SGS has been committed to the Middle East for over 90 years, developing new services to meet the ever-changing needs of a growing and diverse range of clients. Today, we are the region’s leading provider of testing, inspection and certification (TIC) services.
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Our first office in the Middle East opened in 1933. Since then, we have been constantly expanding our network.
1930s • Turkey
1940s • Lebanon
1950s • Pakistan
1980s • Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, UAE
1990s • Qatar
2000s • Djibouti, Iraq, Jordan
We now operate in more than 90 offices and laboratories in the following countries in the Middle East:
- Bahrain
- Djibouti
- Iraq
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates
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Thanks to our existing infrastructure and extensive reach across the region, we can quickly deploy experienced and qualified personnel to provide our customers with prompt and efficient services wherever they are.
Our more than 4300 professionals speak 10 different languages: Arabic, Baluchi, English, French, Hindi, Somali, Swahili, Tagalog, Turkish and Urdu and form a multicultural, multidisciplinary team capable of providing value-added services that meet the market’s evolving needs.
In the Middle East, we hold numerous accreditations and certifications from local authorities, including Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT), Emirates National Accreditation System (ENAS), Dubai Accreditation Centre (DAC), Saudi Accreditation Committee (SAC), GCC Accreditation Center (GAC) and others.
Moreover, as a full member of the SGS Group, we enable local businesses and governmental organizations to benefit from SGS’s global accreditations and expertise in order to reduce risk, increase efficiency and achieve sustainability objectives.
Contact your local SGS office to find out how we can support your business.
Hakan Sebukcebe
We are constantly enhancing our service portfolio to fit the new challenges faced by the Middle East market’s players.
Capitalizing on our long history and extensive experience in the TIC sector, we never stop learning and integrating new technologies to our processes for the sake of our customers.
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Nanduz Restaurant Building, 4th floor No:17,
14 Tamuz Street, opposite Basra Hotel, 61001,
Basra, Iraq