Focus

As wireless and networked devices grow more complex and integral to a wide range of industries, manufacturers require access to testing services that meet these evolving needs. To rise to the challenge, we have expanded our laboratory in Carugate, Italy, with streamlined processes and enhanced capacity for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and wireless testing. Through these investments, UL is helping expedite market access for the European market.

We are focused on the challenge of climate change. Speeding the transition to net-zero transportation requires the swift development of reliable charging equipment for electric vehicles (EVs). With the opening of the new UL EV Charging Test Center in Frankfurt/Neu-Isenburg, Germany, we are ready to help customers demonstrate safety of new equipment to meet growing market needs.

Preventable fires destroy life, property — and potential. With our new facility in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, we can promote fire safety by providing testing for electrical and optical cables and busways throughout the thriving Middle East market.

Critical equipment that can detect and suppress fires, enhance security or prevent natural disasters needs to get to market swiftly and start saving lives. Our partnership with Cologne, Germany-based VdS helps manufacturers more easily enter and expand into Germany, Austria and Switzerland through data acceptance, single-source testing services and streamlined cross-border certification.

Tailored functional safety training helps operators of complex products work safer — but smarter, too. Customers in industries such as autonomous vehicles (AVs), machine safety, robotics and industrial control systems will connect with that training through our participation in Arm’s Functional Safety Partnership Program. UL’s functional safety training, assessment and audit services can help strengthen technical knowledge for safer outcomes.

Pushing the frontiers of mobility comes with significant potential for greater convenience and safety — but risks, too. We hosted the Realizing the Future of Mobility Now Summit with the Singapore-based Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Centre to directly address the range of challenges that come with these increasingly intelligent solutions. This event brought industry leaders together to explore key topics that will advance safer adoption of these limitless technologies.

As natural disasters and climate change impact energy supplies, microgrids offer a steady, secure supply of power in challenging locations. Think Microgrid, a coalition of energy industry leaders including HOMER Energy by UL, was formed in 2021 to help regulators understand this emerging technology approach. Think Microgrid helps drive acceptance of microgrids as a reliable, cost-effective and sustainable answer to energy insecurity.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) works to protect public health through regulatory oversight, which requires staying up to date on the latest industry developments and applications. UL’s ComplianceWire® team partnered with the FDA on a comprehensive library of 200 life science e-learning courses used by FDA investigators and medical device, pharmaceutical, biotech and governmental bodies worldwide. In recognition of the stellar performance of this multiyear project, the FDA awarded ComplianceWire® with the prestigious Leveraging and Collaboration Award.

Many employees across a wide variety of industries shifted to remote work, presenting a challenge for workplace training efforts. UL’s Global EHS Training library offers more than 1,500 in-depth, self-paced courses that connect workers with critical knowledge wherever they are based. In recognition of our ongoing efforts to provide stellar training solutions, Training Industry, a reputable resource for learning professionals, named UL one of the industry’s top 20 training companies for 2021.

More organizations recognize the importance of actionable and accountable environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) programs and goals. Yet providing clarity around progress has proved challenging and time-consuming. UL developed 360 Sustainability Software to facilitate clear calculation and communication of ESG performance. Our flexible solution, a choice by high-profile companies around the world, was ranked as a top ESG software selection by Verdantix, an independent research and consulting firm.