Intertek Celebrates 20 years in China
13 Oct 2009
Intertek celebrated the 20th year anniversary of its operations in mainland China at a commemorative function in Shenzhen, today, attended by government officials, customers, industry VIPs, Intertek Group Chief Executive and members of the media.
Intertek commenced its first operations in China in 1989 with a consumer-goods testing joint-venture in Shenzhen and was the first international provider of quality and safety solutions to enter China. Since then, the company has expanded the range of services it offers and industries that it supports significantly and today has more than 6,000 employees in China and over 100 offices and laboratories in major cities and provincial centres including Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing, Tianjin, Hangzhou, Wuxi and Qingdao.
In attending the event, Intertek Group CEO Wolfhart Hauser said ‘Our Chinese clients have always valued our knowledge of international markets and their quality and safety requirements and our ability to apply this with local understanding in the Chinese market. We continue to focus on providing solutions here locally that can help Chinese companies better manage the challenges of increasing global regulations and buyer-requirements upon them. Our strategy has been to view our role as a partner to help improve their business, with solutions that can support their global trade, increase their operational efficiency and increase their competitive advantage. We entered China as a pioneer in international quality and safety services in 1989, and will continue to focus on pioneering new ways to support our clients going forward’.
China’s manufacturing sector has developed strongly over the past two decades and so too has Chinese leadership in new product development and innovation. Paul Yao, Executive Vice President of Intertek Group explains ‘There is a strong spirit among many Chinese companies today who are aiming to be world leaders in innovation and quality. We believe that Intertek has a valuable role to play in helping more Chinese companies be leaders in product innovation and quality. We are continuing to launch new solutions that will support our Chinese clients’ present and future drive to innovate new products and increase their market presence’.
Some examples of services offered by Intertek in China today include: e-business platform systems to help companies publish and share conformity and compliance data more effectively with their trading partners; bespoke Quality and Performance Mark programmes to help local companies demonstrate the quality and performance of their goods to increase their trade; International electrical product safety certification programmes that reduce clients’ certification cost and time; and Infrastructure inspection and expediting services to help increase energy-sector companies complete of projects ahead of time and to budget. Intertek is a leading provider of corporate social responsibility auditing services and trade security verification programmes and provides education, training and auditing programmes to help local companies understand and meet requirements. In 2008, Intertek tested the quality of the medals used at the Beijing Olympics and is one of the two quality partners authorised for the 2010 Shanghai Expo licensed commodities.
For further information, please contact:
Grace Feng, PR Director, Asia Pacific, Intertek Commercial & Electrical
Telephone: +86 21 6127 8220
Email: grace.feng@intertek.com
About Intertek
Intertek is a leading international provider of quality and safety services to a wide range of global and local industries. From auditing and inspection, to testing, quality assurance and certification, Intertek people are dedicated to adding value to customers’ products and processes, supporting their success in the global market place. Intertek has the experience, expertise, resources and global reach to support its customers through its extensive network of 1000 laboratories and offices and over 24,000 people in more than 100 countries around the world.