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27 May 2009

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AVEVA Partners with Engineering Resource Company & Community College to Train Displaced Detroit-Area Auto Designers

AVEVA Group plc announced it is partnered with engineering resource company Talascend, LLC and Macomb Community College in Warren, Michigan, to provide training for unemployed auto designers whose positions have been eliminated over the last several years due to economic conditions and industry changes. The company has donated more than $800,000 in engineering software to Macomb Community College to cross train experienced designers and engineers with the skills to enter the plant design industry and other US engineering markets where demand is higher.

"Although the automotive sector is struggling in the current economic environment, the US engineering market as a whole is actually in need of quality, skilled workers and this program provides an opportunity to fill that need while also supporting a deflated auto industry," said Derek Middlemas, Group Operations Director at AVEVA Group plc. "AVEVA is pleased to donate the world's leading engineering software for the purpose of retraining individuals for future employment."

Talascend, LLC created the program having witnessed firsthand the decline in demand for automotive designers and engineers; and through their research determined a need for those positions in the piping industry. Talascend teamed with Macomb Community College, an accredited institution and Michigan's largest provider of certificates and associate degrees, to develop and deploy the curriculum, facility and personnel for the training. The program works with Michigan's "No Worker Left Behind" Program for funding eligible students.

The 6-week training program is currently taught by Dr Bill Beazley, executive director of the Society of Piping Engineers & Designers (SPED), jointly with a Macomb College instructor. After completing the training program, graduates are ready for assignment immediately.

For those interested in registering for the course, or further information regarding the graduates and the Talascend Global Training Academy, please contact Ann Spaven, Training Academy Administrator at 248-537-1287 or visit http://www.talascend-gta.com/.

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