ABS Group of Companies, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides rational engineering, science, and technology-based risk management solutions to manage operational, security, and catastrophic risks in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific. Its services include asset integrity management, extreme loads and structural risk, maritime, operational risk and performance consulting, security risk, technology, and training. The company also offers management system certifications and customer services for aerospace, automotive, chemical, the European Union directives, environmental, food safety, information systems, health and safety, oil and gas, security, social accountability, telecommunications, quality, and second party assessment programs. It serves various sectors, such s marine, offshore, ports, and terminals; process industries; the U.S. government; utilities; water and wastewater; and buildings and facilities. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. ABS Group of Companies, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of American Bureau Of Shipping, Inc.