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Creating a better world

We employ exacting scientific processes and the highest ethical principles to help create a better world. As safety challenges and concerns expand to include sustainability, well-being, connected technologies and security, we provide broad leadership, deep expertise and vital services to guide these transformations.

We solve critical challenges for more than 60% of the Global 500

Our diverse customers are based in more than 100 countries

Our mission-driven employees are based in more than 40 countries

Enhance sustainability
Demonstrate safety
Strengthen security
We can help you meet your business goals.

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Looking for UL Certified Products?

To find information about UL certified products and components quickly and easily, use UL Product iQ, an expansion of the former Online Certification Directory. UL Product iQ features an intuitive and user-friendly design that gives users free access to all certification information. UL Product iQ empowers you to work more efficiently by quickly finding the exact content you need.

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Sustainability

Whether you need to quickly address a critical need or want to manage long-term change, we’ll help you to strategically address challenges and build your business’s sustainable future.

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Workplace Excellence

We make it easier to plan, manage and measure the achievements of your people-centered initiatives. Our solutions empower everyone in your organization to take an active role in problem-solving and process improvement.

Building Performance

Leverage our expertise in the interactions between materials, products and systems used in construction and operations to understand the impact on a structure, its anticipated uses, the surrounding and interior environments and building occupants.

Secure and Connected Technologies

Enhancing the interoperability, usability and security of interconnected systems requires a holistic approach that includes people, technologies and all the ways they intersect. We empower innovation while working to reduce the risks.

Supply Network Intelligence

Our intelligence solutions are specifically designed to support increased agility, better decision-making and strengthened resiliency across all aspects of your business, resulting in a more robust and responsive supply network.

Strategic Solutions

Complex business challenges demand a holistic approach to problem-solving. Our world-class capabilities, services and data management tools address all the angles. We’ll help you seize opportunities, reduce risks and costs, increase sustainability and well-being, make smarter decisions, and increase trust across your value network.

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Offerings

We help you to innovate with confidence. Our offerings address critical, specific business needs, and can help you meet regulatory requirements, address safety and quality concerns, protect brand reputation, and speed access to your target markets.

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News

Stay informed about the safety, security and sustainability challenges and opportunities that are transforming your life, company, community and industry.

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Apr 7, 2020

Facility audits provide regulatory structure

As the legal cannabis market matures, standards and regulations will continue to shift. For a legal cannabis organization to succeed, they’ll need help navigating those regulations.

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Apr 3, 2020

Performance Matters Newsletter

Performance Matters Newsletter subscription page.

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Apr 2, 2020

Alarm service certifications during times of crisis

In times of a public health crisis, quarantines, social distancing, and work from home policies which may impact alarm service certifications. UL works with the industry to develop reasonable guidelines and alternative operating methods.

Insights

Separate the signals from the noise, and stay way ahead of the curve with intelligence and insights from our industry experts and thought leaders.

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Mar 23, 2020

Influence of 3D Printing on Safety-Critical Polymer Performance Properties

While 3D printing offers vast flexibility and potential, there are also significant safety variabilities. Read the results of our exclusive research study.

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Mar 20, 2020

Certifying Plastics for Additive Manufacturing

Our plastics experts conducted a study to understand how 3D printing impacts a material’s safety-critical performance properties. Read about their findings.

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Mar 5, 2020

Defining Sustainability in Business as a New Decade Dawns

As we enter a new decade, businesses are embracing sustainability in new, ways. Explore sustainability's role in business today.

Events

Network with us online and off. We look forward to connecting with you through our webinars, forums, seminars, workshops and at tradeshows around the world.

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Tue Mar 31

Connected Products in the Industrial Ecosystem

Join our webinar series to gain a better understanding of the different aspects of security and safety to consider for connected products for industrial automation.

Tue Apr 7

Congress of Politecnico of Milan Internet of Things: l’innovazione parte da qui

The congress will be an opportunity to present the evolution of the Internet of Things market and the main strategies to enhance the data collected from connected objects.

Tue Apr 7

Flammable Refrigerant Modeling for Equipment Design and Certification

Top things to know about UL’s Flammable Refrigerant Modeling for equipment design and certification

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Featured tools

Product iQ™

Engineers, product developers and other professionals can use Product iQ to verify UL certification of products and components, locate UL guide information and search for alternative products they can trust.

Prospector®

Whether you’re looking for technical data, product documentation, global supplier contact lists or wanting to request product samples, Prospector has you covered.

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SPOT Product Database

As one of the world’s leading databases to identify credible and sustainable products, SPOT® makes it easy to source the right products for your next project.

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myUL™ Client Portal

myUL is a secure, self-service tool designed to provide increased visibility into your UL projects and services. The myUL Client Portal is replacing myHome.

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