AnimalMagic wrote:

Eeyore wrote:
Phil Allison wrote:
"Eeysore"

Easy enough to say, but let's have a little more detail...

That is, what's their raison d'être and why do you think they're ****?

They are IIRC a not-for-profit Incorporated Business

** Definitely wrong.

UL is a privately owned, for profit business.

" The UL Mark does not carry any legal weight beyond that of any other
trademark."

So it is quite different from CE marking or the legally compulsory
laboratory type approval and marking of electrical /electronic appliances
and devices on the " prescribed items " list.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwriters_Laboratories

Well, I'm surprised. I had it in my mind that it was 'not for profit'.

Has its status changed in recent times ?


If one wants the UL mark on one's product, one pay UL.

That sounds like a for profit enterprise to me.

That in itself does not make it a 'for profit' organisation.

Graham