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UL Announces New Listing Mark for the Plumbing Industry

Northbrook, Ill., Feb. 23, 2007 -- Underwriters Laboratories (UL) announced today a new UL Plumbing Mark for the certification of plumbing-related products that demonstrate compliance with both plumbing codes used throughout the United States.

The new UL Plumbing Mark better serves the needs of manufacturers, users, installers, regulators and consumers by clearly identifying plumbing products that comply with all requisite health-effect and performance standards and product requirements. Products bearing the Mark are deemed suitable for use in accordance with both the International Plumbing Code (IPC) and the Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC).

"With this new UL Plumbing Mark, manufacturers can now obtain a single certification listing to demonstrate product compliance nationwide from the most widely used, trusted and recognized safety certification organization in North America," said Ann Marie Gebhart, UL Water Program Director. "In addition to our plumbing industry expertise and the enhanced brand value for customers' Listed products, this new certification Mark is another example of UL's focus on serving the needs of the plumbing industry and our proactive leadership in offering services that benefit our customers."

UL has more than 75 years of experience in certifying plumbing products and actively participates on plumbing code bodies and standards groups. As with all UL certification programs, regulators can be assured that products listed to the UL Plumbing Mark are verified under UL's Follow-Up Services protocol, which ensures ongoing compliance with all applicable standards.

The UL Follow-Up Services program includes periodic field audits of production facilities to assure that only authorized materials are used in product manufacturing. The program also observes that quality assurance and quality control procedures are followed, and that labeling and product literature is accurate with respect to UL-Listed products.

Key facts about the UL Plumbing Mark:

  • The UL Plumbing Mark is a Listing Mark, meaning that products displaying the UL Plumbing Mark have been evaluated to all applicable nationally recognized health-effect and performance standards, and have demonstrated compliance with both the IPC and UPC plumbing installation codes.
  • The UL Plumbing Mark will be rolled out in phases, with the long-term intent of using the Mark for all plumbing products, including plumbing appliances. This Mark will first appear on products covered under the category Plumbing Fixture Fittings. This product category includes faucets for lavatories, faucets with pullout spouts and side sprays, hand-held showers, pressure-balanced valves, and thermostatic mixing valves.
  • The UL Plumbing Mark is offered as an adjunct service in addition to other UL Marks.

For more information on the UL Plumbing Mark, contact Tom Bowman at +1-847-664-3796 or visit www.ul.com/water/prodcert/faq.html.

To download the UL Plumbing Mark, visit www.ul.com/marks_labels/mark/art.htm.