Product Quality

Whether selling or buying commodities, it is of utmost importance that quality specifications are met – reputation in the marketplace depends on it. Analysis of the results is key to any commercial and technical decisions that a customer may make.

Our international network of state-of-the art laboratory facilities is there to support oil, gas or chemical product movements. Cargo samples are tested for compliance with contractual specifications using the most advanced analytical techniques including Gas Chromatography (GC), High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS). When highly specialised analyses are necessary, SGS provides safe packaging and worldwide dispatch of the samples to one of the company’s specialised laboratories.

Time and accuracy are often of critical importance to customers, that is why SGS laboratories are staffed around the clock, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and results are communicated immediately to customers. To ensure the accuracy and quality, SGS continues to invest and automate in order to remain at the leading edge of this highly technical field. Quality assurance standards are constantly monitored through participation in numerous industry and standards body correlation programmes, as well as in SGS’s unique round robin programme administered through the Institute for Inter-laboratory Studies.

BENEFITS FOR YOU:

• Continuous improvement through improved systems/process control
• Enhanced ability to respond your customers’ and stakeholders’ needs (quality, safety, environment, safety, social compliance)
• Efficiency in the audit process through globally consistent approach and with a single-point of contact at SGS