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UL Launches Cybersecurity Assurance Program

As cyber-attacks become more sophisticated, harder to protect against, and more costly than ever, security precautions are critical. There will be 21-50 billion connected devices by 2020, according to Gartner and other industry reports. By 2018, it is predicted that 66% of networks will have an IoT security breach*. The security and financial risks impacting… read more

UL Launches Verification Service for “Low Optical Flicker”

Optical Flicker — the impression of unsteadiness of visual perception induced by a light stimulus whose luminance or spectral distribution fluctuates with time, or the rapid change in light source output over time — is present, to some degree, in nearly all light sources. However, the degree to which flicker can be perceived, or is… read more

China Market Access: UL Provides Medical Device Manufacturers Alternative to Traditional CFDA Testing

UL’s new China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) testing program allows medical device manufacturers outside of China the option to participate in and complete the required series of tests for CFDA approval at a local UL laboratory outside of China with the support of onsite engineers from CFDA testing lab.

UL Acquires Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainability Software Company

Purchase enables UL to offer comprehensive platform to customers

European Commission Opens Public Consultations on Restricting 291 Substances

UL UK Accredited as Test Laboratory for MasterCard Contactless Readers V3.0

 

UL Fire Researchers Test Use of Fans to Control Blazes

Throughout January, UL’s FRSI staff set fires in two specially built homes inside its massive Northbrook burn lab to investigate the use of a new firefighting technique.

Behind the Scenes: Assessing Wearable Battery Safety

UL Consumer Products Launches Verification Program and New Mark for the Dietary Supplements Industry

The Harmonisation of Product Standards: A Look at Frequency Inverters and Programmable Logic Controllers

Dirk R.F. Müller speaks to ElectroAutomation magazine Today’s global products need to be manufactured with multiple regional standards in mind. As a result, many manufacturers opt to produce different product lines for North America and the ‘IEC market’. The harmonisation of industrial automation equipment standards significantly reduces the overall number of requirements, as well as… read more