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Water Bubbles
  • News Story
Oct 12, 2018

UL Issues the First Marketing Claim Verification for Building Plumbing Products

With water scarcity becoming a growing concern in many regions, manufacturers are making products that claim to reduce water usage and save both businesses and consumers money on their water bills.
  • Feature Story
Oct 11, 2018

GSO Countries: Changes Required for Cooking Appliances

Understanding the potential impact of a new IEC 60335-2-6 amendment By: Pesconi Paola, Gulf Conformity Marking Program Expert To access markets in GCC Standardization Organization ( GSO)…
  • Feature Story
Oct 11, 2018

Saudi Arabia: Updates on SASO IECEE Recognition Certificates

By: Federico Picco, Saudi Regulatory Program Expert The new SASO IECEE Recognition Certificate is the recently introduced Saudi National Conformity Certificate issued based on a valid CB…
  • Feature Story
Oct 10, 2018

An Easier Path to the NOM Mark

Historically, manufacturers wishing to sell products in Mexico could only obtain the NOM Mark by sending samples to an accredited lab in Mexico.

  • Feature Story
Oct 10, 2018

Argentina: New Minimum Energy Efficiency Class for Lamps

By: Ariel Amandi - Argentina Regulatory Program Expert The Argentine Ministry of Energy issued Disposition No. 4/2018, which defines the new minimum energy efficiency (EE) level for lamps…
  • Feature Story
Oct 10, 2018

China: EMC Standard Update for Lighting Products

By: Daniel Chen, Greater China Program Manager The applicable EMC standards for Lighting CCC Approvals, GB/T17743-2017: Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance…
  • Feature Story
Oct 10, 2018

New Technology Forum: Innovating Within a Global Compliance Environment

SDO’s play an important role in helping industry with safety science solutions that facilitate globaltrade.  The increasing pace of today’s product innovation and new global sustainability concerns has challenged the status quo of standards development and safety requirements.
  • Feature Story
Oct 10, 2018

Singapore: New Energy Efficiency Labeling Requirements for Lamps & Ballasts

By: Chian Haw YONG, ASEAN Global Market Access Lead ​Singapore National Environmental Agency (NEA) announced the following new requirements: 1. Raise MEPS for non-directional…
  • Feature Story
Oct 10, 2018

South Korea: Elimination of Period of Validity of Foreign Test Reports on Electrical Appliances (KC Mark)

By: Jane Kim- South Korea Regulatory Program Expert Based on Notification No. 2018-193 from the National Institute of Standards and Technology: The period of validity for foreign test…
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  • Feature Story
Oct 9, 2018

Improving employee health in the workplace

Many companies have initiated programs to improve and maintain good health for employees. Common practices include: offering gym memberships at discounted rates, providing healthy snacks in…
  • Feature Story
Oct 9, 2018

Introducing myUL – A New, Full-Service Client Portal

As part of UL’s continued effort to better serve our clients, we recognized the need to migrate to a more robust platform that allows a deeper collaboration between UL and our clients. The…
  • News Story
Oct 9, 2018

Mexico's GHS Implementation Officially Comes Into Force

The Mexican official standard NOM-018-STPS-2015 has come into force. The legislation – which adopts GHS Revision 5 – took effect on 9th October 2018.
  • Feature Story
Oct 9, 2018

Middle East: Mandatory ECAS Mark Implementation in the UAE

By: Elena Andreula – EMEA Regulatory Program Expert The Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology (ESMA) has introduced a mandatory implementation of the ECAS Mark. As per ESMA…
  • Feature Story
Oct 9, 2018

Singapore: UL is Accredited as a Water Efficiency Labeling Scheme Certification Body

By: Chian Haw YONG, ASEAN Global Market Access Lead In addition to existing Singapore Safety Mark certifications, NEA registration and IMDA approval services, UL Singapore can now issue…
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  • Feature Story
Oct 9, 2018

Through the fire: putting safety at Europe’s forefront

As a young man, Chris Miles faced two options: take over his father’s construction business or accept a technical job doing fire testing, inspection and certification. He was not much of a…
Thailand Opening
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Oct 9, 2018

UL Thailand Lab Grand Opening

By: Kongpob Rattanakornkun, Thailand Regulatory Program Expert UL, a global safety science organization, officially opened a new laboratory in Samut Prakan, Thailand. The new facility…
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  • Feature Story
Oct 8, 2018

Anti-counterfeiting Effort: Transnational Case Study

In 2016, UL identified three factories located in the UK that had been involved in the sale and distribution of counterfeit power supply cords (PSCs) affixed with counterfeit UL gold…
  • Feature Story
Oct 8, 2018

Energy Performance Testing: Not Only for Household Appliances

By: Elena Finocchi, Program Manager Performances, Appliances & HVAC Hotel/Restaurant/Café (also known as HORECA, a commercial term used to identify the food service industry) is…
  • Feature Story
Oct 8, 2018

Important Notice for UL 588, Seasonal and Holiday Decorative Products

In 2013, we launched the enhanced UL Mark and promotional badge system to make it easier for the market to understand the scope of our certification, to deliver more transparency to…
  • Feature Story
Oct 8, 2018

Laundry Appliances - New Editions of UL's Safety Standards UL 2157 and UL 2158

By: Darrin Conlon, Director of Principal Engineers for Appliances, HVAC/R, and Lighting, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff With the publication of any new edition of a safety…

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