MEDIA RELEASE PR40977
UL High-Tech Division Bolsters Preferred Partner Program With Signing of G&M Compliance
NORTHBROOK, Ill., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
Coordinated compliance solution expected to reduce time-to-market and
product introduction costs
Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a world leader in product safety testing
and certification, announced today that G&M Compliance, a provider of product
certification services, has signed a Preferred Partner Agreement with UL. The
signing of the agreement with G&M Compliance expands UL's services for
high-tech product safety certification, including global market access.
"The Preferred Partner Program enables manufacturers to work seamlessly
between UL and G&M Compliance to receive a complete suite of services
required to get to market quickly and economically," said Carlos Correia,
vice president, UL High-Tech Division. "By working with G&M Compliance, UL
has increased the depth of its technical and compliance expertise for rapidly
growing technologies."
The agreement with G&M Compliance is expected to reduce the cost and time
to market of new product introductions by minimizing design, testing and
evaluation cycles. Manufacturers working with UL for certification activities
can now access G&M Compliance's value-added services such as component
selection/sourcing and witnessed pre-compliance testing.
"In addition to expanding UL's services, G&M Compliance has the
opportunity to leverage UL's immense certification offerings and knowledge
base in order to provide manufacturers with the most efficient method in
obtaining UL certification," said Thomas Ha, vice president, business
development for G&M Compliance. "G&M Compliance also is able to provide
small- to medium-sized manufacturers with a comprehensive, A-to-Z approach in
achieving UL certification."
Additional services offered by G&M Compliance, which has more than 50
years of experience in product certification, includes testing and
certification in the automotive, telecom, and lighting and surge categories,
as well as international certification with marks including CCC (China), KCC
(Korea), IRAM (Argentina), GOST-R (Russia), and GS (Germany), among others.
UL selects its Preferred Partners (which are independent contractors of
UL) based on service offerings that can provide efficient solutions and
enhanced certification packages to customers. In addition, UL provides
Preferred Partners with further training, dedicated engineering resources and
customer service support.
About Underwriters Laboratories
Underwriters Laboratories (UL) is an independent product safety
certification organization that has been testing products and writing
Standards for Safety for over a century. UL evaluates more than 19,000 types
of products, components, materials and systems annually with 20 billion UL
Marks appearing on 66,000 manufacturers' products each year. UL's worldwide
family of companies and network of service providers includes 68 laboratory,
testing and certification facilities serving customers in 102 countries. For
About G&M Compliance
G&M Compliance, Inc. provides global certification services, focusing on
product safety compliance for small to medium size companies. G&M is able to
assist manufacturers in reducing certification times by providing
personalized service and reliable information. G&M has more than 10 years of
business relationship with UL working on behalf of manufacturers around the
SOURCE: Underwriters Laboratories
CONTACT: Millicent Mak, Manager
Global High-Tech Industry
Underwriters Laboratories
+852 2276 9539
Millicent.Mak@hk.ul.com
or Danika Kmetz of GolinHarris
+1-312-729-4354
dkmetz@golinharris.com
for UL
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