ENVIRON UK LTD

ENVIRON was founded in 1982 in Washington, D.C., as a privately held consulting firm providing a broad range of services to clients concerned with the problems of human exposure to potentially hazardous substances in the environment; in food ingredients and packaging; in drugs, medical devices, and consumer products; and in the workplace. The strong demand for chemical risk assessment and environmental risk management services that drove the firm's growth in the early years was fueled by the public's insistence that steps be taken effectively to manage exposure and health risks related to the products and by-products of industry and technology.

At the outset, the firm chose to pursue a course of planned, measured growth to meet the challenge of geographical expansion without diluting leadership or weakening the company's ability to perform sophisticated multidisciplinary engagements. The first ten years saw expansion to six domestic offices on both coasts. Subsequent domestic expansion positioned ENVIRON strategically throughout the United States.

After establishing a solid foundation and longstanding reputation in the United States as a sophisticated, forward-thinking consultancy that pioneered the application of human health and environmental risk assessment to a wide variety of issues facing business decision makers, the firm began a measured international expansion, beginning with the acquisition of a well-reputed UK consultancy (the former EAG) in 1996, and in the year 2000 the opening of ENVIRON offices in Italy, France, Germany, and Finland. Subsequent European expansion positioned the firm in the Netherlands, Poland, and Spain. The year 2001 saw the opening of the first Asia Pacific offices in Australia, China, Malaysia, and Singapore, further enhancing the firm's ability to meet the worldwide needs of an increasingly transnational client base.