Michigan-Based Technical Staffing Leader, MPS Global, LLC, Acquires U.K.-based Talascend Group, an International Engineering Staffing Solutions Company

MPS Global LLC, a leading provider of high-tech engineering, design and IT talent, announced today that it has acquired the Talascend Group including EPCglobal, an international engineering staffing company operating exclusively in the engineering and construction industries.

Troy, Michigan (PRWEB) October 29, 2008

MPS Global LLC, a leading provider of high-tech engineering, design and IT talent, announced today that it has acquired the Talascend Group including EPCglobal, an international engineering staffing company operating exclusively in the engineering and construction industries.

MPS Global (MPSG) adds EPCglobal to its current family of staffing, sourcing and high-tech talent-related businesses which includes Modern Professional Services, Quality Technical Services, MPS Global Training Academy and MPS Global Outsourced Staffing Solutions. Under MPSG, EPCglobal will continue to maintain operations in all of its existing nine offices located in Bristol, London and Sheffield, U.K.; Denver, Colorado; Frederick, Maryland; Houston, Texas; New Delhi, India; and Abu Dhabi, UAE. EPCglobal will continue to operate under its current brand name.

Commenting on the transaction, MPSG CEO, Ron Wood, said, "Our vision is to create a global, multi-industry, high-tech talent management and sourcing organization that can utilize its synergies across technical disciplines to assist companies across the globe in meeting the increasingly difficult challenge of finding the highest qualified employees to meet demanding workflow fluctuations." Wood also said, "By expanding our reach across multi-industries, we create the opportunity to cross-pollinate our highly technical workforce through retraining programs which allow individuals to apply their existing knowledge and experience in one industry to industries with a growing demand for people."

About Modern Professional Services
Modern Professional Services, headquartered in Troy, Michigan, and with offices in Georgia, Ohio and Tennessee, has been offering human resource solutions to the manufacturing marketplace for more than 62 years. For more information, visit their website at http://www.modprof.com.

About Quality Technical Services
Quality Technical Services, headquartered in Mobile, Alabama, and with offices in Birmingham, Alabama; Greenville, South Carolina; Houston, TX; and New Orleans, Louisiana; has been providing technical staffing services to the engineering & construction management and process industries for over 10 years. For more information, visit their website at http://www.quality-technical.com.

About MPS Global Training Academy
MPS Global Training Academy, headquartered in Troy, Michigan, was formed to provide retraining and job placement opportunities to engineering and design professionals across the United States.

About MPS Global Outsourced Staffing Solutions
MPSG Outsourced Staffing Solutions, headquartered in Troy, Michigan, offers creative solutions to industry skill shortages including cross industry talent migration and remote workforce management.

Contact:
Richard Spragg,     
MPS Global LLC
richard.spragg @ epcglobal.com
240 315 8899

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