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Our history: 
190+ years and still innovative
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1828

Our origin

Bureau Veritas was founded with the simple aim of making shipping safer by providing underwriters with up-to-date tracking information on ships and equipment. We have developed a new risk assessment procedure for ships and equipment.

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Today

Next generation Marine

Veristar AIM3D heralds a new era in ship and offshore management. Our 3D digital twinning technology allows users to view real-time reports on products and assets and a remote-collaboration on a common platform, increasing flexibility and shortening response times.

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1910

Automotive pioneers

Through the application of technical controls in the automotive industry, we have made a name for ourselves as a pioneer in an aspiring industry.

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Today

Autonomous driving

With the first V2X certification program, we are once again shaking up the automotive industry. V2X is a wireless communication technology that is critical to the introduction of autonomous cars.

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1920

Inspection

During the Industrial Revolution we promoted the progress and expansion of the rail industry by inspecting metal parts and equipment.

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Today

Drone monitoring

Drones facilitate the inspection process so that our technicians can monitor equipment faster and safer while improving maintenance and management of the infrastructure.

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1960

Construction boom

After the Second World War, we accompanied the increase in construction volume in the course of urbanization. We expanded our know-how to protect people and improve energy efficiency and contributed to well-known projects.

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Today

Digital models

We are revolutionizing construction with our Building Information Modeling (BIM) plug-in, which digitally reviews architects' designs against standards and regulations to improve compliance and reliability.

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2007

Initital public offering

Our IPO gave a number of investors - French and international, institutional and private - the opportunity to contribute to and participate in our success.

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Today

Global expansion

As we expand our international presence, our strategic planning for 2020 and beyond aims to consistently align our offering with the needs of our customers, consumers and society.

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2015

Energy

With the increase in global energy consumption, we helped build onshore- and offshore-infrastructures to drive the global economy.

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Today

Green future

We are involved with the energy revolution and are committed to sustainable solutions to further expand our leadership in the developing oil and gas industry.