SGS ACQUIRES YAN TAI HUAJIAN INSPECTION ENGINEE...

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Based in Yantai, in the northeastern province of Shandong, HJEL is a leading,
independent, professional, industrial testing business.
Founded in 1994 and privately owned, HJEL's core businesses includes
non-destructive testing (NDT), material and chemical testing, and heat treatment
for the power, shipping and petrochemical industries.
The company has particular expertise in the testing of spherical and vertical
tanks, steam turbines, generators, long-distant pipelines, civil nuclear
facilities and shipping and ocean engineering.

HJEL operates in 19 provinces and employs more than 120 highly qualified staff.

"I am delighted to announce the purchase of HJEL. It is a new milestone in our
very successful development in China and I am pleased to welcome our new
colleagues to the SGS Group" said Chris Kirk, CEO of SGS. "This acquisition is
fully in line with our strategy to position SGS as a key service supplier to the
fast growing domestic industrial and energy sector in China."
" SGS has more than 8,000 staff in China which represents our biggest market and
this acquisition will further increase our exposure to and enhance our brand in
the domestic industrial and power markets." It also represents our first
acquisition in China and we would like to think, the first of many".





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