UL Opens Larger Testing Lab
Safety science company UL has moved its testing facility in Enfield, Conn., to a new, 48,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility.The move doubles UL’s Connecticut lab and increases its quality and safety-assurance testing capabilities to meet the growing demand by U.S. retailers and manufacturers for analytical, physical, performance and compliance testing, the company said.
The new lab is equipped with instrumentation for testing of consumer soft goods such as apparel, fabrics and textiles as well as hard goods such as jewelry, toys, small appliances and electrical equipment.UL provides verification services for compliance testing to meet international, federal and regional regulations; safety risk assessment; quality inspections; and social compliance and fair labor–monitoring programs.“Our new Connecticut laboratory can now offer a greater volume of testing, more efficiently and across more product lines, while coordinating activities for U.S.-based customers using global UL consumer products labs for their testing needs,” said Roy Lamothe, UL’s vice president and general manager, consumer products, for North America. “We have precision laboratories positioned in key producing countries to service our customers with the highest integrity and through worldwide collaboration.”
Founded in 1894, UL today has a network of more than 250 labs and facilities in 46 countries. For more information, visit www.ul.com/consumer-products.
