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Intertek sees opportunity in regulation

By David Fickling

Published: March 9 2009 23:31 | Last updated: March 9 2009 23:31

Global trade growth will be flat at best this year, but regulation will provide plenty of opportunities for outsourced product testing, according to Wolfhart Hauser, chief executive of Intertek.

The company, which performs measurement and testing on products from toys and textiles to grains and crude oil, reported a 31 per cent rise in full-year pre-tax profits to £139m.

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