UL8750 provides the latest test basis for Chinese companies entering the American market

On June 9, 2011, UL (Underwriters Laboratories), the global leader in product safety testing and certification, debuted at the 2011 Guangzhou International Lighting Fair. At the same time the Asian LED Lighting Summit was held, the UL LED Lighting Division's global operations Mr. Matthew Sallee, the manager, gave a keynote speech on the latest revisions to UL8750, the safety standard for LED lighting products and components, as well as the highly-received "Energy Star" project.

“With the advent of the green energy era, the market needs lighting equipment that is more energy-efficient, durable, and easier to maintain. Therefore, for luminaire manufacturers, it is undoubtedly a brand-new challenge for products to meet both safety and energy efficiency requirements. "Mr. Matthew Sallee said that" in order to establish a specific global vision of the security guidelines platform, and provide the industry with the most complete and just testing basis for marketing in the Americas, UL officially issued the LED lighting products and components safety standards - UL8750 to regulate Assessing the general basic structure of LED lamps, UL is willing to further share mature industry experience and advanced technologies with more domestic companies to help them improve their international competitiveness and make their products more quickly accessible to the global market. ”

In addition, according to statistics, the global LED output value in 2010 was as high as 9.6 billion U.S. dollars, while China accounted for 39% of the total, which was approximately 3.72 billion U.S. dollars. It can be seen that China's LED industry occupies a pivotal position in the global industrial development. In order to provide Chinese manufacturers with better localization testing services, UL has established the world's largest LED lighting test laboratory in Nansha, Guangzhou. The "Energy Star" is a third-party certification mechanism. All products must pass the inspection of a certification body approved and approved by the US Environmental Protection Agency before they can be labeled as "Energy Star".