SGS Group and SGS-CSTC
Founded in 1878, SGS Group is the world's leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. With more than 50,000 employees worldwide, SGS operates a network of over 1,000 offices and laboratories around the world. Based on its outstanding professional experience and service acclaim, SGS provides inspection and testing reports as well as certificates that represent an international level of standards by which multinational companies and traders can evaluate and select suppliers and business partners.
Founded in 1991, SGS-CSTC Standards Technical. Services Co., Ltd. is a joint venture between the SGS Group and China Standard Technology Development Corp., under the State Administration of Quality Technical Supervision. With more than 5,500 employees, SGS-CSTC has established over 40 branches and dozens of laboratories in key cities such as Shanghai, Guangzhou, Tianjin, and Shenzhen.
SGS provides enterprises, governments and international institutions with professional inspection, verification, testing and certification services for various industries, such as agricultural, mineral, petrochemical, industrial and consumer products (including textiles, hardgoods and toys, electrical and electronics, food). In recent years, SGS has expanded its service scope to environmental, automotive and life science.
