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Parsons to Acquire Vehicle Emissions Technology Company

4 October 1999

Parsons to Acquire Vehicle Emissions Technology Company

    PASADENA, Calif.--Oct. 4, 1999--Parsons Corp. Monday announced that it will acquire ProtectAir Inc., a privately held Canadian corporation that provides integrated vehicle emissions inspection and compliance services.
    The acquisition supports one of Parsons' strategic objectives to expand its capabilities in specialized and high-technology markets.
    ProtectAir's areas of expertise include the design, operation and maintenance of emissions inspection programs, software development, hardware/software system integration, auditing services, and personnel training and instruction. Currently, ProtectAir has operations in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Virginia, New Jersey and Ontario, Canada.
    This acquisition significantly enhances and complements Parsons' current capability to provide program management, construction management, and operation and maintenance services for vehicle inspection and compliance programs for the reduction of smog-related emissions.
    "The addition of ProtectAir will expand our technical and systems integration capabilities to better serve our global vehicle emissions customers and broaden our overall corporate technology base to solve our customers' evolving technological problems," said Jim McNulty, chairman and chief executive officer of Parsons.
    Parsons -- a leader in many diverse markets such as infrastructure, advanced technology, transportation, energy, chemicals, refining, environmental and planning -- provides technical and management solutions to federal, regional and local government agencies as well as private industries worldwide. For more about Parsons, visit the company on the World Wide Web at www.parsons.com.