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06/11/08	SGS Acquires Technical Engineering Service Corporation (Tesco) Co Ltd in South Korea Tesco provides reliability testing and precision measurement of electronic systems and components as well as on-line and off-line technical content services. Read more
06/10/08	SGS Acquires the Soil, Leaf, Fertilizer and Water Testing Business of Central Analytical Laboratories (CAL) in Cape Town, South Africa SGS is pleased to announce the acquisition of the soil, leaf, fertilizer and water testing activities of CAL based in Cape Town, South Africa. Read more
29/09/08	SGS Acquires the Serviços de Automação PiD Ltda (PiD) Group in Brazil SGS announces the acquisition of the PiD Group, a leading brazilian group specializing in valve calibration, maintenance, electrical assembly, testing, training and consultancy activities. Read more
16/07/08	SGS Acquires a 50% Stake in Bluesign Technologies Group SGS has acquired a 50% shareholding in Bluesign Technologies Group, a St. Gallen (Switzerland) based company specialising in the management of Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) issues along the supply chain of the textile industry. Read more
02/06/08	SGS and Nokia Siemens Networks Conclude a Business and Asset Transaction in Germany and Finland Nokia Siemens Networks transfers assets and personnel previously working on testing activities of the Research and Technology Platform business in the locations in Munich (Centre of Quality Engineering, Germany) with around 60 employees and Espoo (Finland) with around 10 employees. Read more
26/05/08	SGS Acquires Western Geotechnics Group Founded in 1987 and privately owned, Western Geotechnics offers a full range of services to the civil construction, mining and oil and gas industries including extensive materials testing, pavement design and materials investigations, research and development. Read more
05/05/08	SGS Acquires Horizon Energy Partners BV Established in the Netherlands in 2001 by Chief Executive, Edward van Kersbergen and his co-directors, Jacco Kokkedee and Stephane Constant, Horizon is a leading independent provider of subsurface solutions to the upstream oil and gas sector. Horizon’s range of services includes exploration geoscience, petroleum development and well design and execution. Read more
05/05/08	SGS Acquires Canadian Environmental & Metallurgical Inc. (CEMI) In business for over 10 years, CEMI has an exceptional understanding of the environmental issues that face the global mining industry. Read more
29/04/08	SGS Acquires Geostat Systems International Inc Founded in 1981, Geostat is the recognised industry leader specialising in geostatistics, orebody modeling, resource estimation, exploration, prefeasibility, production and reclamation stage services. Read more
21/02/08	SGS Acquires Wamtech Pty. Ltd., Developers of MMI Technology The MMI geochemistry is an advanced exploration technique for detecting deeply buried mineral deposits. SGS is now the sole global provider of the Mobile Metal Ion (MMI) geochemistry technology. Read more
16/01/08	SGS acquires TACS (Australia) Pty Ltd TACS is the leading Western Australian provider of transformer insulating oil analytical services as well as transformer maintenance, thermographic inspection and electrical engineering services. Read more
16/01/08	SGS acquires the Alvey Group Alvey Group is a leading independent provider of comprehensive field research services and of GPS soil sampling and testing services to the US agriculture market. Read more