Tuv Rheinland Of North America, Inc. provides independent testing and assessment services. Its services include industrial services, such as material technology, functional safety, fuel cells checking, and pressure equipment review, approval, and certification; mobility services, including homologation, guided transport, automotive testing and vehicle emissions testing; and systems, such as management system assessment and certification services and introduction of TUVdotCOM document storage and handling services. The company also evaluates, tests, and certifies the safety and quality of products in various categories, including toys, heavy industrial machinery, information technology equipment and office equipment, household appliances, audio video, and medical devices. In addition, it provides mechanical and mechanical testing services, EMC and telecom testing, market access services, and lifecycle management services. Tuv Rheinland Of North America, Inc. offers its services to automotive manufacturing, consumer goods, automotive suppliers, petrol chemicals, electrical products, medical device, furniture, machinery, retail supply chain, railway, management systems, telecom and information technology, office and entertainment electronics, and aerospace industries. The company was founded in 1983 and is based in Newtown, Connecticut. It has additional offices in Austin and Houston, Texas; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Portland, Oregon; Raleigh, North Carolina; Rochester, New York; San Diego and San Francisco, and Santa Clara, California; Toronto, Canada; and Col. Lomas de Santa Fe, Mexico. Tuv Rheinland Of North America, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of TUV Rheinland Group.