wiredInUSA May 2017

New cable lab

The US certification company Underwriters Laboratories (UL) has opened a wire and cable laboratory in North Jakarta to be operated by its subsidiary, PT UL International Indonesia. The company president, Ben Miller, said that the Indonesia location was chosen because of the country’s fast-growing economy. UL said in a statement that the laboratory has been accredited by the National Accreditation Committee as a testing laboratory, and by the product certification

agency LSPro for the certification of Indonesian national standards.

Miller added that UL standard certification requires ongoing surveillance and comprehensive monitoring of products, from design to sale. Anthony Tan, vice president and managing director for UL ASEAN region, explained that UL already operates two laboratories in Singapore in the consumer technology and transaction security fields, and a textile and consumer goods laboratory in Vietnam.

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