Sinoswiss Inspection Co., Ltd (SSIC), the joint venture of SINOTRANS Co., Ltd and COTECNA INSPECTION S.A., was officially registered as an independent legal person third party, international inspection and testing organization. SSIC was authorized by the State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection & Quarantine and the Certification Accreditation Administration of the People’s Republic of China. It was also approved by the Ministry of Commerce and State Administration for Industry & Commerce of the People’s Republic of China.

SSIC offers inspection, survey, and testing services. The company is headquartered in Beijing with 6 branches set up in the principal industrial and port regions of northern and eastern China; Dalian, Qingdao, Shanghai, Lianyungang, Guangzhou & Naijing. Representative offices will be set up in other domestic ports such as Tianjin, Ningbo, Fujian, Guangxi, Zhanjiang, Shenzhen, etc. to support business development plans.

The foreign partner in SSIC, Cotecna Inspection S.A., is one of the world’s largest international inspection companies with a combined workforce of about 4,000 employees and agents in close to 100 offices on all five continents. Cotecna Inspection S.A. is among the leading inspection companies in the world. Its main activities are the inspection of goods prior to shipment and/or at destination on behalf of Government; Commercial Inspection, taking care of quality and quantity control on behalf of the public and private sector clients in the flied of international trade, and Certification and Training activities related to Quality. Over the last 5 years, Cotecna has been one of the fastest growing companies in inspection services. This goal has been achieved largely due to professionalism, global services network, and commitment to achieving the most cost effective results for its clients.

The domestic partner of SSIC, SINOTRANS Ltd, is China’s leading logistics company and is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Its core services are freight forwarding, express services and shipping agency services and support services including storage and terminal services, trucking and marine transportation. It boasts an extensive and well established domestic service network and an overseas agency network. The company has a well established information platform which provides on-time logistic information.

As an international joint venture inspection company based in China, Sinoswiss Inspection Co., Ltd has inherited the advantages of the well established service networks, broad client base and market reputation of both Cotecna and the Sinotrans Group. SSIC has a well-qualified and experienced professional team active in commodity inspection, survey, testing, special inspection, risk and storage management services. The company will fully utilize the competitive advantage of the joint venture and employ modern methodologies to provide the best professional services for domestic and overseas clients, with “trust, efficiency and impartiality”.