Vlissingen, 4 June 2010
Humares, specialists in the recruitment and secondment of maritime, industrial and technical personnel, has strengthened its engineering operations with the addition of the activities of Flexsearch. The Eindhoven branch of Flexsearch will be integrated in NOVA Engineering.
Flexsearch is a secondment and recruitment agency for engineering professionals in the region of Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands. The company is based in Eindhoven, and consists of experienced consultants with extensive commercial experience in the staffing industry. Flexsearch is active in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, construction, civil engineering and ICT.
Flex Search will be integrated with NOVA Engineering. Founder and director Jan Willem van den Hout will take up the end responsibility for NOVA Engineering, in addition to the daily management of the Eindhoven branch. Before he founded Flexsearch in 2007, Van den Hout gained many years of experience in the secondment of highly educated professionals, including at United Technical Solutions.
Humares director Patrick van der Ploeg shows very pleased with the addition: "For us, the merger is an important step towards further growth. Flexsearch brings us an addition to existing services and specialties, and the staff of Flex Search adds a significant amount of knowledge and experience and a good commercial network to our organization. This merger perfectly fits with our ambitions to grow NOVA Engineering to a significant player with a nationwide coverage in the Netherlands. I am glad to announce this important step and have confidence that this step will start a period of renewed growth."
Flexsearch has chosen to join the Humares Group, because of the support Humares can offer in the field of marketing and communications, HR and administration. Van den Hout: "The support Humares offers and the structure of NOVA Engineering, offer the potential to grow to a significant player in the technical secondment. The combination of the Rotterdam NOVA office and the Eindhoven branch of Flexsearch, offer NOVA Engineering good prospects for the future."
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Humares Media Relations
E-mail: media-relations@humares.com
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