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TÜV SÜD Group

TÜV SÜD brief

TÜV SÜD is a major international service group operating in the INDUSTRY, MOBILITY and PEOPLE business segments. With almost 16,000 employees, we are represented at over 600 locations. Our teams of specialists are engaged in optimising technology, systems and know-how, and thus act as process partners, enhancing the competitive strength of our customers throughout the world.
 

Current facts and figures

"Choose certainty. Add value" is the core idea behind the services TÜV SÜD provides to its clients. As a committed and responsible process partner boasting comprehensive industry expertise, TÜV SÜD’s certified experts and technical consultants provide services throughout their clients’ entire value chains. In doing so, we focus on our core competencies of Knowledge services, Testing, Certification and Training. 
In 2010, TÜV SÜD's consolidated sales was EUR 1.6 billion.
 

Our background

From technical inspectorate, committed to the minimisation of technical risks, to service provider.
Established 140 years ago by boiler operators as a private sector regulatory body with the business objective of "protecting man, the environment and property against the adverse effects of technology" in the industrial centres of the German Länder Baden, Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse and Saxony (e.g. in Bavaria under the name of "Bayerischer Dampfkessel - Revisions - Verein" (Bavarian Boiler Inspection Association)).
Gradual expansion of areas of activity parallel to technological progress (among others, electrical power, motor vehicles, fire safety, power station engineering, passenger lifts, ropeways, nuclear power stations, environmental protection, product safety, management systems).

Corporate News

25.11.2011
2011 Corporate Health Awards presented in Frankfurt am Main for the healthiest companies in Germany
21.10.2011
1.5 MW direct-drive permanent-magnetic wind turbine type DF82-1500 from Dongfang Electric New Energy Equipment (Hangzhou) Co.,Ltd. gets type certificate as per GL guideline from TÜV SÜD
24.08.2011
TÜV SÜD will attend the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Exhibition in Kunshan
05.08.2011
Eleven Notified Bodies signed Code of Conduct