TÜV SÜD Group
TÜV SÜD brief
TÜV SÜD is a major international service group operating in the INDUSTRY, MOBILITY and PEOPLE business segments. With more than 17,000 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 2011, TÜV SÜD's consolidated sales was almost EUR 1.7 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
Welcome to visit TÜV SÜD booth E1-220 at SNEC PV Power Expo (Shanghai New International Expo Centre, May 16-19, 2012)
TÜV SÜD Rapidly Expands Railway Certification Services in Asia-Pacific Region with Acquisition of MetroSolutions
TÜV SÜD becomes EPA recognized certification body and testing lab for ENERGY STAR® for household appliances
Shanghai New Testing Center Grand Opening!