manufacturer of auto parts	European manufacturer of silicon ingots
European manufacturer of specialty chemicals	European semiconductor manufacturer (power semiconductors/microcontrollers)	Mexican state government (Northern Mexico)
U.S. manufacturer of nondurable household products	U.S. manufacturer of personal products	U.S. manufacturer of photovoltaic thin film modules
U.S. semiconductor manufacturer (microcontrollers/flash memory devices)

PERSONAL NOTE

Wolfgang Riedel holds a Degree in Physics from the University of Ulm, Germany.

Wolfgang began his career at several world market leaders in segments such as high-tech products, process technologies or process equipment for electronics, optical and other high-tech industries. Prior to starting Riedel Consulting GmbH, Wolfgang served as head of site selection at the M+W Group, a leading global engineering and construction partner for mainly technology-driven clients.