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  Underwriters Laboratories Incorporated - 60:33852-33859
Appendix A of section 1910.7 stated, in part, that Underwriters Laboratories Incorporated was recognized temporarily as a nationally recognized testing laboratory by the Assistant Secretary for a five-year period from June 13, 1988 through June 13, 1993.
Each laboratory is subject to a formal initial assessment to determine its capability and qualifications to perform testing on a category-by-category, or standard-by-standard basis.
OSHA believes, based upon an examination of the application, that Underwriters Laboratories Inc. is independent of employers subject to the tested equipment requirements and of any manufacturers or vendors of equipment or materials being tested for these purposes, within the meaning of 29 CFR 1910.7(b)(3).
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  Elliott Laboratories   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
UL's choice of Elliott Laboratories for this partnership is testimony to Elliott's efforts to build the industry's leading EMC engineering facilities in Northern California.
Elliott Laboratories operates one of the West Coast's premier EMC testing facilities in Fremont, California, with one 10-meter semi-anechoic chamber and two 5-meter semi-anechoic chambers, in addition to a full suite of EMC immunity/susceptibility labs and a wired telecom laboratory.
Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) is an independent, not-for-profit product safety certification organization that has been testing products for more than 110 years.
www.elliottlabs.com /medical/pr102805ul.htm   (505 words)

  
  Underwriters Laboratories - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
UL Mark with C and US Underwriters Laboratories (Inc.) is a well-known testing laboratory that develops standards and test procedures for materials, components, assemblies, tools, equipment and procedures, chiefly dealing with product safety and utility.
A product with Underwriters Laboratories listing is said to be "UL Listed." Purchasers can identify such products by the distinctive UL Mark [1].
A licensed professional may lose his or her license for failure to use materials marked with a UL (or equivalent) label, where required.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Underwriters_Laboratories   (583 words)

  
 UL - Underwriters Laboratories, Unordered List, UpLoad
Underwriters' Laboratories is a nonprofit organization that tests electrical devices to assure their compliance with the NEC.
Underwriters Laboratories: A third-party certification organization in the USA and the largest in North America.
An abbreviation for Underwriters Laboratories Inc. UL is an independent organization devoted to testing for public safety.
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 Underwriters Laboratories Inc. Press Release I
NORTHBROOK IL USA — MEDICAL INDUSTRY E-MAIL NEWS SERVICE(TM) — JUNE 08 2004 — Underwriters Laboratories Inc, a leading provider of testing and certification services, announced the launch today of its Complete Regulatory Compliance Solution — a comprehensive portfolio of medical device services for manufacturers.
UL's Complete Regulatory Compliance Solution offers the convenience of working through one point of contact, resulting in a timely and cost-efficient process with a service provider whose record on integrity and technical expertise is world-renowned.
Underwriters Laboratories Inc (UL) is an independent, not-for-profit product safety certification organization that has been testing products for more than 110 years.
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 Underwriters Laboratories questions official story of the WTC collapse
For use in hospitals, nursing homes, hotels, motels, animal housing of various types, surgical, mortuary, and laboratory work areas and institutions where housekeeping will be of prime importance against the hazards of cross contamination of environmental surfaces.
The following letter was sent today by Kevin Ryan of Underwriters Laboratories to Frank Gayle of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Underwriters Laboratories is the company that certified the steel components used in the construction of the World Trade Center towers.
www.the7thfire.com /9-11/World_Trade_Center/underwriters_laboratories_questions_WTC_collapse.htm   (1434 words)

  
 Chimney Relining Systems - HomeSaver - Tested by Underwriters Lab   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Underwriters Laboratories (UL) is a not-for-profit organization, which develops, revises, and implement standards for safety.
This allows a UL representative to visit the factory unannounced, usually once every three months, to verify that the materials are in compliance with their listing.
To have a truly UL Listed product, it must be subjected to Underwriters Laboratories for testing and later for their suprise visits to the manufacturing facility, and of course, the product must bear the UL trademark.
www.homesaver.com /asp/ul.asp   (380 words)

  
 Underwriters Laboratories Inc. information and related industry information from Hoover's
Underwriters Laboratories Inc. information and related industry information from Hoover's
Underwriters Laboratories (UL) is one of the world's leading providers of product safety and certification testing services, performing more than 100,000 product evaluations each year.
There are 14 competitors for Underwriters Labs; see more.
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 Underwriters Laboratories Generates Leads by Getting the Lead Out
Underwriters Laboratories, Northbrook, IL, tests products in various industries to ensure they comply with certain standards.
The law restricts the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical or electronic equipment, such as lead or mercury, that is sold or used in the EU after July 1.
Underwriters realized that because the law is so restrictive, the process of gaining compliance would require commitment from manufacturers' senior levels.
www.dmnews.com /cms/dm-sectors/b2b/36155.html   (761 words)

