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Kitchener, Ontario – April 10, 2013

The PEER Group Inc. announced today that it is being recognized in the top 5 position of this year’s Best Workplaces in Canada. This list, and related stories, appeared in a special national report on Wednesday April 10th, 2013 in The Globe and Mail.

When Mike Kropp and Robert Harris formed PEER Group, it was important to them that people were energized to come to work every day because of their co-workers and their environment. When people join together, the group develops a personality. Our group is kind and caring, responsible and trustworthy, intelligent and motivated. This workplace personality attracts and retains employees and our customers come back to work with us time and again – they trust their success to us.

Our ‘secret sauce’ includes challenging work, great tools, evolving process practices, as well as clarity and transparency in communication. We rejoice in life milestones and family with the same zeal as impressive sales results. We celebrate our people. We listen to their ideas. We experiment with improvements. We are committed to growing our PEER Group family and making our work environment a source of pride, camaraderie and success for all of us.

“After 20 years in business, I continue to be energized by working with our team who inspires the trust and admiration of our customers as well as their co-workers. I want to thank our employees for their creativity, teamwork and passion. Together, we all strive to achieve a common goal, to continuously improve our company and to create an environment everyone enjoys working in,” said Mike Kropp, president and CEO of The PEER Group.

This list of “Best Workplaces in Canada” is compiled by Great Place to Work® Institute Canada. The competition process is based on two criteria: two-thirds of the total score comes from a 58-statement survey completed by a random selection of employees, along with their open-ended comments about their organization; the remaining one-third of the score comes from an in-depth review of the organization’s culture, including an evaluation of HR policies and procedures. This offers a rigorous representation of the organization from an employee perspective, and an overall portrait of the workplace culture. Together, they provide crucial data relative to the five trust-building dimensions of a great place to work®: credibility, respect, fairness, pride, and camaraderie.

More than 57,000 employees participated in the 2013 “Best Workplaces in Canada” survey.

About the Great Place to Work® Institute

Great Place to Work® Institute is a global research and management consultancy with expertise on workplace transformation and a presence in 46 countries worldwide. Our mission is to improve society by creating better workplaces. We are best-known for our global Best Workplaces Program, which we produce in conjunction with prestigious media partners such as the Globe and Mail, the Financial Times and Fortune. With more than 5,500 organizations surveyed every year across the globe, the program is the world’s largest of its kind. We believe passionately that any company or organization can become a great place to work. Our mission is to help you do it.

About PEER Group

The PEER Group Inc. provides innovative factory automation software solutions and consulting services to the semiconductor, photovoltaic, LED and other high technology industries. The world’s best manufacturing companies turn to PEER Group to solve their most challenging equipment automation, data management, and process control problems. With more than 100,000 licenses shipped, PEER Group is the leading supplier of equipment connectivity and testing products to automated factories around the world. Their innovative and reliable products and services help lower the cost of automation for high-volume manufacturers and their equipment suppliers.