TÜV Worldwide

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TÜV is your worldwide partner speaking the language of global market access.

 We also provide product differentiation through globally recognized TÜV certification marks. A TÜV mark will attest to your products' quality and safety built-in, helping you achieve what your competitor's lack.

 In today's competitive marketplace, not only do you need to meet regulatory requirements for market access but you also need to assure that your products are of consistent quality for market success. At TÜV we offer a variety of Certification marks and certificates that serve as visible proof that your products or production process meets particular health, safety, and/or quality requirements. And now you can announce your accomplishment with our TÜV-Mark.

Our Certification marks and certificates provide a variety of marketing advantages:

  • Proof from an accredited test and certification body that your products meet all requirements of relevant European Union Directives;
  • Official statement of conformity accompanied by appropriate documentation as specified by European Union regulations or customer requirements;
  • Emphasis on special product properties such as safety, quality, durability, environmental compatibility, and conformity to standards;
  • Protection against product liability claims;
  • Up-to-date information on changes regarding technical regulations and developments in testing and certification.
TÜV Product Service has fulfilled all necessary German and European Union accreditation requirements and has received authorization to issue Certification marks and certificates. The testing laboratories and certification body of TÜV Product Service conform to the "General Requirements for the Accreditation of Testing Laboratories" (ISO/IEC Guide 25 and 38; EN 45001 and EN 45002) and the "General Requirements for Accreditation of Certifying Bodies: (ISO/IEC Guide 28, 40, and 48 EN 45011 and EN 45012).

To enhance market access and market success, you need to be able to make quality products that can be distinguished from those of the competition. The Certification marks and certificates issued by TÜV Product Service help you meet your marketing challenges while providing visible proof of your engineering and compliance investment.

RHEINISCH-WESTFÄLISCHER TECHNISCHER ÜBERWACHUNGS-VEREIN e.V. (RWTÜV)

Going back 125 years, the origins of RWTÜV are in the certification of products, namely boilers and pressure vessels. Later, RWTÜV was also appointed by the German government to conduct all mandatory inspections on motor vehicles. Looking at this expertise from one hundred and twenty-five years, it sees only logical that today the TÜV are among the largest and most significant product inspection bodies in Germany, Europe and around the world.

Coping with today’s needs for the assurance of product safety, reliability and compliance to standards and customer expectations, RWTÜV has long since expanded it’s product certification division to cover almost any kind of product from basic foodstuffs to high technology electronics and materials. It’s consumer appliances division is responsible for one of the most well-known labels on electric and electronic goods as well as on toys and several other product groups – the German Safety Mark, or GS Mark.

The GS Mark is well-known all over the world and is easily recognized by the customers. Although it originated and was intended for use in Germany, it has become a mark worthy to achieve for manufacturers world-wide, with or without intent to export to Germany. The high level of customer acceptance for products labeled with the GS Mark is founded in the comprehensive and detailed safety and reliability tests performed by our engineers in highly specialized and well-equipped laboratories. The most recent and all significant standards and experience are used to develop the test programs. Taking the strict German safety and consumer laws into consideration, the GS Mark can become a passport to cover all standards and regulations that would else have to be complied with individually – a time-consuming and sometimes confusing process for a manufacturer located abroad.

As a matter of fact, the GS mark can be found on appliances that were never intended to enter the German or even the European market – manufactured abroad and sold abroad.

To help manufacturers benefit from the excellent reputation of this mark, RWTÜV America and Far East offers GS Mark tests and inspections directly where your products are manufactured – in America or Asia. Our test laboratories in Hong Kong and in Taiwan conduct the necessary inspections following the same test programs as in Germany, but at a significantly lower cost to you. Here, we cover most of the groups that share the majority of exports, and for very specialized equipment, we have access to our test facilities in the United States, Canada and other countries and of course in Germany.