China's LED industry guide light "UL" one-stop service

In the LED lamp because of its advantages in energy saving and environmental protection become the main trend of the world lighting industry as the global product safety testing and certification industry leader Underwriters Laboratories Inc. a (UL) announced today that the exhibition from June 9, 2009 to 12, held in Guangzhou Pazhou Exhibition Hall of 2009 Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition, and to host a LED platform the UL certification industry forum, invite all LED lighting manufacturers, purchasers and users to share UL professional knowledge in the field of lighting industry, help to enhance the understanding of LED lamps, and understand the LED products for the domestic manufacturers of the latest safety standard requirements, more smoothly into the emerging market was pointed out direction.

With low power consumption, long life and other characteristics, LED lamps have been recognized as an important way of energy saving and environmental protection. During the exhibition, UL will be LED for the "product structure" and "Safety specifications", UL8750 standard, and then applied to LED lamp driver safety requirements that such seminars, UL, senior technical experts will explain LED development technology detailed knowledge, and business representatives to discuss the current situation of the development of China LED industry, and facing the problems and challenges in the field of certification, to help domestic manufacturers to develop LED market through one-stop service UL. "UL has been committed to building a more secure world, while the LED industry in energy conservation and environmental aspects of the outstanding advantages, is in the lighting industry has the traditional advantages of UL continue to focus on emerging markets. From the development of standards, the ability to test the localization to a full range of services, we are working with domestic manufacturers to work together to create a green, bright world! UL vice president and general manager of Greater China, said Mr. Lai Lunhui.

But the product attribute of LED and the use of technology and traditional lamps are not the same, the current general safety standards do not apply, should be updated. In view of this, UL has already started to draft the LED light source product safety specification - Subject 8750, in order to regulate the basic structure of the general, the lack of safety standards for lamps and lanterns. Currently, UL is planning for the future Subject 8750 will become the official UL security standards, as the main basis for all the LED light source for the safety testing of lamps and lanterns.

As a global professional testing organization with a history of 115 years, UL has an important position in the field of LED, research and test of its excellent ability and keen sense of the cutting-edge technology to UL attention from the very early start and get involved in renewable energy and environmentally friendly products, and in 2007 published the first study for LED light source outline. As an innovative lighting products, manufacturers in addition to pay attention to product safety standards, energy efficiency is also an important consideration. Recently, UL and Luminaire Testing Laboratory (LTL) signed a strategic partner. LTL is one of the few laboratories approved for testing the LED IESLM-79 (ENERGY STAR), and is also the creator of the LED lighting energy star standard. The UL and LTL strategic alliance, marking the UL became the first to provide the U.S. Department of energy for the approval of the LED lamp energy star testing agency.

In recent years, China's LED industry has grown rapidly, and a large number of enterprises with independent innovation capability and large scale of industrialization have sprung up. But how to quickly and smoothly through the strict product certification requirements of European and American countries, is a major challenge for domestic enterprises to obtain competitive advantage in the global market. To this end, a one-stop fast authentication service provided by UL will be able to provide market access in North America for domestic customers, and simplify the testing standard issuance process, greatly improve the efficiency of authentication, enter the international market to help local products. UL attaches great importance to the Chinese market, has established a large-scale modern laboratory in Guangzhou and Suzhou. Mr Lai Lunhui confidently said: UL strong local testing capabilities and a full range of services will help us to better establish a long-term partnership with domestic LED vendors. "

With the global energy crunch and the continuous improvement of environmental protection requirements, the application scope of LED will be gradually expanded, the future is likely to replace the original lighting, become human safety, and ideal energy-saving lighting products. The day before, the European Commission also passed a law in Brussels from 2009 to 2012, stipulated in the phasing out of incandescent lamps for household, industrial departments and public places from the market and other high energy consuming lighting equipment. LED witnessed the huge market potential, UL is actively involved in LED product testing and standards, expected to share mature experience and advanced technology and more and more domestic enterprises, help them to improve their international competitiveness, share a bright future.