UL published the world's first LED lighting products and accessories for safety standards

International Electronic Business, a global leader in telecommunications product safety testing and certification in the field of Underwriters Laboratories Inc. a (UL) announced the release of the safety standards for ANSI LED (light emitting diode) lighting products / UL 8750. The first edition standard creates a global security standard platform, will be able to serve a variety of LED lighting equipment, as well as the use of led street light Manufacturer technology, the entire parts supply chain.

"UL 8750 provides manufacturers around the much-needed single safety standards, to test its LED products and related components for sale in the United States." Alberto Uggetti general manager, UL Lighting Business Unit, said, "This new standard also give general consumer confidence, those labeled with the UL mark LED products have passed the necessary safety tests. "for the vast Chinese market, this standard will be released to the domestic UL LED manufacturers to provide one-stop solution, help them successfully market access in North America to provide a strong technical basis.

As governments to promote energy efficiency and clean energy, LED technology in a variety of lighting products have become more widely used, general illumination lighting from the pool to the electronic lights and even holiday lights, the energy consumption of products is gradually changing our lives. According to market research firm Strategies Unlimited's report shows that the market benefited from technological innovation and energy saving, environment, global LED market is expected to more than 5 billion US dollars in 2012. This is also reflected in the rapid development of the Chinese market, China's LED industry grew rapidly in the past few years in the New Year, with the Chinese Ministry of Science and in the country to promote the "city of ten thousand," semiconductor lighting project, China's LED lighting market is expected to enter a new course of development. However, due to the LED technology used for new high-voltage electrical products, light output, it brings security risks can not be ignored, such as electrical overheating, resulting in electric shock or fire and other issues, are likely to hinder the development of LED technology to accelerate the pace, expanding penetration areas.

Taking into account this potential risk, the lack of industry standards has become an urgent problem. To this end, UL lighting industry specially convened a summit forum, inviting more than one hundred representatives of the parties from industry, government, research and testing organization, on the development of LED technology, lighting design and manufacture of future applications such as in-depth exploration of the topic . Thanks to the forum to discuss the fruits and UL safety in the lighting field for more than 80 years of experience, UL in January 2007 issued three safety standards outline of the study, and based on these three outline eventually released UL 8750.

UL's testing capabilities across the world, and its excellent laboratories to provide customers with standards-based product testing services UL standards and IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission), to help customers get access to global markets. In addition, UL is also the sole owner of the National Accreditation led street lighting fixture testing laboratory institution. UL is very optimistic about the Chinese market, by virtue of its strong global operational experience and strong local service capabilities, UL provides global certification scheme that simplifies testing and certificate issuance process, greatly improving efficiency certification, as China's manufacturing companies successfully entered the international market protection.

LED technology is UL's global lighting business an important part. As early as in the early twenties of the last century, UL has drafted its first standard for the lighting industry, the standard is widely used in the lighting history, has gone through many changes, such as the widely used fluorescent lamps and so on. Now, UL according to more than 30 kinds of safety and performance standards to provide testing and certification services for the global lighting products and components products. In the human face has a technical overflight moment, UL will take up an active role to promote the development of LED technology, as we have safe and energy-efficient lighting products and efforts.