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TechKNOWLEDGEy Strategic Group (TSG) is a management consulting and transaction advisory firm concentrating in the environmental services and water resource industries. We focus on a thorough understanding of specific markets - from both the supply and demand perspectives - and we assist companies in identifying and exploiting the opportunities which those markets offer.

TSG believes that growth and profitability depend very simply on traditional management skills:

• Concise articulation of strategic objectives and consistent tactical planning
• Innovative marketing and aggressive sales programs
• Strong financial controls and operational management
• Evolving and continuous evaluation, and implementation of strategic growth alternatives.

Properly balanced and vigilantly adhered to, these sorts of simple principles can result in superior market position, profitability, and opportunities for consistent growth.

Our specific expertise and experience encompasses almost all sectors of the broader environmental industry - engineering and consulting services, water and wastewater treatment, monitoring and instrumentation, analytical services, and solid and hazardous waste management.

TSG has been active in the environmental industry for thirty years. As the publisher of Water Market Review - one of the water industry's most comprehensive financial and competitive publications - we closely monitor the business strategies, as well as the financial and operational performance of all of the major water and environmental services companies. Hence, we are very familiar with market trends, growth opportunities and the competitive situation in the industry. All of these are critical elements in understanding the market, defining objectives, evaluating alternatives, and implementing the right growth strategies.