BSI Acquires The Center For Energy and Environmental Management -- CEEM --.RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 1998-- Acquisition Will Consolidate BSI's and CEEM's Training Services, Enabling the New Entity, CEEM CEEM Consortium for Environmental Education in Medicine CEEM Conference on Environmental Electromagnetics CEEM Consejo Estatal de Estudiantes de Medicina (Spanish National Medicine Students' Council) Inc., to Better Serve its Customers' Training Requirements BSI BSI - British Standards Institute Inc., the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. division of BSI, the world's leading registrar of quality management systems, Thursday announced that BSI has acquired the Center for Energy and Environmental Management (CEEM), a provider of seminars, workshops, conferences, and publications that relate to various quality management systems standards. CEEM Inc. will become a member of the BSI group BSI Group, also known in its home market as the British Standards Institution (or BSI) is a multinational business services provider whose principal activity is the production of standards and the supply of standards-related services. of companies, along with BSI Inc. and Inspectorate PLC, one of the world's leading international inspection companies, which BSI acquired in May 1998. CEEM's operations are divided into three primary areas -- Training Services, Information Services See Information Systems. , and Marketing Services. CEEM Training Services offers a full complement of instruction conferences, and strategic consulting on a wide range of specialty management topics. Information Services provides executives and managers with up-to-date information through newsletters, guidebooks, handbooks, reports, and videos. This division publishes International Environmental Systems Update (IESU), a monthly newsletter on ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 14000-related issues, and Pro Bono Short for pro bono publico [Latin, For the public good]. The designation given to the free legal work done by an attorney for indigent clients and religious, charitable, and other nonprofit entities. , a newsletter that assists companies with strategic charitable contribution charitable contribution n. in taxation, a contribution to an organization which is officially created for charitable, religious, educational, scientific, artistic, literary, or other good works. programs. CEEM Marketing Services markets all CEEM products and services, as well as products and services for other companies that complement CEEM's programs and publications. "Over the past several years, BSI Inc. and CEEM have had a very strong partnership offering quality management systems training programs to meet international standards for ISO 9000, QS-9000, ISO 14000, and medical devices," said Serge Ogranovitch, manager of Training Services for BSI Inc. "We have been impressed by the company and the professionalism of its staff in delivering its products and services. We believe that the acquisition of CEEM will further demonstrate our dedication to providing clients with the best service possible." "Becoming part of the BSI group of companies will enable us to better integrate our services to meet our customers' needs," said Brooks Cook, president of CEEM. "The acquisition will enable CEEM Inc. to provide increased support for the training programs and publications, and most importantly Adv. 1. most importantly - above and beyond all other consideration; "above all, you must be independent" above all, most especially , enhance customer service." Under this agreement, all training activities previously provided by BSI Inc. and CEEM will be integrated and provided to the public through a new entity, CEEM Inc. Directed by Ogranovitch, the new entity will continue to provide accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. and non-accredited public courses and publications that relate to the various ISO management systems standards. As part of the BSI group of companies, CEEM Inc., BSI Inc., and Inspectorate PLC will all operate as separate entities. About CEEM Inc. Founded in 1979 as a publication company, CEEM grew to be a company that offers seminars, workshops, conferences, and publications. Headquartered in Fairfax, Va., CEEM has 12 employees and nine instructors, and reached annual revenues of $3 million in 1997. CEEM Inc. will relocate to new offices in Reston, on August 1, 1998. About BSI Inc. BSI is the world's leading registrar. Founded in 1901, BSI has issued over 32,500 registrations in over 70 countries. BSI Inc. was established in 1991 and is headquartered in Reston, with nine regional offices in the U.S. and two in Mexico to serve the North American market. BSI was the world's first national standards body, and a founding member of the International Organization for Standardization International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Organization for determining standards in most technical and nontechnical fields. Founded in Geneva in 1947, its membership includes more than 100 countries. (ISO). BSI facilitated and published the first commercial standards to address quality management systems, environmental management systems, occupational health and safety management systems, and project management. For more information on BSI Inc., call 800/862-4977, or visit www.bsi-inc.org.
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