TÜV SÜD

Current facts and figures

TÜV SÜD Group is a leading technical service company active in the industry, product and transport sectors. Its range of services embraces consultancy, inspections, tests and expert opinions as well as certification and training. Our objectives are reliability, safety and quality as well as environmental protection and cost effectiveness.

Established 130 years ago as a steam boiler inspection association, TÜV SÜD Group is now a globally active, future-oriented company. It continues to enjoy success in its conventional services such as periodic vehicle roadworthiness testing ("TÜV sticker"), testing and inspection of industrial plants, product testing or expert opinions, whilst new fields of activity such as e-business, data security or automotive development round off the portfolio.

TÜV SÜD Group is represented internationally by more than 130 sites. More than 20% of sales are already earned abroad. In 2003 around 10,000 employees realized sales amounting to EUR 938 million.

Our background:

From technical inspectorate, committed to the minimization of technical risks, to service provider.
Established 130 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 centers 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).
Gradual internationalization within the EU, in the USA and in the Far East.
1992 Merger with TÜV Sachsen to form TÜV Bayern Sachsen
1995 TÜV becomes a stock corporation
1996 Merger with TÜV Südwest to form TÜV Süddeutschland
1999 Integration of the activities of TÜV Hessen GmbH and TÜH in TÜV Hessen GmbH (majority shareholder:
TÜV Süddeutschland Holding AG)


Our profile today:

Independent partner of private and corporate customers.
As an independent partner we work with our customers to ensure reliability, safety, quality and cost effectiveness at the man-machine interface. Our concerted efforts are targeted at winning our clients' trust, at surpassing their expectations with the help of our enthusiastic employees, whenever possible, and at enhancing our corporate value.

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