DQS
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| Standards Organization | |
| Industry | Assessment, Certification |
| Founded | 1985 |
| Headquarters | Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
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Area served
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Global |
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Key people
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Stefan Heinloth (MD, Spokesman) Michael Drechsel (MD) |
| Products | Assessment and Certification of Management Systems and Processes |
| Revenue | 94,7 Mio. EUR (concern, 2013) |
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Number of employees
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588 (concern, annual average 2013) |
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DQS Holding GmbH based in Frankfurt am Main is the holding company of the worldwide DQS Group. The group provides assessments and certifications of management systems and processes of any type.
DQS was founded in 1985 in Frankfurt am Main and was the first German certification body. The aim of the founding partners, DGQ (German Society for Quality) and DIN (German Institute for Standardization), was mainly to promote the German economy. The foundation overlapped with the publication of the first drafts of the ISO 9000 series of standards, which also include the most important quality standard worldwide today: ISO 9001.
In 1986 DQS became the first certification body in Germany to issue a certificate according to ISO 9001.
After the merger of DQS with the Management Systems Solutions (MSS) division of the American product certification body Underwriters Laboratories Inc. in March 2008, DQS-UL Group is currently one of the world's largest system certification bodies. Since June 2015 the company changed its name to DQS Group.
DQS Holding GmbH has more than 80 offices in over 60 countries. DQS Group currently has about 20,000 certified customers across almost all industries with approximately 55,000 certified locations in over 130 countries.
The concern employs 588 people and commands 2,479 auditors in 2013 (annual average). Among the largest companies within the group are DQS Inc. (USA), DQS do Brasil Ltd., DQS Japan Inc., DQS Medizinprodukte GmbH (Medical Devices) and DQS GmbH (both Germany).
DQS GmbH in Germany
Headquartered in Frankfurt am Main and with local offices in Berlin, Hamburg, and Stuttgart, DQS GmbH offers the entire service spectrum of the group in Germany. With over 200 employees and about 800 auditors, DQS GmbH is the largest subsidiary of DQS Holding GmbH. Managing Director is Götz Blechschmidt.
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