CDI Corp. Announces Joint Marketing Agreement With Ascent Engineering

PHILADELPHIA, May 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- CDI Corp. CDI announced today that its Global Engineering & Technology Solutions (GETS) business entered a joint business development and marketing relationship with Houston-based Ascent Engineering to deliver greater engineering capabilities to the oil, gas and chemicals industry.

The relationship combines CDI's multi-discipline engineering solutions with Ascent's expertise in conceptual and front-end process engineering services to help clients achieve improved business results through the optimization of technology options, project scope, schedule and budget on critical capital projects.

"CDI and Ascent already have demonstrated the value of working together for the benefit of our clients on several projects. This agreement reflects our mutual high level of commitment to provide our clients with greater expertise and more effective and integrated solutions," said Bill Wasilewski, Executive Vice President of CDI's GETS business. "This is an important step to achieving full concept-to-commissioning capabilities. Our collaboration with Ascent, as well as leveraging technology and construction partnerships, creates a single point of accountability and thought leadership within a flexible delivery model based on client needs."

"We look forward to future successful projects leveraging our companies' mutual strengths providing 'right-sized' engineering solutions at all project phases to our clients," said Joe Musumeci, Owner and Engineering Consultant, Ascent Engineering.

About CDI
CDI Corp. CDI provides client-focused engineering, information technology and staffing solutions. Our customers operate in a variety of industries, ranging from Oil, Gas & Chemicals to Aerospace & Industrial Equipment, and High Technology, and include corporate, federal, state and municipal entities. We serve customers through offices and delivery centers in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. We also provide staffing services through our global MRINetwork® of franchisees.

Within the oil, gas and chemicals industry, CDI's Global Engineering & Technology Solutions business provides a full range of engineering and design services to enable our clients to adapt to rapidly changing needs by accelerating time to market, managing risk and optimizing business results. Our clients benefit from our outsourced project services, including up-front planning, engineering and design, as well as commissioning and construction management. Learn more at www.cdicorp.com/engineering 

About Ascent Engineering
Ascent Engineering, Inc. is an engineering firm based in Houston, Texas. We specialize in the design and modification of petroleum refineries, chemical processing and alternative energy facilities. Our capabilities range from a few hours of general consulting through Schedule "A" packages. Our specialty is custom process engineering to meet the needs of your facility and staff. We have completed a wide variety of projects. More information about Ascent engineering is available at: www.ascentengineering.com

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