INTRODUCING
UL ADVANTAGE
SM
NEW MEETS
NOW
BOLD. NEW. DIFFERENT.
UL Advantage is a revolutionary
certification process that provides the
proven benefits of UL certification to
select Small Appliances and Portable
Consumer Electronics, faster and more
streamlined than ever before. We say it’s
revolutionary because Advantage offers
a significantly more agile and innovative
path to certification. It has been carefully
developed and backed by UL’s technical
expertise and uncompromising standard
of quality.
Created to meet the needs of specific
businesses in exceptionally fast-paced
industries, UL Advantage enables
manufacturers to certify products with
no turnaround time, no waiting and no
interruption to development cycles. The
UL Mark differentiates quality products
in the global marketplace, providing a
true competitive edge.
UL ADVANTAGE:
NEXT GENERATION
SAFETY CERTIFICATION
SMARTER.
Certification that adapts to your existing product development and
manufacturing processes. Manufacturers are in control of the timing, simply
leveraging UL’s expertise and engineering experience. That makes it smarter.
EASIER.
Working with UL has never been simpler. We have streamlined the certification
process and established clear rules and requirements for components, creating
a fast end-product program. Qualified customers have the convenience of
in-house certification, increasing speed and control. That makes it easier.
BETTER.
Same uncompromising standard of quality for product safety. Products certified
with the UL Mark increase consumer confidence and demonstrate compliance
with our certification requirements. That makes it better.
YOUR
PRODUCT
eLEARNING
TRAINING
ASSESSMENT
AND VALIDATION
MARK
AUTHORIZATION
FACTORY
SURVEILLANCE
The UL Advantage
program is built
around you and your
product lines. Waiting
for compliance is a
thing of the past.
A technical
representative at your
company will need to
complete technical
training. One course
on the program,
one for each type of
product. This ensures
that products are
designed to comply.
Manufacturing
locations are
assessed for Quality
Systems and Testing
Capabilities. This
validates that
manufacturers are
proficient to perform
in-house or
UL-witnessed testing.
Successful completion
of training and
validation enables
you to use the
UL Mark like never
before. Robust
components allow
new flexibility in
design, giving you
unmatched speed
with the same quality
UL Mark you trust.
During product
manufacturing,
UL conducts regular
in-field audits of
manufacturing
testing processes
and inspects
production lines to
ensure continued
qualification for
UL Advantage.
GIVE YOURSELF
EVERY ADVANTAGE
FLEXIBILITY
UL Advantage was created to adapt to
existing business product development
timelines.
SPEED
The Advantage program enables you
to leverage UL’s scientific expertise and
engineering experience to bring certified
products to market with zero turnaround
time required for testing.
PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION
The UL Mark is instantly recognizable
around the world, clearly differentiating
quality products in the global
marketplace.
AGILITY
Once a manufacturer has qualified for
the service, it is authorized to use the
UL Mark on any product it builds in
accordance with program requirements.
TRUSTED BRAND
The UL Mark is trusted implicitly by
consumers and businesses around the
world and has been relied on for over a
century.
RELY ON UL
UL is a premier global safety science
company with more than 117 years of
proven history in advancing safety. As
innovations bring new capabilities and
products to fruition, UL continually seeks
pathways for the latest technologies
to safely enter the marketplace. And
our science-based research builds new
requirements that speed market access.
With Advantage, UL builds on its mission
of working for a safer world since 1894.
ul.com/advantage
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