The testing and certification industry benefits from expanding third-party testing requirements (especially in the US), rising consumer safety awareness, and second-order safety effects fro…

The FCC named UL Solutions as lead administrator of the US cyber trust mark, creating a version-one product cybersecurity certification that consumers currently lack — baby monitors and con…

The FCC selected UL Solutions as lead administrator for the US Cyber Trust Mark, a new certification program addressing consumer demand for verified cybersecurity in connected devices like…

UL Solutions worked with New York City to turn lithium-ion battery safety standards into law after over a dozen deaths from e-bike fires; recent data shows deaths reduced significantly, dem…

Electrification of everything creates significant battery safety risks — NYC saw over a dozen deaths from lithium-ion e-bike fires — but UL standards on battery enclosures and connectors, a…

UL Solutions developed battery enclosure and connector standards adopted into NYC law after dozens of e-bike fire deaths, with early data showing significant fatality reductions, demonstrat…

New York City law mandating UL standards for e-bike lithium-ion batteries has significantly reduced fire deaths, demonstrating how regulation drives mandatory third-party testing and create…

Lithium-ion battery fires from e-bikes caused over a dozen deaths in New York City, which UL Solutions helped prevent by working with the city to turn UL battery enclosure and connector sta…

Tariff-driven supply chain changes (raw materials, suppliers, factory locations) force manufacturers to retest products to new standards; UL Solutions helps customers navigate 110 markets'…

Ongoing tariff changes force manufacturers to alter raw materials, suppliers, factory locations, and product designs, each change requiring retesting to new standards, creating a recurring…

UL Solutions' software-as-a-service revenue has grown to nearly 10% of total, driven by chemical regulatory compliance tools and derivative data uses for sustainability reporting, scope 3 t…

UL Solutions is applying AI to predict long-term material degradation (e.g., plastics in thermal aging ovens) and partnering with industrial metaverse leaders to use digital twins for faste…

As AI embeds into consumer and industrial products, UL Solutions is developing verified marks for AI PCs/servers and working with customers to establish safety standards and advocate for se…

UL Solutions introduced a verified mark for AI PCs and servers with 10 testing categories, and is convening customer working groups with AI scientists to define safety requirements ahead of…

As AI gets embedded in everything from children's toys to industrial controls and vehicles, there are no existing standards or regulations for AI functional safety. UL Solutions launched a…

AI is being embedded in everything from children's toys to industrial controls and complex vehicles, creating second-order functional safety risks that require new validation frameworks — U…

UL Solutions is developing verification standards for AI-enabled products, convening customer groups to define safety categories for AI PCs and servers as regulations lag technology.

UL Solutions is applying AI and digital twin simulation to replace long-duration physical tests (e.g., 18-month thermal aging of plastics) with faster data-driven conclusions, while partner…

UL Solutions is applying AI to predict long-term material degradation (e.g., plastics in thermal aging ovens) to reduce 12-18 month test cycles, while acknowledging digital twins will gradu…

Simulation and digital twin technology could gradually replace physical safety testing in lower-risk applications, pressuring traditional lab revenue but expanding UL's high-margin software…