Feature Stories

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Sep 5, 2018

Biometric authentication in vogue again

Do you remember the time when business meetings were conducted in-person? A visit to the bank to make a deposit was a face-to-face transaction. Even a phone call to your friend’s home was a…

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Sep 5, 2018

Emma Pearce: The gatekeeper of safer products

In a warehouse in Manchester, England, thousands of lithium-ion batteries bearing counterfeit UL Certification Marks await shipment. While the path they may have taken to get there is…

Aug 29, 2018

Webinar: Powder evolution and its impact on AM production

UL and LPW Technology, the market leader in the development, processing and supply of high quality metal powders and powder management products for the AM industry, introduce a new topic in…

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Aug 28, 2018

Victims of a ‘victimless’ crime

Last May, the body of a murdered man was found in a warehouse in the neighborhood of Tepito in Mexico City. The victim was known to most as ‘El Rey Pirata,’ or the ‘Pirate King’ and was a…

Aug 27, 2018

Certification Oversight & Appeals Committee launched for Tooling-U SME and UL Additive Manufacturing Professional Certification Program

UL and SME, a manufacturing association promoting the interests of manufacturing industries, introduced a Certification Oversight & Appeals Committee focused specifically on the joint…

Aug 27, 2018

Six Questions: Laser Safety in Additive Manufacturing

In this month’s “Six Questions” feature, we’re speaking with Winn Henderson, UL Consumer Technology Senior Staff Engineer, about Laser Safety in Additive Manufacturing (AM). Winn speaks to…

Aug 27, 2018

Visit the UL team at IMTS

The UL team is looking forward to seeing you at IMTS 2018, September 10 – 15, 2018, at McCormick Place, Chicago, IL. IMTS is the premier manufacturing technology show in the Northern…

Aug 24, 2018

SNAP Regulations Update (Rule 22)

The US Environmental Protection Agency has published a final SNAP rule modifying the use conditions required for the use of three flammable refrigerants in new household refrigerators,…

Aug 24, 2018

The State of California Announces Use of UL PCR to Help Implement Buy Clean California Act (AB-262) Requirements

Following passage of AB 262, the Buy Clean California Act, in 2017, the State of California is moving quickly to implement one of the first sustainable procurement programs in the US to…

Aug 21, 2018

Mitigate Electric Shock From Medical Electrical Equipment with UL 2930

Health Care Facilities can benefit from the newly published Listing Certification Outline of Investigation for Cord-and-Plug-Connected Health Care Facility Outlet Assemblies (HCOA) All…

Aug 21, 2018

New Database to Find, Verify and Specify UL Certified SPDs

Watch the video to learn how to find the right SPD for your needs. UL iQ for Surge Protective Devices is a free online tool that quickly and easily helps you find, verify…

Aug 21, 2018

Safer Growing with Plant Oil Extraction Equipment Explosion Protection

HAL Extraction booth first to comply with UL 1389 – Class I, Division 1 and 2, Group D The use of essential oils from a variety of plant products in medical products, nutritional…

Aug 21, 2018

Sniffing Out Diaper Odor With Science

A woman wearing a white lab coat carefully lifts the top from a glass jar and leans over to delicately sniff the jar’s content. The contents are not perfume or a decanted bottle of red wine…

Aug 21, 2018

Stay Connected with the UL HazLoc App

Introducing exclusive region-specific UL HazLoc technical insights UL introduces a new feature to the UL HazLoc App. Download the App today and you’ll be one step away from receiving…

Aug 21, 2018

Store and Dispense Cleaner and More Efficient Fuel

Revision to UL 87A provides third gasoline/ethanol blend option As our society becomes more environmentally conscious, the desire for cleaner air rises. A survey conducted by The American…

Aug 20, 2018

Haya Soghrati Joins UL

Haya Soghrati joins UL as a senior building science specialist and will be leading our new Building Envelope Performance Testing Laboratory in Toronto, scheduled to open late 2018. …

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Aug 16, 2018

Terry Brady follow-up and response to Senate Committee on Finance

Terry Brady, president of Underwriters Laboratories and formerly chief commercial and legal officer at UL, testified before the Senate Committee on Finance on March 6, 2018 that the…

Aug 16, 2018

UL Certifies First Plant Oil Extraction Booth Involving Hazardous Locations

Plant oil extraction booths from HAL Extraction Technology (Classic Series models: 85U, 120U, 150U, 180U, and 215U, Critical Flow Series models: 85C, 120C, 150C, 180C and 215C, and…

Aug 13, 2018

International Fire Safety Standards Coalition

UL is proud to join the International Fire Safety Standards Coalition (IFSS) with more than 30 organizations globally to develop landmark industry standards to address fire safety in…

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Aug 11, 2018

No smokescreen: Shedding light on e-cigarette safety

As a jet was beginning to land on a runway, a fire started in its shipping container from overheating lithium-ion batteries in an e-cigarette box. In another incident, a Florida man died…