Global Inspections grows its share of Middle East and India markets

Global Inspections Group (GIG) has added muscle in the Middle East and Indian markets where the expansion of its network has been the focus for the past few years. According to Stefan Sakoschek, GIG chief executive, the expansion will also see the company venturing further into the Far East, with an office due to open in Shanghai by the end of September. “We have slowly but surely been growing our market share, especially in the Middle East and Indian markets. Dubai has in recent years been repositioning itself as a logistics hub and is very well set up with its first world infrastructure. With goods moving through the Dubai Port from the Middle East to Africa it was necessary for us to open an office in the city.” Sakoschek says despite the difficulties in opening the office due to the complex legal systems, it has been an excellent move on the part of the company. “With the host of services we offer – ranging from testing and analysis and the supervision of loading and offloading to pre-shipment inspections – we are ideally suited to be the service provider of choice for the big trading companies in the Middle Eastern region. We are already inspecting goods ranging from rice to fertiliser.” While the movement of bulk commodities via the Middle East to Africa has been severely affected by piracy off the coast of Sudan, Sakoschek says there is still much opportunity for business, especially in the big bulk movement of commodities such as clothes, electronic products and food to Eastern Africa. GIG, a South Africanbased inspection company that provides superintendence services, is determined to continue its expansion not only to the Middle East but globally as it moves towards its goal of being a truly internationally recognised company.