Express Personnel Services has changed its name to Express Employment Professionals, according to owner Betsy Kennedy Lindgren. The company made the decision to refocus its branding efforts in order to better reflect its service lines and direction for the future.

The new name allows all Express staffing services, along with its HR and payroll services, to fit under the Express Employment Professionals umbrella. This eliminates the need for additional service line names and logos.

&8220;I&8217;m excited about our new name and branding strategy,&8221; said Lindgren. &8220;This is a positive change that demonstrates our commitment to providing our clients and associates

with full-service employment and business solutions.&8221;

Along with name change, Express also has a new logo and web address, www.expresspros.com/comingsoon.

The Owatonna Express office began operation in 1985 with the Albert Lea office following in 1991 servicing the Steele, Rice, Waseca and Freeborn counties with temporary and full-time employees in a variety of fields including office services, industrial, data processing, technical and marketing. Express Employment Professionals enhances those services with a full range of HR resources and solutions and e-Pay, a web based in house payroll system.

With 600 offices in four countries, Express employs 350,000 people each year. Sales for the Oklahoma City-based company totaled $1.8 billion in 2007.