Gesco Profile:
Gesco – General Superintendence Company Ltd., was established in 1932 and is the Agent of SGS Group of companies in Geneva, Switzerland.
The company is handling quantity and quality inspections and supervision of goods, materials and commodities.
The company additionally offers Customs Clearing services and certification of companies to ISO 9000 standards.
The company employs about 50 full time employees and inspectors through four offices in Israel.
Among the clients of the company are: The flour mills in Israel, the soybeans crushers, the Oil Refineries and the petroleum companies, Dead Sea Works, Chemical and Petrochemical companies, the Feed mills and the Feed Grain importers, Steel and metal importers, different Food importers, etc.
The company operates several divisions as follows:
Agricultural division – inspection and supervision of quantity and quality of imported and exported grains, food and Agricultural products.
Marine division – inspection and supervision of quantity and quality of Oil, Gas, Chemicals and Petrochemicals & bulk fertilizers, coal, etc.
Technical division – inspection of quantity, quality and condition of all materials during and after production of finished goods, consumer and industrial products.
Custom Clearance division – providing custom clearance services for export and import of goods and materials specializing in foods and commodities.
ISO division – certification division – provides certification for ISO standards and social standards by accreditation from SGS group.
GIS division – provides Pre-shipment inspections to Governments under contracts between Governments and SGS Geneva.