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Apr 9, 2010

Add Safety to Your Tool Belt When Tackling Home Improvements

NORTHBROOK, Ill., April 9, 2010 - When the paint starts to chip and the weeds peek through the grass, homeowners everywhere strap on their tool belts, determined to fix up their homes…

Apr 6, 2010

Underwriters Laboratories Named Exclusive Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory For Groundbreaking Electric Vehicle Deployment

NORTHBROOK, Ill., April 6, 2010 - Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a global leader in safety testing and certification, was recently named the exclusive Nationally Recognized Testing…

Mar 26, 2010

UL Assists Better Place with Safety Compliance Needed to Bring Highly Visible Electric Taxi Project to Japan

NORTHBROOK, Ill., March 10, 2010 -Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a global leader in product safety testing and certification services, worked with Better Place, the leading electric…

Mar 24, 2010

New Compact Fluorescent Lamp Study Finds Lights Safer Than Perceived

NORTHBROOK, Ill., March 24, 2010 - Today, Underwriters Laboratories (UL) unveiled results from its compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) safety study that found consumers may be able to use CFLs…

Mar 23, 2010

Underwriters Laboratories Opens Europe’s Largest Photovoltaic Testing and Certification Facility in Germany

NORTHBROOK, Ill., March 23, 2010 - Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a global leader in safety testing and certification, announced today the expansion of its global photovoltaic (PV)…

Mar 17, 2010

Underwriters Laboratories Signed MOU with Industrial Technology Research Institute in Taiwan to Develop Safety Requirements for Electric Vehicles

Taipei, March 17, 2010 - Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL), a world leader in product safety testing and certification services, today signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with…

Mar 16, 2010

UL warns of an AC/DC adapter with unauthorized UL Mark

NORTHBROOK, Ill., - March 16, 2010 - Underwriters Laboratories (UL) is notifying retailers and consumers that the AC/DC adapter, provided with Skyartec radio controlled airplanes, bears an…

Mar 15, 2010

Underwriters Laboratories Announces Strategic Alliance with Atlas Material Testing Technology

NORTHBROOK, Ill., March 15, 2010 - Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a world-leading independent third-party safety testing and certification provider, has entered into a strategic alliance…

Feb 19, 2010

USG is First Company to Complete Underwriters Laboratories and ICC Evaluation Service's Dual Evaluation and Certification Program

Manufacturer Receives Dual Evaluation and Certification for its Fortacrete® Structural Panels Northbrook, Ill., Feb. 19, 2010 - Underwriters Laboratories (UL) and ICC Evaluation…

Feb 18, 2010

Underwriters Laboratories Expands Its European Testing Capabilities

UL Partners with SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden to provide testing for the CE Mark WARRINGTON, UK, Feb 18, 2010 - Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL), a world leader in…

Feb 16, 2010

Verisk Analytics CEO Frank Coyne elected to Underwriters Laboratories' Board of Trustees

NORTHBROOK, Ill. - Feb. 16, 2009: Underwriters Laboratories (UL) today announced that Frank J. Coyne has been elected to UL's board of trustees.Mr. Coyne is currently chairman, president…

Feb 15, 2010

Department of Homeland Security grant means improved firefighter safety in modern structures

NORTHBROOK, Ill., Feb. 15, 2010: A scene encountered all too often on streets all over the country: fire engines and trucks arrive at a single-family home. The picture window has a…

Feb 4, 2010

UL acquires Luminaire Testing Laboratory

Northbrook, Ill., February 4, 2010 – Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) announced today that it has acquired Luminaire Testing Laboratory (LTL), based in Allentown, PA. LTL is…

Feb 1, 2010

Offense is the best defense when creating a safe Super Bowl celebration

NORTHBROOK, Ill., February 1, 2010 - There are no instant replays when it comes to hosting a party or playing it safe on Super Bowl Sunday. Statistics show that the average household will…

Jan 27, 2010

Most Americans at risk against the silent killer

NORTHBROOK, Ill., Jan. 27, 2010 - It's silent, deadly and can lurk in your home while your family sleeps. Dubbed the "silent killer," carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless, odorless…

Jan 27, 2010

UL signs MOU with Rocky Mountain Institute to help prepare cities for widespread use of electric vehicles

NORTHBROOK, Ill., Jan. 27, 2010 - Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a global leader in safety testing and certification, has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the non…

Jan 19, 2010

UL forms landmark alliance with State Grid Electric Power Research Institute of China

Nanjing, Jiangsu Province of China, Jan. 19, 2010 - Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a global leader in product safety testing and certification services, has signed a Memorandum of…

Jan 14, 2010

UL International (UK) Ltd. appointed as Notified Body to the Construction Products Directive

NORTHBROOK, Ill., Jan. 14, 2010 -- Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a world leader in product safety and conformity testing and certification services, today announced UL International (UK)…

Jan 13, 2010

Turning down the danger in home heating hot spots

NORTHBROOK, Ill., Jan., 13, 2010 -- Numb's the word on the street. The Farmers' Almanac tells us that brutally cold temperatures are only going to dip lower in the next few months. As…

Jan 4, 2010

UL acquires Compliance Certification Services

Northbrook, Ill., Jan. 4, 2010 - Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL), a world leader in product safety testing and certification services, announced today that it has acquired Compliance…