  
 NACHI partners with Underwriters Laboratories (UL) - The National Association of Certified Home Inspectors
Underwriters Laboratories Inc. offers a discount on well testing to NACHI members:
UL has tested products and materials for safety for over 100 years and is proud to offer homeowners with thorough well water testing.
drinking water laboratory has tested over 1 million water samples for cities and private homeowners throughout America.
www.nachi.org /ul.htm   (210 words)

  
 Underwriters Laboratories Inc.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Kevin Ryan, the laboratory director at Environmental Health Laboratories Inc., which is a subsidiary of Underwriters Laboratories Inc., writes an e-mail to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)—the agency currently investigating the WTC collapses—in which he challenges the official theory regarding the WTC collapses.
According to Ryan, Underwriters Laboratories Inc. was the company that certified the steel components used in the construction of the World Trade Center, and it had been agreed that the samples it certified met all requirements.
According to Underwriters Laboratories, “there is no evidence” that any firm tested the materials used to build the towers.
www.cooperativeresearch.org /entity.jsp?id=1521846767-666   (365 words)

  
 Underwriters Laboratories Careers: Vault Career & Hiring Profiles
Underwriters Laboratories employee surveys are collected by Vault editors, Vault Gold Surveys provide detailed information on careers and hiring at specific employers.
We provide a free insider career profile on Underwriters Laboratories, based on interviews and surveys of Underwriters Laboratories employees.
Vault.com is not associated or affiliated with Underwriters Laboratories.
www.vault.com /career-company/Underwriters-Laboratories.html   (557 words)

  
 lebanon electrical consultant engineer - Geha Engineering
Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) is an independent, not-for-profit, product safety testing and certification organization.
UL has five testing laboratories in the United States and subsidiaries in Mexico, Denmark, England, Italy, India, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan.
Most insurance underwriters, federal, and municipal authorities, architects, building owners and engineers request the UL Mark.
www.gehalb.com /ul.htm   (376 words)

  
 Tanning Equipment - Underwriters Laboratories Inc.  (UL)
Underwriters Laboratories Inc. was founded in 1984 and is chartered as a not-for-profit organization without capital stock, under the laws of the State of Delaware, to establish maintain and operate laboratories for the examination and testing of devices, systems and materials to determine their relation to hazards to life and property.
These requirements are based upon sound engineering principles, research, records of tests and field experience and an appreciation of the problems of manufacture, installation and use derived from consultation with and information obtained from manufacturers, users, inspection authorities and others having specialized experience.
The thermocouples and the related instrument are to be accurate and calibrated in accordance with standard laboratory practice.
www.lookingfit.com /articles/equipment/737_671fac27.html   (8355 words)

  
 Amazon.com: "Underwriters Laboratories": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Underwriters Laboratories (UL) is a testing agency specializing in certifying product safety through a listing procedure.
UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES, INC. (UL) Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (UL) is chartered as a nonprofit organization to establish, maintain, and operate laboratories for the...
Underwriters Laboratory - Info -- Ensure your have the standards and specifications you need.
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 Trace Laboratories | Capabilities | UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES
Trace Laboratories is accredited by the leading standards institutes.
The Underwriters Laboratories Client Agent Program is a natural extension of our services and allows Trace-East to provide test data which will act as a significant portion of the information base for UL review and ultimate approval.
As a formally recognized firm to the ISO 9001:2000 quality document, Trace Laboratories - East is very familiar with UL procedures.
www.tracelabs.com /capability.aspx?capability_id=13   (645 words)

  
 PRESS RELEASE Underwriters Laboratories Announces Zero-Tolerance Policy for Counterfeit UL Marks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Underwriters Laboratories Announces Zero-Tolerance Policy for Counterfeit UL Marks
For more information on UL's anti-counterfeiting program or to report a suspected misuse of UL Marks, visit www.ul.com/ace.
Worldwide, UL's family of companies and its network of service providers include 62 laboratories, and testing and certification facilities.
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 About Underwriters Laboratories
Underwriters laboratories Inc., (UL) is the trusted source for product compliance across the globe.
How to Make Sure your Lightning Protection System Complies with the UL Make certain that your installer is Listed by the Underwriters Laboratories and that a Master Label application is submitted to UL for your installation.
This should be done before the installer submits the Master Label application to Underwriters Laboratories for issuance of the Label.
www.kuefler-lightning.com /ul.htm   (326 words)

