On April 3, 2012, in Detroit MI, SNP Technical Services (SNP) and Technoprojekt Group Ostrava (TPO) signed an accord for the formation of an Alliance to jointly pursue and execute projects worldwide in the Industrial/Manufacturing and Automotive market sectors. TPO (www.technoprojekt.cz) is a design consulting firm headquartered in Ostrava, Czech Republic, that since 1951 has been actively involved in full service design and engineering projects in industry, mining, energy, and infrastructure either on its own or in cooperative ventures in the European Union, Eastern Europe, North America and Worldwide. In October, 2011, TPO acquired the intellectual property of BEI Associates, Inc., of Detroit MI, the private employee owned professional services corporation that closed its business operations on August 4, 2011. The accord establishes the basis for joint marketing and execution of projects in manufacturing and process engineering and related infrastructure design.