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Underwriters Laboratories Signs an Agreement with RFI for the Delivery of EMC Services to UL Customers
The partnership coincides with the launch of UL’s new Global Market Access Solution for Hi-Tech Products
Guildford, 22 January 2008 – Underwriters Laboratories (UL) announces today the signature of a subcontractor agreement with RFI Global Services Ltd UK (RFI) to provide testing and other services relating to electromagnetic compatibility (EMC services) to UL UK. The objective of this partnership is to streamline the product compliance process of UL customers by combining RFI’s EMC testing facilities with UL’s product safety testing and certification services.
RFI is a UKAS accredited laboratory (ISO/IEC 17025) that focuses on specialist testing, approvals and product development services across the wireless, cellular and smartcard technologies. RFI services include EMC testing using state-of-the-art facilities and test equipment in compliance with national and international standards such as the European EMC (2004/108/EC), the FCC regulations for the North American market and other worldwide product approval requirements. Through the new partnership, UL will extend the scope of its testing capacities specifically to better serve the U.K. market within the information technology, consumer electronics and telecommunications industries.
The cooperation with RFI is a response to customer needs for flexible service approaches that directly support speed and on-time delivery to put products in the global marketplace. By means of the new agreement with RFI, UL will be able to provide a faster turnaround time to customers by using RFI facilities for EMC testing, which include 8 screened chambers, 3 anechoic chambers, 2 open area test sites, 6 bench immunity test sites and an advanced electronic test file system.
The signature of the RFI contract is aligned with the recent launch of the global market access certification package of Underwriters Laboratories for information technology equipment and consumer electronics, valid in Europe and Latin America until 30th June 2007. By applying to this unique solution, for each new UL Mark or change in an existing UL certified product the manufacturer requests, UL will issue free of charge, 11 regional safety certifications including marks for Europe, China, Japan, Russia, Latin America and others, allowing manufacturers of high-technology products reach the global market by undertaking only one certification process.
For more information please contact: John Parnell of UL UK on Tel: + 44 1482 402009 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
About UL 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 21 billion UL Marks appearing on 71,000 manufacturers’ products each year. UL’s worldwide family of companies and network of service providers includes 66 laboratories, testing and certification facilities serving customers in 104 countries. For more information, visit: www.ul.com
About RFI RFI Global Services (RFI) supplies comprehensive environmental, regulatory and compliance services to the Wireless, Cellular, Smartcard, Electronics and related technology industries around the world. Specific areas of expertise include compliance management, regulatory investigations and applications, development and conformance testing – as well as site surveys. The scope of RFI’s UKAS accreditation covers testing at both its permanent laboratories and off-site locations. RFI is a Notified Body for the R&TTE Directive, a Competent Body for the EMC Directive, a Telecommunications Certification Body (TCB) under the US-EU Mutual Recognition Agreement, is accredited as a Bluetooth Qualification Test Facility (BQTF) and has two Bluetooth Qualification Bodies (BQB).
For further information contact: John Parnell T + 44 1482 402009 E This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it W www.ul-europe.com
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