Bureau Veritas S.A.

About Bureau Veritas S.A.

Bureau Veritas is a large multinational organization founded in 1828 with 900 locations and inspection centers in 140 countries worldwide. Bureau Veritas deploys the multi-disciplinary skills of more than 40,000 employees around the world. BV is an international professional service group helping our clients to improve their performances by offering services and innovative solutions in order to ensure that their products, infrastructure and processes meet standards and regulations in terms of quality, health and safety, environmental protection and social responsibility. Each business line offers a range of specific services – in areas of asset management, certification, classification, inspection audit, testing and analysis and training designed to business needs. Bureau Veritas PHILIPPINES was established since 1970. For almost 20 years, it has operated through a local agent. In 1995, the Philippine Branch of Bureau Veritas was set up with the company’s registration in the Securities and Exchange Commission. Six Business Lines are currently operating in the Philippines, namely, Marine, Industry and Inspection, Certification, Government Services and International Trade, Consumer Products Service and Commodities. History Where we come from… Founded in Antwerp in 1828, current Belgium, the Information Office for Maritime Insurance had a simple mission: to give shipping underwriters up-to-date information on premiums in use at commercial centers and provide precise information on the state of ships and equipment. In 1829, the company was renamed Bureau Veritas, adopted the emblem of Truth as its official logo and edited its first Register of some 10,000 ships. In 1833 the head office transferred from Antwerp to Paris, where a branch office was set up in 1830. The company went from strength to strength, expanding into new areas such as “Control of Materials”, for iron and steel inspection in the burgeoning railway industry, as well as inspecting factory equipment. In 1922, the French government entrusted Bureau Veritas with the official control of airworthiness certificates for civil aircraft. Nor was the automobile industry neglected: Bureau Veritas created a service to check buses, coaches and trucks in 1927. Product & Services Our Services Inspections and audits Testing and analysis Classification Certification Asset management Training