Echo International Awarded 2-Year Contract with PPG Industries, Inc.

Echo International, a premier language and cultural solutions service provider, was recently awarded a two-year Global Contract for Language and Localization Services by PPG Industries, Inc.

(PRWEB) September 9, 2004 -- Echo has enjoyed preferred vendor status with PPG Industries since 1984. The award of a global contract reinforces PPGs commitment to its existing long-term working relationship with Echo.

The contract is valid for PPGs 108 manufacturing facilities that are located in 23 countries worldwide, and applies to multilingual translation / localization services, as well as customized, targeted language and cultural training for PPGs global workforce.

For over 20 years, Echo has provided PPGs employees with comprehensive solutions to the language and cultural barriers and challenges that are present within global corporations. Echo has supported and enhanced PPGs global message via the translations of corporate communications, human resource materials, training modules, web content, safety manuals, packaging & labeling, contracts, and patents, into and from over 20 languages. PPG has also relied on Echos Global Fluency Programs to train thousands of employees in foreign languages and English, as well as to provide practical knowledge about cultures that are important to PPGs business.

PPG selected Echo as its preferred vendor based a combination of several critical factors: price, quality process, PPG-specific knowledge and expertise, and the ability to provide innovative and comprehensive value-add solutions related to content management.

Echo has always worked with the best interest of PPG in mind. We provide the cost-effective solutions that PPG expects from its suppliers, and are honored to have this opportunity to expand our working relationship with PPG globally," comments Dionne Brelsford, VP -- Client Services at Echo International. We continuously strive to seek out the most cost and time efficient solutions to PPGs global communication requirements. We feel confident that our combination of people, process, and price set us apart from other providers within our service sector."

About Echo International

For over twenty years, Echo has helped global corporations achieve a competitive advantage in their multi-cultural relationships by providing in-depth knowledge and intelligence related to target global markets, well-executed multiple language collateral and products, highly prepared personnel, global processes, and technology systems that integrate culture and language.

Echos client base includes global corporations in virtually every industry sector.

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