About SGS AG

Company Description

SGS (formerly Société Générale de Surveillance (French for General Society of Surveillance)) is a Swiss multinational company headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland which provides inspection, verification, testing and certification services. The core services offered by SGS include the inspection and verification of the quantity, weight and quality of traded goods, the testing of product quality and performance against various health, safety and regulatory standards, and to make sure that products, systems or services meet the requirements of standards set by governments, standardization bodies or by SGS customers.

Year founded

1878

Served area

Worldwide

Headcount

96,000

Headquarters

1, Place des Alpes, 1211 Genève – Switzerland

Shareholder information

Shares outstanding

7,491,670

IPO

Jan. 1, 1981

Stock exchange(s)

SIX Swiss Exchange

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