Bureau Veritas Hailed by the Sri Lankan National Chamber of Exporters

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, October 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

~ recognizing Bureau Veritas' outstanding services to exporters ~

The Sri Lankan National Chamber of Exporters (NCE) has recognized Bureau Veritas as an outstanding Service Provider to Exporters and its contribution to the success of the country's textile manufacturers.

Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services Sri Lanka (Pvt) Ltd. provides a full range of specialist services to textile manufacturers in Sri Lanka. These include textile, garment and accessories testing; both physical and analytical. It also provides inspections, social accountability audits as well as factory assessments.

The Annual NCE Export Awards is one of the most eagerly awaited and well-attended events in Sri Lanka's business calendar to recognize and reward excellence. During its 20^th Annual NCE Export Awards ceremony held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 21 September 2012, Bureau Veritas Sri Lanka received the Silver Award in the "Service Providers to Exporters Sector" category.

The NCE is the only private sector Chamber which exclusively serves Sri Lankan exporters and is considered to be the 'Voice of the Exporter'. The Chamber has a membership of more than 450 export-oriented companies covering all products and most service sectors, as well as service providers to exporters.

Ms. Chanaki De Costa, General Manager of Bureau Veritas Sri Lanka, said, "As one of the fastest-growing textile manufacturing and export countries in Asia, Bureau Veritas delivers expertise in testing, inspection, audit and assessment to the exporters in Sri Lanka. Our focus on supporting clients overcomes the myriad regulatory and quality compliance hurdles is recognized with this award." Chanaki added: "This award demonstrates Bureau Veritas' quality services and subject matter knowledge that we provide to our clients in the industry. We are proud to be able to assist and support Sri Lankan textile exporters and we will continue to assist them to maintain and improve quality of their products."

For more information on Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services and the latest award, please visit http://www.bureauveritas.com/cps.  

About Bureau Veritas

Bureau Veritas is a world leader in conformity assessment and certification services.

Founded in 1828, the group has more than 57,900 employees in more than 940 offices and 340 laboratories located in 140 countries. Bureau Veritas helps its clients to improve their performances by offering innovative services and solutions in order to ensure that their products, infrastructure and processes meet standards and regulations in terms of quality, health and safety, environment protection and social responsibility.

Bureau Veritas' Consumer Products Services division is a leading global quality assurance provider for the global consumer product and retail markets. It offers an array of specialized services including testing, inspections, audits and engineering services for a wide range of consumer products including hard goods, toys and juvenile products, soft goods, premiums, electrical and electronic products, food products, health, beauty and household products.

Bureau Veritas is listed on the Euronext Paris and belongs to the Next 20 (Compartment A, code ISIN FR 0006174348, stock symbol: BVI).

For company details, please visit: http://www.bureauveritas.com

Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services Website:

http://www.bureauveritas.com/cps (Global) / http://www.bureauveritas.cn/cps (China)