Bureau Veritas


For other uses, see Veritas (disambiguation).

Bureau Veritas S. A. (formerly BVQI, Bureau Veritas Quality International) is an international certification agency. In addition to certifications, they are a worldwide leading firm in providing HSE expertise (Health, Safety and Environmental). Today the headquarters are in Neuilly-sur-Seine, nearby La Défense. The company went public on the Paris Bourse in October 2007.[1]

Its main competitors are the Swiss companies Société Générale de Surveillance (SGS), Germanischer Lloyd (GL) and Cotecna.

History

The company started in 1828 in Antwerp as Bureau de Renseignements pour les Assurances Maritimes (Information Office for Maritime Insurance), a classification society. In 1829, the company was renamed Bureau Veritas. By this time it already had 10000 ships in its register.

Today, Bureau Veritas is one of the world's largest global Conformity Assessment and Certification organisations.

In 2009 Bureau Veritas certification completed it's transition of moving the certification head office from Jamsetown, NY to Houston, TX.

References

  1. ^ French goods-inspection firm plans IPO

External links

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