TUVSUD

An inspection  agency was  setup by a group of industrialists. to  reduce accidents,  when a boiler explosion shook the industry way back in 1865. The idea was to subject boilers to regular inspections on a voluntary basis. These independent regional monitoring organizations in the form of associations were so successful in accident prevention that, from 1871, membership in such an association exempted them from inspection by a government inspector. Over a period of time many such agencies came up across industries.  TUV was an early example of a very successful privatization of regulatory and compliance inspections. Because they were so successful in preventing accidents in the rapidly developing  industries across sectors, they were entrusted with safety inspections in other technical fields, spawned a global industry. As a technical testing organization it offers a wide range of services with testing and certification as its main focus and also includes, auditing and certifying systems, technical advisory, product certification and inspection,  anticipate technological developments and facilitate change – defining standards and going beyond regulatory compliance.