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SGS Société Générale de Surveillance Holding SA |
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PROFILE |
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SGS takes surveying to the extreme. SGS Société Générale de Surveillance is a leading provider of verification, testing, and certification services with 850 offices and 340 laboratories worldwide. The company inspects and monitors internationally traded agricultural products, consumer goods, minerals, and petroleum and petrochemicals. The company also offers certification services to international businesses and governments. SGS is pushing its services into e-commerce product certification. A pool consisting of French company Worms & Cie and the founding SGS families controls nearly 35% of SGS's voting rights. German industrialist August von Finck controls about 20%.
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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW |
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Fiscal Year-End: December
2000 Sales (mil.): 1,469.90
1-Yr. Sales Growth: (24.2)%
Employees: 30,555
Revenue per employee: $48,106.69
KEY PEOPLE |
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Antony M. Czura
CEO
Paul A. Lilley
CFO
CONTACT INFO |
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1 place des Alpes
CH-1211 Geneva 1, Switzerland
Phone: 41-22-739-94-98
Fax: 41-22-739-98-96
Online: Web Site
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