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UL Services Overview Capabilities and Services Programs

Contact Info:

Joseph Danisi, Product Service SpecialistTel: (631) 546- 3055 Email:[email protected]

[email protected]

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Services and Offerings for North America as well as for Global Markets:

ServicesChemical TestingEMCEnergy EfficiencyGlobal Market AccessPerformance TestingProduct Inspection & Factory AuditsProduct Safety Testing & CertificationRegulatoryReliabilityWireless & InteroperabilityLight and Laser Safety

Industry SectorsAutomotiveBatteriesConsumer ElectronicsElectricity MetersHi-Tech ComponentsIT EquipmentPCB’s (PWB’s)Power SuppliesTelecommunications

Underwriters Laboratories

life safety & securitybuilding materialspower & controls

energyhigh tech

appliances/HVAClighting

chemicalswire & cable

medicalfood & water

product safety • product safety• market access• regulations

environment• claims validation• sustainability• standards

university• training & education• technical expertise• personal certification

verification• security, wireless, interoperability, EMC• energy efficiency• performance

life & health sciences • human safety• product safety

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Wireless/EMC

WiSE

2G/3G/4G Regulatory Approvals

BluetoothQualifications

Ultra-WideBand

(UWB)

Wi-Fi QualificationsGlobal

Market Access (GMA)

Smart Grid

Communications

NFC /RFID

CTIA / CWG Antenna

Performance

WirelessUSB

NotifiedBody

Approvals

Wireless Charging

Wearable Technology/Internet of THINGS (IoT)

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Smart Grid to Smart Meters to Smart Appliances

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UL’s Start-Up Program• UL’s breadth of service offerings allows us to serve as a single global source for the high tech industry’s key

business needs

• Increase speed to market

• Deliver compliant products globally

• Reduce costs, reduce rework

• Leverage UL’s Regulatory and Compliance Experience

• Improve Market success; reduce surprises through the product life cycle, from design to disposal

• Let’s you Focus on YOUR core competencies, and maximize your resources to enable your team to be more productive

• Manage your risk – sustain viability, protect reputations and encourage growth

• Compliance Engineer is assigned to the start-up to guide them through the Certification Process.  There is a free consultation to go over their design, making sure that they are on the right path to conforming to the applicable Certification Programs and Standards.

• Business Development Manager is also assigned to the start-up, who will guide them on the specific Regulatory and Certification marks needed to market or sell your product in the countries of their choice.  Both the Engineer and Business Development Manager work in a collaborative manner to ensure that the start-up has everything needed to gain access to the global market, or to the market(s) of their choice.

Service and Offerings for North America and Global Markets

Our breadth of service offerings allows us to serve as a single global source for the Start-Up’s key business needs:

• Safety Certifications

• EMC Testing and Certifications

• EMC Pre-scans in our state of the art 10m Semi Anechoic Chamber (great for research and for tweaking new designs)

• Wireless Regulatory Testing and Certifications (Global)

• Global Market Access Services including acting as “Local Representative” when needed

• Performance Testing / Reliability Testing

• Energy Efficiency Testing and Certifications

• Environmental Claim Validation

• Chemical Emissions Testing

• GREENGUARD Certification Program for Chemical and Particle Emissions for Electronic Equipment

• SAR Testing

• Transaction Security Evaluation Services

• Transaction Security Test Services

UL product safety

UL has developed extraordinaryengineering, testing and standards capabilities on fire and electrical safety certification.

market access for Battery Packs ► global bundle

addng more services :: C-Tick (Australia) • Anatel (Brazil) • UN/DOT (int) • CE marking (EU) • VPC Mark (Taiwan) • TISI Mark (Thailand) • …

Global Marks portfolio & bundled offers

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… and show the marketplacehow green your products are.

environmental standardselectronics, chemicals, building products…

product sustainability

energy efficiency

claims validation

UL environment

“Underwriters Laboratories, whose ubiquitous product- safety labels have literally made it a household name for more than a century, is pushing hard to make a new name for itself as a global environmental-standards tester.”

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wireless, interoperability, security/payments, EMCcellular, M2M, infrastructure, mobile payments & security

testing, inspection, auditingperformance, reliability, quality, functionality testingsupply chain audits and inspections

UL verification

It’s a smallerworld… .

…validate your products

excel everywhere.

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let’s educate the people who make the world a safer place.

personal certificationEV charging PV installers

training & expertise

UL university

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complexity of the products’ supply chain

Products’ supply chain is becoming more & more complex

• new “power” players(EMS, ODM, eRetailers)

• highly decentralized(design, procurement, manufacturing)

• low cost & economies of scaledriving efficiencies

• shorten product life-cycleincreasing the pace of innovation

simplified product supply chain

█ “traditional” player; █ “new” player; █ “new” role

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source :: Wall Street Journal, 18 May 2009, Clarity Is Missing Link in Supply Chain

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conformity assessment Demand Drivers

Government (Market Access)

• through regulation

• at the federal, state, and local levels

• reflects societal needs

Market (Market Acceptance)

• demand from consumers, retailers, distributors, insurers, commercial purchasers…

• reflects the needs of the market

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Product Design Review

• Formal Design Reviews - Complete construction evaluation of a product to the applicable standards. We will tailor the evaluation to suit your program objectives, for example:

• Construction evaluation

• Identification of safety critical components

• Test plan proposal

• Project Management - Technical consultations ranging from a brief, informal meeting to outsourcing of entire compliance projects or programs. Services include:

• Extensive pre-compliance assessment, identifying if any national requirements on product safety, EMC and energy efficiency that may impact to your products

• Testing co-ordination

• Management of submittals to other agencies when necessary

• Reviews of engineering change orders

• Ready-to-go assistance such as CB certificates collection

CE Marking

Benefits of CE marking: “Trade passport” for the European marketplace. Mandatory law that allows you to the freely circulate your product throughout the European Economic Area.

Types of product that require CE marking? Electrical/Electronic products, Medical Devices, Wireless Connected devices, Telecommunication connected devices, Toy products, etc.

Some of the directives that may be needed for CE marking of your products:

• Active implantable medical devices• Eco-design of energy related products• **Electromagnetic compatibility• In vitro diagnostic medical devices• **Low voltage Directive• Measuring Instruments• Medical devices• **Radio and telecommunications terminal equipment (R&TTE)• Safety of toys

What are the sanctions for not following the laws regarding CE marking?

• Procedures, measures and sanctions that apply to the CE marking are laid down in Member State’s national administrative and penal law.

• Depending on the seriousness of the crime, economic operators may be liable to a fine and, in some circumstances, imprisonment.

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Leveraging UL’s expertise to supportregulatory acceptance for the critical systems essential to our health and well being

FOCUS:

Global Product CertificationGlobal Market Access Solutions Global Regulatory AccreditationsRegulatory Advisory ServicesEducation and Training UL-EduneeringHuman Factors EngineeringClinical and Non-clinical Testing MDTSoftware and Interoperability TestingWater systemsNB for MDD, IVD devicesFactory Inspections and Audits

Key Partnerships

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