Kelly Services(R) Expands Into Latin America
16 Novembre 2011 - 6:09PM
Marketwired
Kelly Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: KELYA) (NASDAQ: KELYB) today
announced the acquisition of Tradição Tecnologia e Serviços Ltda, a
top national service provider in Brazil. This acquisition
strengthens Kelly's presence in the Brazilian market, enabling the
Company to address the increasingly complex talent needs of clients
and multinational organizations with operations in Brazil.
Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. In addition to
Tradição's headquarter office in Sao Paulo, the acquisition
includes 12 branch locations throughout Brazil. Besides traditional
temporary staffing services, Tradição's service offerings include
permanent placement, executive search, and training. As a part of
the transaction the founders, Pedro Caldas and Sergio Valentim,
will remain on for a transition period, reporting to Sergio Gomez,
Vice President and General Manager for Kelly Services operations in
Latin America.
The acquisition underscores a successful relationship between
both companies, and creates a stronger competitive position in
Brazil, a pivotal BRIC country. Both Tradição and Kelly® were
founded on strong traditions of integrity, quality, and
professional excellence. In addition, each company shares a similar
operating philosophy of offering a comprehensive array of global
workforce solutions to customers while providing desirable jobs for
employees.
"This acquisition extends Kelly's global reach in a very robust
and emerging economic market," said Michael Webster, Executive Vice
President and General Manager, Americas, Kelly Services. "We look
forward to providing clients with customized staffing and workforce
solutions, and introducing our broad array of professional and
technical service offerings to the Brazilian market."
"Kelly's experience and reach into professional and technical
talent will provide employment options for degreed, experienced
talent across a variety of industries, from science and IT to
engineering and finance," said Pedro Caldas.
"We are very excited to be joining the Kelly Services
organization," said Sergio Valentim. "Kelly's reputation, industry
experience, and breadth of service offerings enable us to better
address the expanding talent needs of our customers."
About Tradição Tradição was founded in
1988 and is headquartered in São Paulo. For more than 20 years, the
company has provided talent solutions such as temporary staffing,
permanent placement, executive search, and training to companies
throughout Brazil. Tradição is currently listed as a top national
service provider in Brazil. Visit www.tradicao.com.br and connect
with us on Facebook and Twitter.
About Kelly Services Kelly Services, Inc.
(NASDAQ: KELYA) (NASDAQ: KELYB) is a leader in providing workforce
solutions. Kelly offers a comprehensive array of outsourcing and
consulting services as well as world-class staffing on a temporary,
temporary-to-hire and direct-hire basis. Serving clients around the
globe, Kelly provides employment to more than 530,000 employees
annually. Revenue in 2010 was $5 billion. Visit
www.kellyservices.com and connect with us on Facebook, LinkedIn,
& Twitter.
Media and Analyst Contact: Jane Stehney Kelly Services,
Inc. Jane_stehney@kellyservices.com 248-244-5630 Carla Rebelo
Tradicao +55 11 3886-4354 carla.rebelo@tradicao.com.br
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