• Created in 1828 • A global leader in conformity assessment and certification services in areas of quality, health and safety, environment and social responsibility (GHSE)  More than 1400 offices and laboratories in 140 countries • Over 66,500 skilled employees • Eight global businesses providing a complete set of services  Marine - Classification and certification of ships and offshore floating units.  Industry - Risk management, quality assurance, quality control and asset integrity management of facilities and equipment.  In-service Inspection and Verification - Periodic inspection of equipment & facilities in operation.  Construction - Conformity assessment of buildings and infrastructures  Certification & Trainings - Certification of QHSE management systems and second party auditing services, and also trainings in accordance with different standards of the systems.  Commodities - Commodities inspection and testing: oil & petrochemicals, metals & minerals, agriculture.  Consumer Products - Testing, inspection and certification of consumer goods.  Government Services & International Trade - Trade facilitation services. • Servicing 600,000 customers across a wide range of end markets.