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Current facts and figures on the TÜV SÜD group
TÜV Product service and BABT are part of the Industry division of the TÜV SÜD Group, a leading technical service company active in the strategic business segments INDUSTRY, MOBILITY and PEOPLE. TÜV SÜD’s range of services embraces consultancy, inspections, tests and expert opinions as well as certification and training. Our objectives are reliability, safety and quality as well as environmental protection and cost effectiveness.
The TÜV SÜD Group is a globally active, future-oriented company, but also continues to enjoy success in its traditional services such as periodic vehicle roadworthiness testing, the testing and inspection of industrial plants, product testing and expert opinions.
TÜV SÜD is represented internationally at 600 sites and already generates 25% of its sales abroad. In 2007, it employed about 13,300 people and realised sales of more than EUR 1.25 billion.
Our background:
TÜV SÜD was 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 centers of the German Länder Baden, Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse and Saxony.
There followed a gradual expansion of the Company’s scope of activities in line with technological progress e.g. electrical power, motor vehicles, fire safety, power station engineering, passenger lifts, ropeways, nuclear power stations, environmental protection, product safety, management systems.
TÜV SÜD also internationalised its operations by establishing operations in other countries of the EU, in the USA and in the Far East.
Our profile today:
TÜV SÜD is today an independent partner of private and corporate customers.
As an independent partner, we work with our customers to ensure reliability, safety, quality and cost effectiveness at the man-machine interface. Our concerted efforts are targeted at winning our clients' trust, at surpassing their expectations with the help of our enthusiastic employees, and at enhancing our corporate value.
