UL PPP – UL Preferred Partner Program

G&M Compliance, Inc. is one of very few companies to have been accepted into the UL Preferred Partner Program (UL PPP) under UL High-Tech Division (ITE). This program enables manufacturers to work seamlessly between G&M Compliance and UL to receive a complete suite of services required to get to market quickly and economically.

What is UL PPP?

UL Preferred Partners are invited into a highly collaborative relationship with UL, and have market differentiation from traditional UL Agents. Preferred Partners are assessed and allowed by UL to provide additional services supporting the certification process. Combining those services with G&M’s own value-added services provides a unique and highly efficient Regulatory Compliance solution package for manufacturers. To help accomplish this, UL provides Preferred Partners with additional training, dedicated engineering resources, and customer service support.

“Preferred Partners are independent third party companies working with UL to jointly serve customers in matters relating to the product categories for which the company has been qualified, including but not limited to: correspondence, new work applications, file maintenance, engineering evaluation and test data. While the Preferred Partner ‘owns’ the day-to-day customer relationship, it does not act as the customer’s agent”.

UL established its first Preferred Partner in mid-2009

What are the Qualities that UL Seeks in its Preferred Partners?

• Alignment with UL’s Public Safety Mission
• Deep technical and compliance/UL expertise
• Highest level of work quality and integrity
• Excellent service and value to customers
• Provides adjunct services such as consulting
• Respected within the marketplace

What are the Benefits of UL PPP to Manufacturers?

• Reduce time-to-market for manufacturers by efficiently coordinating UL certification activities with G&M’s value added services
• Offer up-front Product Design consulting
• Offer up-front component selection and sourcing consulting
• Complete and full control of the UL certification process, including testing
• Witnessed pre-compliance evaluation and testing

This coordinated total compliance solution is also expected to reduce cost of new product introduction by reducing design, testing and evaluation cycles for manufacturers.

UL PPP Category

ITE equipment (60950) – Information Technology Equipment