These help to ensure contract compliance and improve the speed and efficiency of transactions, the safety and reliability of plant and equipment, and the respect of delivery and production schedules. While continuing to expand its core business, the SGS Group has entered new business sectors that are less dependent on trade, such as services to the insurance industry, certification, services to the environment, healthcare and biosciences. In addition, the SGS Group develops tailor-made programmes for governments and international institutions, including import and export verification, services to customs and investment monitoring. The SGS Group provides services in more than 140 countries. The SGS Group policy is to maintain a decentralised organisation with emphasis on individual responsibility in order to provide the best possible assistance to each client in each country.
Global services can only work through local know-how.
SGS experts around the world are indigenous to the areas in which they work. They speak the local language and are familiar with local conditions, business practices and traditions. The international cooperation between local experts around the world has established the reputation of the SGS Group worldwide.