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The EI Group, Incoroporated
Company typePrivate
IndustryEnviromental Consulting
Industrial Hygiene
Occupational Health and Safety
FoundedDurham, North Carolina, U.S. (1988)
Headquarters,
USA
Key people
Gregory P. Lathan (President)
J. Lindsay Cook, CIH (Senior VP)
Christopher Murray (Vice President - Loss Prevention Services)
Websitewww.ei1.com
Entrance to IBM's secure headquarters complex in Armonk

The EI Group[edit]

The EI Group (EI) is a privately owned environmental, safety, industrial hygiene, occupational health, and engineering consulting firm. Headquartered in the Research Triangle Park in Morrisville, North Carolina, EI is considered a small company and employs approximately 75 people corporate-wide with branches located in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky and Texas.

Background[edit]

Founder[edit]

Gregory P. Lathan (born January 30, 1954) graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) in 1976 and other schooling and dates. when married to wife. 2 girls age and age.

Company[edit]

EI was founded in 1988 by Mr. Lathan, in Durham, North Carolina as an environmental consulting firm. In 1993 the company was moved to a different location in Durham where it remained headquartered for nine (9) years when, in 2002, EI moved to it's current location at 2101 Gateway Centre Boulevard, Morrisville, North Carolina.

Public Conferences[edit]

Personnel from EI currently attend between twenty (20) and thirty (30) business conferences located throughout the United States each year. The following are among those attended.

1. American Society of Safety Engineers

2. American Industrial Hygiene Association

3. American Association of Occupational Health Nurses

4. National Safety Council Conference & Expo

Public Outreach[edit]

In December 2007 EI provided free Lead paint testing for children's toys based on some of the massive recalls that had happened in the recent past1

Corporate Acquisitions[edit]

1http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/02/business/02toy.html

2http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/2177964/

3http://www.ei1.com/fast50.asp