Volume 7 · Issue 2 · February 2002
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BSI Buys KPMG Registration Unit in Largest Registrar
Acquisition
BSI, Inc., has announced an agreement to purchase the Canadian
and US registration practices of KPMG, effective February
28, 2002. It will make BSI, Inc., the largest registrar in
North American ISO 9001/2/3 certificates issued and second
in ISO 14001 certificates. The acquisitions affects
and benefits, the state of the registration market and the
risks when registrars provide more than auditing services
are discussed, and three members of the quality community
provide their perspectives on the merger.
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