UL is a premier global independent safety services company that has
championed progress for 120 years. Its 11,000 professionals are guided by the UL
mission to promote safer working and living environments for all people and to
deliver on UL’s promise of safe and free flowing of goods across borders. UL
uses research and standards to continually advance and meet ever-evolving safety
needs. We partner with businesses, manufacturers, retailers, trade associations
and regulatory authorities around the globe to bring solutions to a more complex
global supply chain.
UL conducts its work across 37 industries and 6 continents and has employees
in 40 countries in 170 testing and certification facilities around the globe.
Over 1 billion consumers were reached by UL in Asia, Europe and North America in
2013 and UL marks appear on 22 billion products across the globe annually. UL
entered China in 1980 by helping Chinese manufactures’ products comply with
North American requirements. In January, 2003, UL and China Certification and
Inspection Corporation Group formed a joint venture in Suzhou known as UL-CCIC.
Today, UL provides direct, efficient and high quality local services to both
Chinese and multinational manufacturers through our 14 testing and certification
labs, as well as 8 UL branches, and many UL-authorized third party and customer
labs.
