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Article: Bureau Veritas: --for the benefit of business & people.
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- Economic Review
- Article date:
- November 1, 2003
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Bureau Veritas is a professional services firm dedicated to Quality, Health and Safety and Environment management (QHSE). It was founded in 1828 in Antwerp by a group of businessmen who had become increasingly concerned by the massive financial losses being incurred by traders and merchants due to the sinking and disappearance of merchant ships. In May 1829, the first register ship appeared.
Tracing back its history from Antwerp in 1828, Bureau Veritas has now carved itself an international niche. Today, it is among the top ten French Companies based on the number of sites worldwide.
From its laboratories in Asia to Marine centers in each continent, via ...