UL Solutions, a US-based product safety and certification company, has unveiled its new retail and consumer products laboratory in Ningbo, China.
The new 5,388sqm laboratory boosts efficiency, enhances response times, and offers local expertise for manufacturers in Greater China. Furthermore, it addresses the rising retail and consumer product industry demand.
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UL Solutions strengthens its presence in the Yangtze River Delta, a major retail and consumer goods manufacturing hub, with this new laboratory situated close to its existing Shanghai facility.
The new Ningbo lab offers comprehensive, streamlined testing (safety, quality, performance, chemical) for textiles, footwear, furniture, and electronics packaging. Additionally, enhanced features like furniture flammability testing support the entire product lifecycle.
Jennifer Scanlon, president and CEO of UL Solutions, stated that this investment aims to boost the firm’s capabilities and infrastructure to assist retailers’ success.
“Our Ningbo laboratory reinforces our commitment to the retail and consumer product sectors and our many customers in the Greater China region,” added Weifang Zhou, executive vice president and president of testing, inspection and certification at UL Solutions.
UL Solutions supports retail and consumer product testing through 18 facilities globally, in addition to its Ningbo and Shanghai labs. These include sites in Cabiate (Italy), Dhaka (Bangladesh), Gurugram (India), Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), and Shenzhen, (China).
Headquartered in the US state of Illinois, UL Solutions provides testing, inspection and certification services. It has over 15,000 employees globally. In the past year, it also announced investments in Tokyo (Japan), and Queretaro (Mexico).
