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Hanover / Hamburg (dpa) - Today, Tuesday, the Tüv Nord is one of the three large Tüv groups in Germany to take stock of the Corona year 2020. The testing company, headquartered in Hanover, had already announced after the start of the first wave of pandemics last spring , in addition to his core business, now also to focus on the examination of protective equipment, in medical technology and digital certifications.
CEO Dirk Stenkamp is expected to provide details on this and the general figures.
When mouth and nose protection was not yet sufficiently available, the Tüv Nord took a closer look at the rapidly increasing deliveries from Asia. In general, medical supplies and devices should become more important in quality control and approval in the past year. In other areas, however, the demand for new test orders fell, which is why some of the workforce had to go on short-time work. However, the group wanted to continue offering a number of dates online. "Many certifications and laboratory tests are sure to take place over thousands of kilometers," explained Stenkamp. The TÜV stations also remained open.
With around 11,300 employees, the company is one of the largest Tüv organizations alongside Tüv Süd (Munich) and Tüv Rheinland (Cologne).
There is currently a collective bargaining dispute in the house, the Verdi union called for warning strikes, including at Tüv Nord in several federal states.
Your wage demand is far above what the TÜV had last offered, it was said to justify.
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