NUMBER 49 By BELINDA WILLIS Hurst-based PTS ‘Technical Services Inc., which provides engineers ‘and technicians to uly companies, has secured a two-year, $10 mil- Bon contract with Philadelphia Electric to provide hundreds of workers for its power plants Charlie Anderson, senior engineer with Philadelphia Electric, said the agreement imvolves filing 200 positions within three of the company’s subsidiaries over the next two years, The temporary postions were created as a result of the utility company's total reorganization over the past two years, he eee BUSINESS RSS) Hurst firm wins $10 million contract “The people they provide will be filling vacant positions,"” Anderson said. “The positions could be permanent — we just ‘won't know until we get working and deter- mine how many technicians we need Six-year-old PTS had sales of $17.3 mil. lion last year ~~ neatly twice its 1989 sales of $8.9 million — and expects to exceed its $28 rll goal in 1991. In December 1990, the company was named the 24th fast-growing private company in the country on Inc. mag- azine’s Top S00 list Anderson said he has worked with techni cians supplied by PTS and has known its chairman and CEO, Amin Bishara, for four years “L was pleased that they were the success- ful bidders on the contract," Anderson said, “We have had a good business relationship with the people at PTS; the personnel they have sent us have been good.” Dishara said he was not Sure what role, if ‘any, the Jc. 500 ranking played in the com- ppany's new contract. But he said he believes the national attention could help make PTS a leader within the $100 billion power industry. “Nationwide, there are 20 to 30 com- panies our size providing similar services 10 the power industry,” Bishara said. “Our own segment of the power industry has about $5 billion in annual sales. The visibility ‘may not mean more contrac, but the atten- tion will set us apart from the compettion.”" sce WIN on page 11 WEEK OF APRIL 12-76