Pearson in Paris

A few months ago, out of curiosity, I did an online search and managed to locate the street address of the Pearson office in Paris, but I was unable to track down any more information about what exactly they do there (curriculum, test development, other, all of the above?). Fortunately, it happens that the president of our division went to visit the Paris office just a few weeks ago, and as my cubicle is located about 15 feet from her office, she was kind enough to stop by on her way out the other evening and answer all my questions. She clued me into the fact that the Paris office does do test development, like us, but they still go by their French acronym, ECPA. After I got past my typo-laden first Googling effort (which led me to the European Petrochemical Association in Brussels), I had no problem finding ECPA's website. Below is my amateur translation of the introduction to their business for your reading pleasure.

INTRODUCTION: For 60 years, Editions du Centre de Psychologie Appliquée has been an applied research center and publisher of scientific tools for the assessment of people. ECPA distributes reference tools used by professionals in the fields of health, education, and human resources (Wechsler, MMPI, SOSIE...). For businesses and counseling organizations, ECPA provides assessment tools that are reliable and on the cutting edge of research for use in recruitment, career development, and the development of people and teams. For health and education professionals, ECPA offers a wide range of tools for intellectual and cognitive assessment, psychomotor development, personality, aptitude, and motivation. With the distribution of over 150 tests, ECPA is a leader at the national level. (translated from http://ecpa-paris.fr)