TÜV SÜD brief
TÜV SÜD brief
TÜV SÜD is a major international service group operating in the INDUSTRY, MOBILITY and PEOPLE business segments. With almost 15,000 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 2009, TÜV SÜD's consolidated sales was EUR 1.4 billion.
Our background
From technical inspectorate, committed to the minimisation of technical risks, to service provider.
Established in 1866 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).
