Company Affiliations

Soave Enterprises
The MPS Group is part of the portfolio of companies owned by Soave Enterprises, a privately held, Detroit-based company. For more than 40 years, Soave has provided its affiliate companies, like the MPS Group, financial support, growth capital and managerial resources needed to position itself within existing industries, while setting the groundwork for new ventures.

Trade Associations

Our in-depth involvement in important industry-related associations and organizations gives our highly trained, experienced and knowledgeable staff up-to-date information regarding our industry’s current events, emerging technologies, processes and trends. It also allows the MPS Group the ability to maintain the highest level of expertise in a variety of disciplines. We are proud of our involvement in these trade organizations including:

U.S. Green Building Council
A non-profit community of leaders working to make green buildings available to everyone within a generation.

International Facility Maintenance Association
The world’s largest and most widely recognized international association for professional facility managers.

Builders Owners and Managers Association international
This association is a primary source of information regarding office building development, leasing, building operating costs, energy consumption patterns, local and national building codes, legislation, occupancy statistics and technological developments.

Alliance of Hazardous Materials Professionals
Formerly the Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers, Inc., this professional association has a membership of more than 4,000 of the nation’s leading experts in environmental, health, safety and security management. AHMP is the only national organization devoted to the professional advancement of the hazardous materials management field.

Environmental Management Association
The purpose of EMA is to establish and maintain an active information exchange between government and industry professionals involved with environmental management to arrive at solutions to environmental issues within a framework of ethics appropriate to the environmental field. The EMA believes in and supports the application of integrity, common sense, sound sciences and fiscal responsibility in all matters affecting the environment.

Suppliers Partnership for the Environment
Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP) is an innovative partnership between automobile original equipment manufacturers and their suppliers and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). SP addresses the goals of the membership by creating new and innovative business-centered approaches to environmental protection that improve the environment while providing value throughout the automobile supply chain. SP provides a forum for small, mid-sized and large automotive and vehicle suppliers to work together, learn from each other and share environmental best practices.

American Institute of Professional Geologists
The American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG), founded in 1963, is the largest association dedicated to promoting geology as a profession. It presently has more than 5,500 members in the U.S. and abroad, organized into 36 regional sections. The Institute adheres to the principles of professional responsibility and public service and is the only international organization that certifies the competence and ethical conduct of geological scientists in all branches of the science with members employed in industry, government, and academia. AIPG emphasizes competence, integrity and ethics. AIPG is an advocate for the profession and communicates regularly to federal and state legislators and agencies on matters pertaining to the geosciences. AIPG is a nonprofit organization whose policies are determined by its Executive Committee.

Michigan Minority Business Development Council
MMBDC provides all members with meaningful access to quality business partners for improved procurement opportunities. By bringing Corporate Members and Certified MBEs together, mutually beneficial opportunities develop on a regular basis. Corporate Members are able to expand supply and product lines while lowering cost and gaining insight into varied multicultural consumers. MBEs can obtain new growth opportunities, widen their networks and learn from established corporate leaders. Our goal is for Corporate Members and Certified MBEs alike to achieve economic growth via enhanced professional relationships and connections.

National Minority Supplier Development Council
Providing a direct link between corporate America and minority-owned businesses is the primary objective of the National Minority Supplier Development Council, one of the country's leading business membership organizations. It was chartered in 1972 to provide increased procurement and business opportunities for minority businesses of all sizes.

The NMSDC Network includes a National Office in New York and 38 regional councils across the country. There are 3,500 corporate members throughout the network, including most of America's largest publicly-owned, privately-owned and foreign-owned companies, as well as universities, hospitals and other buying institutions. The regional councils certify and match more than 15,000 minority owned businesses (Asian, Black, Hispanic and Native American) with member corporations which want to purchase goods and services.