Societe Generale de Surveillance
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SGS S.A.

Company nameSGS S.A.
Company typeSociété Anonyme (SWX - SGSN)
IndustryQuality
Founded1878
HeadquartersGeneva, Switzerland
Key peopleSergio Marchionne (Chairman) Chris Kirk (CEO), Geraldine Matchett (CFO)
ProductsTesting, inspection, certification
RevenueCHF 4.712 billion (2009)
Operating incomeCHF 794 million (2009)
Net incomeCHF 566 million (2009)
Employees58,820 (2009)

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SGS S.A. (formerly Société Générale de Surveillance) provides inspection, verification, testing and certification services. With more than 59,000 employees, SGS operates of over 1,000 offices and laboratories around the world.

The core services offered by SGS include Inspection Services for the inspection and verification of the quantity, weight and quality of traded goods, Testing Services for testing product quality and performance against various health, safety and regulatory standards, Certification Services to ensure that products, systems or services meet the requirements of standards set by governments, standardization bodies or by SGS customers, and Verification Services to ensure that products and services comply with global standards and local regulations.

Its main competitors are the companies Bureau Veritas, Germanischer Lloyd (GL) and Cotecna.

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'Malaysia Dec 1-25 palm exports fall 24pc' - Business Times - Malaysia Tweet this news
Business Times - Malaysia--Malaysia's palm oil exports fell 24 per cent in the first 25 days of December from a month earlier, estimated -Societe Generale de Surveillance- (SGS), ... - Date : Mon, 27 Dec 2010 07:42:28 GMT+00:00
Malaysian palm oil hits fresh 33-month highs - Business Recorder (press release) (blog) Tweet this news
Business Recorder (press release) (blog)--Cargo surveyor -Societe Generale de Surveillance- on Monday showed palm oil exports for December 1-25 dropped 23.7 percent to 1040145 tonnes, as demand from ... - Date : Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:47:43 GMT+00:00
CPO futures expected to uptrend this week - Malaysia Star Tweet this news
Malaysia Star--Meanwhile, cargo surveyor -Societe Generale de Surveillance- said on Tuesday, exports of Malaysian palm oil products for November rose by 19.2% to 1.569 ... - Date : Sun, 05 Dec 2010 23:29:37 GMT+00:00
Palm Oil Drops as Malaysian Exports Fall in First Half of Month - BusinessWeek Tweet this news
BusinessWeek--Shipments slumped 29.5 percent in the same period, according to an estimate from rival -Societe Generale de Surveillance-. “There is a lack of supportive ... - Date : Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:28:17 GMT+00:00
D-Link Extends Commitment to Reducing Carbon Footprint - Zawya (press release) Tweet this news
Zawya (press release)--On July 19, 1919, the company adopted the name of -Societe Generale de Surveillance- (today, known as SGS). In mid-20th century, it began to diversify and ... - Date : Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:34:38 GMT+00:00
Palm Oil Drops on Speculation China, India May Slow Purchases - BusinessWeek Tweet this news
BusinessWeek--15, while an estimate from rival -Societe Generale de Surveillance- said there was a 29.5 percent slump in the period. China is “not aggressively buying,” ... - Date : Fri, 17 Dec 2010 09:38:31 GMT+00:00
DP DHL's GoGreen surpasses billion items - Post and Parcel Tweet this news
Post and Parcel---...- and offsetting for the GoGreen service are reviewed annually by -Société Générale de Surveillance- in line with the principles of the ISO 14064 standard. ... - Date : Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:21:57 GMT+00:00
Malaysian palm oil falls - Business Recorder (press release) (blog) Tweet this news
Business Recorder (press release) (blog)--Cargo surveyor -Societe Generale de Surveillance- (SGS) on Wednesday said exports of Malaysian palm oil products for December 1-15 dropped 29.5 percent to ... - Date : Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:12:12 GMT+00:00
Nautilus Minerals Intersects More High Grades at Depth - Trading Markets (press release) Tweet this news
Trading Markets (press release)--All material is prepared by an independent sample preparation facility onboard the vessel managed by -Societe Generale de Surveillance- (today, known as SGS). ... - Date : Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:51:27 GMT+00:00
Deutsche Post DHL Launches Carbon Footprint Report - Hell Mail Tweet this news
Hell Mail---...- calculation for the GOGREEN carbon neutral shipments is verified by the external third party -Société Générale de Surveillance- on an annual basis. ... - Date : Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:32:17 GMT+00:00

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