DEKRA opens new Asian headquarters in Shanghai / Inauguration with a "Green Economy Summit" in Shanghai

Stuttgart/Shanghai (ots) - On 31 March 2011, the international
expert organisation DEKRA opened its new Asian headquarters in
Shanghai. The testing company will bring together its product
testing, certification, automotive and industrial activities in the
new DEKRA House in Shibai Hi-Tech Park. For DEKRA, China's rapid
growth presents great potential for expert services.

"China occupies a key position in DEKRA's global expansion
strategy", said Stefan Kölbl, Chairman of the Management Board of
DEKRA e.V. and DEKRA SE, during the inauguration ceremony. "We are
pursuing a strategy of establishing ourselves as the leading expert
organisation in all global regions." The new DEKRA House is the hub
of all activities for the whole of Asia. Here, DEKRA bundles the
activities of the Industrial and Automotive business units to offer
customers even simpler solutions from a single source and leverage
synergies.

Product testing and certification is a crucial growth area for
DEKRA in China. In the new building, DEKRA has set up one of the most
up- to-date electronics testing laboratories in China. Here, experts
use high-tech procedures to test innovative products such as LEDs.
Mark Thomä, member of the DEKRA SE Management Board and head of the
Industrial business unit, explains: "We are collaborating closely
with the export industry and want to make a significant contribution
to the safety and quality of products around the world". DEKRA
currently has five testing laboratories in China.

A "DEKRA Green Economy Summit" marking the inauguration of the
headquarters concentrated on topics surrounding environmentally
compatible and sustainable growth. "We want to actively support the
Chinese economy and help it to achieve its environmental and climate
targets", says Dr Michael Siedentop, Head of Greater China at DEKRA.
In particular, DEKRA aims to offer innovative expert services for
preventing air and water pollution, construction and real estate as
well as intelligent and sustainable transport concepts such as e-
mobility.

DEKRA's new headquarters in Shanghai occupy 5,000 square metres
across five storeys; of this, 2,000 square metres are used for office
space and 3,000 square metres for laboratories. 110 members of staff
are currently employed here by the DEKRA companies Testing and
Certification China as well as DEKRA (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. The
laboratories are fully equipped for testing electrical safety as well
as for conducting environmental and climate-related tests. The core
range of products tested includes electrical and mechanical household
appliances, consumer goods, batteries, lights and lamps, electric
tools as well as electrical components such as cables, switches,
plugs, power outlets and machines.

Contact:
DEKRA e.V.
Press & Information
Tilman Vögele-Ebering
Tel: (07 11) 78 61 - 21 22
Fax: (07 11) 78 61 - 27 00
E-Mail tilman.voegele-ebering@dekra.com
Web http://www.dekra.com