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•  1987- Orion Engineering Services Ltd established in Inverness (Scotland).
  
•  1990- Opened Aberdeen Operational Office.
  
•  1995- Started to develop International Business. First visit to Baku, Azerbaijan.
  
•  1997- First major acquisition (Employment Business)
  
•  2000- Global strategy to grow group by geographical and sector diversification.
  
•  2001- JV KIS/Orion (Kazakhstan) was established.
  
•  2002- London Office opened and expansion into Nuclear industry.
  
•  2003- Houston Office opened.
  
•  2006- Canada Office opened. Completions & Commissioning division formed. occms.com
             International labour supply agreements setup in Eastern Europe and Asia Pacific.
  
•  2008- Record year with turnover at £287m, EBIT £10.2m
             Orion Group recognised as Scotland's largest recruitment business and number 1 for Engineering in the UK and 22nd largest recruitment agency.
  
•  2009- To be a year of consolidation and expect to be within the Top 15 UK recruitment 
             agencies in 2009.
             Awarded the Queens Award for Enterprise.
             Featured 91st in the Sunday Times Top 250 Report.