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Jan 23, 2018

The Trouble with Cotton Sustainability

It is a global industry worth some $3 trillion, yet the textile and garment industry faces a number of formidable sustainability challenges, many of which are rooted in the supply chain.
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Jan 22, 2018

PRESS RELEASE: UL issues first marketing claim verification for Optical Field of View to Visunex Medical System Co., Ltd.

UL, a global safety science organization, has issued the first UL Marketing Claim Verification and UL Verified Mark in the field of medical devices to the Ophthalmic Imaging System,…
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Jan 19, 2018

IEC / UL 61730 –New Harmonized Safety Standard for PV Modules

Harmonized standards enable access to global markets.  The UL 61730 harmonized PV module safety standard enables cost savings for manufacturers by testing once and leveraging the UL “record…
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Jan 19, 2018

Mitigate Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

On January 3, 2018, consensus was achieved on the 2nd edition of ANSI/UL 2201 – the American National Standards Institute accredited national standard for Carbon Monoxide (CO) Emission Rate…
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Jan 19, 2018

Time to Talk Advanced Inverters

With renewable energy growing in popularity and becoming a larger share of overall energy production in the United States, the network of power grids must evolve to safely respond to this…
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Jan 18, 2018

We Are Thrilled to Sponsor BIFMA 360° Leadership Conference

Sponsoring 360° Leadership Conference is another great way for UL to support the goal we embrace with BIFMA to help the development of safety and performance standards, share our thought…
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Jan 16, 2018

Building Mockup Tests for Future Use

Concrete, masonry, metal and glass make up most of the exterior materials found on commercial buildings built around the world today. With an average of three years to complete and millions…
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Jan 16, 2018

Colorful Quandaries

Never miss an article , Subscribe Today! Maybe it’s a dozen towels bought at the January white sale. The color looks a little off, but is it your imagination or real? You consult your…
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Jan 16, 2018

Retail Performance Testing: UL Launches a new Laboratory in Allentown, PA

As part of a continued effort to diversify the portfolio of performance testing services offered to our clients, the UL Performance team located in Allentown, PA is pleased to announce…
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Jan 12, 2018

UL issues First UL 3992 performance verification of patch cords to Sentinel Connectors System

Patch cords are considered by the industry as the weakest element in a communications cabling system due to the variance in patch cord performance, resulting from inferior or sub-standard…
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Jan 11, 2018

UL Brings Vast Expertise in the Creation of the First PCR for the Tire Industry

Product Category Rules (PCRs) minimize market confusion by streamlining the procedures by which products are evaluated for their environmental impacts, ensuring globally consistent data…
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Jan 10, 2018

Full Service Combustion Testing and Certification Solutions

Expertise. Integrity. Responsiveness. UL has been in the combustion testing and certification business for more than 80 years. Located in the US and Canada, UL’s state-of-the-art…
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Jan 9, 2018

Low Carbon Monoxide ANSI/UL 2201 Portable Generators

The hum of portable generators sounded throughout much of Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. Residents, who had been without power for days, sought to preserve the necessities-…
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Jan 9, 2018

Opportunity Knocks for UL Employee

Mike Kuo has never shied away from charting new courses. From his move across the Pacific Ocean to study in Northern California, to building a company from the ground up while raising young…
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Jan 9, 2018

UL Environment Announces Agreement to Add CRI Green Label Plus Certified Carpet Products to SPOT™ Online Database

MARIETTA, GA., January 9, 2018 — UL Environment, a division of UL (Underwriters Laboratories) today announced that The Carpet and Rug Institute’s (CRI’s) Green Label Plus™ certified…
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Jan 5, 2018

New US and Canada Binational Standard Published for Door and Gate Operators and Systems

Automated door and gate systems are very common in both the US and Canada.  In fact, many of the same manufacturers, distributers, and dealers operate in both countries, and the use of…
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Jan 2, 2018

Unpacking Diversity

UL’s first Leadership Summit on Diversity and Inclusion, powered by the Women in Leadership Business Resource Group (WILBRG), drove home the role diversity and inclusion play in the…
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Dec 21, 2017

Exterior Wall Fires – On a Global Scale

As we continue to explore UL’s 120+ years of work towards fire safety we look back on a fire that occurred two years during the celebration of the New Year in 2016. The world watched as…
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Dec 21, 2017

UL Well Represented at ift Rosenheim’s 2017 Fire Safety Forum

UL representatives Dwayne Sloan, BLST PDE  Director; Chris Miles, Business Development Manager, Europe; and Sean DeCrane, Manager - Groups, Associations and Organizations, attended the 2017…
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Dec 19, 2017

Innovation revolutionizes transaction industry

Gone are the days where standing in a checkout line at the grocery store meant you likely had cash or a checkbook in hand. Gone, too, are the moments where chipping in for pizza to have…

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