Founded in 1901, the BSI Group is a leading business services provider to organizations worldwide. The Group has over 5,400 employees in 110 countries, providing independent certification of management systems and products; commodity inspection services; product testing services; the development of private, national and international standards; management systems training and
information on standards and international trade.

The Group is divided into four divisions:

1. BSI British Standards is the National Standards Body of the UK and develops standards and standardization solutions to meet the needs of business and society. They work with government, businesses and consumers to represent UK interests and facilitate the production of British, European and international standards. British Standards? trading arm is BSI Business Information, which focuses on providing standards information and dynamic services that add value to business standards, best practice and management systems.

2. BSI Management Systems operates world wide to provide organizations with independent third-party certification of their management systems, including ISO 9001:2000 (Quality), ISO 14001 (Environmental Management), OHSAS 18001 (Occupational Health and Safety), BS 7799 (Information Security), BS15000, an IT management system and Food Safety management systems. In addition, BSI Management Systems also offers a range of training services around management systems.

3. BSI Product Services is best known for the Kitemark, the UK?s first product quality mark. BSI Product Services exists to help industry develop new and better products and to make sure they meet current and future laws and regulations, from commercial construction to motorcycle helmets, from mobile phones to fire extinguishers, from car headlights to medical devices. It also provides third party certification, specifically for CE marking ? a legal requirement for certain categories of products to be sold within the EU. The division also offers an exciting new range of schemes aimed at improving quality within service markets.

4. BSI Inspectorate is a global commodity inspection and analysis company, which became part of the BSI Group in 1998. Its areas of activity are Metals and Minerals, Oil and Petrochemicals, Agricultural Commodities inspections and Food Safety. BSI Inspectorate has facilities in 110 countries, including 74 dedicated laboratories.