  
 Performance-based pallet testing facility opens at Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
Northbrook, Ill., Oct. 16, 2003— Underwriters Laboratories Inc., (UL) is opening a pallet testing facility at its Northbrook, Ill., location in November 2003 to evaluate the physical performance of plastic, wood and metal pallets.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony, open house and tour of the new facility are scheduled for Monday, Nov. 17, 2003.
Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) is an independent, not-for-profit product safety certification organization that has been testing products and writing Standards for Safety for more than 100 years.
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 Video Placement Worldwide - Underwriters Laboratories
Thanks for visiting our PartnerPage and giving us this special opportunity to tell you about what’s behind the UL Mark and to offer you valuable free educational materials to use and share with your students and their families.
Underwriters Laboratories Inc. is an independent, impartial, not-for-profit organization that is devoted to testing products, equipment and devices for public safety.
UL began in 1894 in a spare room above a Chicago fire station where the first scientific evaluation of an electrical insulating material was conducted.
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 Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
Underwriters Laboratories Inc. has played an integral part in the automotive industry, conducting safety and performance testing and certification and quality management system assessments for more than 30 years.
With an established track record of evaluating a wide range products and systems for more than a century, UL’s wealth of experience and accredited resources combine to make us the auto industry’s single-source provider.
The facility is a correlated and recognized laboratory by Ford, DaimlerChrysler and General Motors.
www.sovereign-publications.com /ul.htm   (577 words)

  
 Underwriters Laboratories, Consumer Product Safety Commission Launch Generator Safety Campaign as Hurricane Season ...
With the official start of hurricane season a week away, Underwriters Laboratories (UL) is teaming with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and retailers to educate the public about portable generator safety.
At a Washington, D.C., press conference today, the CPSC announced that a record number of deaths associated with generators occurred during last year's hurricane season.
Also, pay attention to the number of appliances that a generator is designed to power and do not exceed that number.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200605/ai_n16409717   (621 words)

  
 UL | News Releases
Underwriters Laboratories' study to evaluate fundamental smoke characteristics may lead to improved smoke alarm effectiveness
Underwriters Laboratories and CSA America Develop New Standard for Micro Fuel Cells Designed to Power Portable Electronics
Underwriters Laboratories applauds Commerce Department's pro-active approach to standards activities
www.ul.com /media/news.html   (1176 words)

  
 What Keeps Us Safe?
It stands for Underwriters Laboratories, a firm headquartered in Northbrook, Ill., and an unsung hero of the market economy.
After a century of public service, Underwriters Laboratories has proven a safe, effective, and cost-conscious alternative to government bureaucracy.
It shows us that the market discovers new and effective solutions to the problems of everyday life, reduces the risks all around us, and does it without resorting to the coercion and inefficiency of government.
www.mises.org /freemarket_detail.asp?control=193   (1363 words)

  
 Customer Profile: Underwriters Laboratories   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Instead, we want to provide enough channels so that however they want to communicate with us, we can accommodate them and share that information within the company.
Almost everyone has heard of Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL)--or they've at least seen the UL Mark of Safety that's attached to scores of products, from household appliances and fire extinguishers to computers, lasers, and much more.
To stay close to its customers, Chicago-based UL operates 55 laboratories and testing and certification facilities around the world.
www.oracle.com /pls/cis/Profiles.print_html?p_profile_id=11373   (1251 words)

  
 Underwriters Laboratories News
The meeting was held on August 26th and 27th in Fremont California, and the group has made progress developing "wiggle" test performance/compliance criteria that can be used to identify more robust appliance couplers.
Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) is an independent, not-for-profit product safety certification organization that has been testing products and writing Standards for Safety for more than 109 years.
The Ad Hoc Group consists of representation from Underwriters Laboratories Inc., and industry leading companies producing ITE, ITE power distribution units and overcurrent protection devices.
www.eisnersafety.com /ul.htm   (1450 words)

  
 Underwriters Laboratories Announces Advancement Toward Developing E85 Dispenser Safety Requirements : ArriveNet Press ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Underwriters Laboratories Announces Advancement Toward Developing E85 Dispenser Safety Requirements
NORTHBROOK, IL -- (Market Wire - Nov 06, 2006) -- Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) reported advancement today toward developing safety requirements for E85 ethanol dispensers following a two-day forum at its global headquarters Nov. 1-2.
The technical forum, co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), featured 32 national experts discussing E85 fuel-dispensing system materials and the development of safety standards for E85 dispensers.
press.arrivenet.com /industry/article.php/874745.html   (680 words)

  
 Expert: National Electrical Code; Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. Expert
Having spent 40 years on the Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (UL) engineering staff, Expert is very familiar with UL engineering procedures, as well as the UL standards development process.
Expert may serve as a technical consultant, product design consultant, or litigation consultant, in addition to providing other professional consulting services in areas involving National Electrical Code; Underwriters Laboratories, Inc..
Intota provides attorneys and legal professionals the opportunity to ask an expert initial screening questions and ask the experts services particulars by requesting a project.
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