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Living Our Mission

UL and the UL logo are trademarks of UL LLC © 2017. Proprietary & Confidential.

UL LLC UPDATE

• Knowledge and Experience

• UL12402

• Marking and Labeling Revisions

• Additional UL Services

• Final Words

• Questions

AGENDA

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KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

UL prides ourselves with the knowledge of our staff and world class facilities

regarding flotation devices.

In addition to the 40+ years of experience with flotation device testing, UL:

• Has staff in US, Canada and the United Kingdom.

• Has representation on the US/Canada standards committees.

• Is a member of the US Technical Advisory and Canadian Mirror Committees.

• Is an active US delegate at ISO TC188/SC1 Technical Meetings.

• Is a member of the MarED Committee, which is a European Notified Body

Committee in relation to the Marine Equipment Directive.

• Is a member of the Vertical Working Group 8, which is the

European Test House Group in relation to the Personal Protective

Equipment Directive.


BRAND PROTECTION


Global Security & Brand Protection assisted Specialized IP Units with Peru’s

Attorney General’s Office & National Police in a search warrant in Lima, Peru

of a suspect manufacturer and distributor of personal flotation devices

bearing counterfeit UL Listing marks. 100 finished and 100 unfinished life

jackets with counterfeit UL Listing marks were located and seized during the

operation. Children’s life jackets were also found to be manufactured and sold

by the suspect company

FLOTATION DEVICE CERTIFICATION OFFERINGS


• US Code of Federal Regulations

• UL Standards

• Life Saving Appliance Code

• Small Vessel Regulations

• CGSB Standards

• UL Standards

• Canadian Life Saving Appliance Standard

• Life Saving Appliance Code

• Personal Protective Equipment Directive (PPE)

• Marine Equipment Directive (MED)

• Numerous EN and ISO standards

UL12402

In efforts to comply with the U.S.-Canada Regulatory Council (RCC) that was

created on 4 February 2011, the United States Coast Guard, Transport

Canada, industry and other stakeholders decided to develop harmonized

standards for flotation devices that would move towards the elimination of

regulatory restrictions.

UL currently has the capabilities to test and certify applicable products to

UL12402-5, Personal Flotation Devices – Part 5: Buoyancy Aids (Level 50) –

Safety Requirements.

As additional parts of UL12402 and UL15027 (Immersion Suits) are

published, UL will be ready to offer testing and certifications for new and

existing products once agreed upon by USCG and TC.


MARKING AND LABELING REVISIONS

“If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.”

– Henry Ford

UL staff are prepared to assist the Life Jacket Association with the transition

to the new marking and labeling requirements currently published in UL1123

and being adopted into UL1180.

Once UL1123 and UL1180 have both been published, our staff will be

contacting each of our impacted customers to develop an implementation

plan based on the future effective date developed.






ADDITIONAL SERVICE OFFERINGS

• Commercial Laboratory Services (CLS)

• Verification Services (VS)

• Anti-Counterfeiting Solutions

• Cybersecurity

• Environment/Sustainability

• Training


TRAINING


At the request of current and

potential UL customers, we are

developing training modules

which are intended to educate

the audience on various aspects

of flotation device basics,

certification testing, inspection

obligations, etc.

ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATION OFFERINGS

In addition to flotation devices, UL is also an accredited certification body and

test house for numerous other personal protective equipment which can be

certified to a wide range of standards such NFPA, ASSE, ASTM, ISEA, EN

and ISO.


BECAUSE OF THE NUMBERS - 2016


83% of the

drownings

occurred without

wearing a

lifejacket1

51% of the

deaths occurred

in calm water1,2

1 – Accident statistics were extracted from the USCG 2016 Recreational Boating Statistics2 - 93 deaths were excluded since the water conditions were unknown3 – 62 deaths were excluded since the visibility was unknown

71% of deaths

occurred with

good visibility

during the day1,3

Why?

• 701 Deaths

• 80% Drowned

IT’S NOT JUST A JOB – IT’S PERSONAL


FINAL WORDS

As always, it is indeed a great honor to attend the Life Jacket Association

annual meeting each year.

Critical to our mission of Making the World a Safer Place, we pride

ourselves with the services we provide.

The sweat, blood, and tears we have all poured into a common goal of saving

lives is nothing short of remarkable and a badge of honor that each of you

should wear proudly!!!

Keep up the great work.


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