SGS expands its services in Turkey

03/04/2012
Swiss-based inspection, verification, testing and certification company SGS has expanded the capability of its laboratory in Istanbul, Turkey.

SGS business manager for Turkey, Mehmet Cem Ozen, said on announcing the development: “We wanted to expand our horizons and with the extensions to our service capacity we have already achieved a huge leap forward. Now our focus is shifting to providing an even better and quicker service to our customers.”

In 2009, Turkey’s economics ministry and the Turkish Exporters Assembly agreed a plan to turn Istanbul into an international centre for the fashion business and as a popular location for international fashion trade fairs by 2023. The country is now investing in research and development to respond to the demands of the business environment of today and the future, SGS has explained.