Swiss testing and inspection group SGS has ended talks over a potential $30 billion merger with French rival Bureau Veritas after the two sides failed to reach agreement over the deal, it said on ...

France's Bureau Veritas and Switzerland's SGS are in merger talks to create a testing and certification giant worth more than $30 billion that would dwarf competitors.

SGS is the world's leading Testing, Inspection and Certification company. We operate a network of over 2,500 laboratories and business facilities across 115 countries, supported by a team of ...

Swiss group SGS and Bureau Veritas of France have ended talks on a potential merger that would have created a €30bn specialist in testing and certification services. Both companies said on ...

SGS is the world's leading Testing, Inspection and Certification company. We operate a network of over 2,500 laboratories and business facilities across 115 countries, supported by a team of ...

SGS, also founded in the 19th century, has 99,000 employees. Both companies provide services to industry, such as power utilities, to ensure compliance with regulations including those for ...

Bureau Veritas has a market valuation of about 13.23 billion euros ($13.6 billion), according to LSEG data, while SGS's valuation is about 17.4 billion Swiss francs ($19.1 billion).