The world's growing concern with Asia production is having a push on the strengthening of product safety standards and testing in that region. Underwriters Laboratories Inc., whose service covers plastic materials, just announced an expansion in Taiwan.
The UL Taiwan Material Lab now integrates a complete system of sub-labs related to materials and has become the center of UL's operation in Asia, according to a news release dated Sept. 3 on the UL Taiwan web site.The organization also boosted the number of long-term-thermal-aging (LTTA) testing machines, from 137 to 377. The increased capacity will help reduce the long wait time for manufacturers in Taiwan, Mainland China, Japan, Korea, India, etc.