- 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.