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SSOE Group Introduces New Name, Principals, and Logo

                Changes Reflect Global Growth for EPCM Firm

    TOLEDO, Ohio, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- SSOE Group CEO Tony Damon
announced today that SSOE's name will officially become SSOE Group. "The
name change, as well as the EPCM designation allows the company a greater
opportunity to represent its full range of design, construction, and
program management services to the markets we serve," said Damon.

    Despite the fact that SSOE's roots are in design, the company has
provided a full range of EPCM services to a number of global clients,
including Cummins, Ford, FedEx, Honda, Volkswagen, and The Goodyear Tire
and Rubber Company. SSOE began offering these services in response to a
growing demand from clients to have a single point of responsibility along
with the time and cost savings this delivery method can afford.

    Concurrent with these changes is the introduction of a new logo. "The
fresh logo helps us to better identify SSOE globally, an important feature
as we continue to expand in a number of international markets, including
China, India and Europe," said Catherine Malicki, principal and Vice
President, Marketing and Public Relations.

    In addition to the introduction of the new name and logo, six SSOE
Senior Associates were promoted to Principal status. SSOE's Board of
Directors named Bob McCain, PE, Mike Murphy, Brian K. Spencer, PE, John
Marrow, PMP, Ron Guiliani, PE, PMP, and Doug Berner, PE, PMP, as principal
owners. "This group brings exceptional expertise across our primary market
sectors," Damon said. "Each has shared responsibility for SSOE's continued
success in a challenging economy."

    "SSOE has been consistently recognized for its expertise in a number of
areas by several industry and business publications," Malicki said. "Inc.
Magazine recently named SSOE Group as one of the fastest growing private
firms in the country. That is another indicator of the growing influence of
SSOE in areas like alternative energy, automotive, food and beverage,
education, and healthcare."

    Besides the ranking by Inc., SSOE was ranked third among automotive
firms by Engineering News Record (ENR) based on revenue from sustainable
projects. SSOE designed 50 percent of all U.S. greenfields automotive
plants built during the last decade. Building Design and Construction
listed SSOE as ninth among Building Information Modeling (BIM) Adapters.
Additionally, Modern Healthcare ranked SSOE among the top 100 Healthcare
firms, while ENR ranked the company fourth among food processing firms. To
that end, SSOE has completed more than 500 food related projects in the
past five years.

    About SSOE Group

    SSOE Group is an international EPCM firm ranked eleventh among the
largest engineering and architecture firms (Building Design + Construction,
2009). SSOE has also been named one of the "Best AEC Firms to Work For"
(Building Design + Construction) and as one of the fastest-growing U.S.
architecture, engineering, and environmental consulting firms by
ZweigWhite, Hot List 2009.

    With 18 offices around the world, SSOE is a leader in providing
sustainable and renewable solutions. The company has earned a solid
reputation providing architecture, engineering, procurement, and
construction management services to the healthcare, automotive, science and
technology, energy, alternative energy, biofuels, chemical, food and
beverage, glass, and personal care industries. SSOE has completed projects
in more than 30 countries. Visit http://www.ssoe.com for additional information
and career opportunities.



    Media Contact:
    Linda Packo
    419.327.0519 cell
    419.255.3830 x1887
    lpacko@ssoe.com