Certification of hazardous sites (explosion-proof) for specific markets

Global certification is indispensable for business competition in today's society. Fortunately, global market access is UL Solutions' specialty, which makes us experts in hazardous site (explosion-proof) certification requirements.

Combined with our hazardous Sites (explosion protection) services, we can help you accelerate global market access. We have the expertise and skills to draw on our resources and create solutions that ultimately help you reduce costs and shorten time to market.

We can help you create a certification roadmap for your specific market:

After obtaining the above certification, you will be able to access most markets in the world. However, many areas have local requirements. We are also able to create global certification solutions for these regions.

Benefit from our long-term expertise and insight into hazardous locations

Our expertise is in providing global certification solutions and a roadmap for market acceptance in every region of the world. We have memorandums of understanding (or letters of intent) with many local organizations to help you gain access to the local market. We understand local regulations and our brand recognition helps us to get your local certification mark through UL, C-UL, INMETRO, ATEX or IECEx certification.

Our insights and technical expertise in the hazardous zone (explosion-proof) industry deliver tangible business efficiencies to our customers. As your partner, we offer a single point of contact solution for comprehensive product evaluation, testing and plant quality system audits, reducing compliance and regulatory delays while helping to keep the core of your business running.

UL Solutions has memorandums of understanding or letters of intent with many local organizations to help you gain access to the local market. If your business expands to other parts of the world, we can also help.

Hazardous area certification for different product categories

UL Solutions provides global market access solutions for the following hazardous site product categories:

Certified Hazardous Place (Explosion-proof) by UL Solutions

We drive global standards to continually improve and meet evolving product safety, performance and interoperability needs. Our network of technical experts and state-of-the-art facilities, as well as our long-standing relationships with regulators, partner LABS and industry technology leaders, enable us to help you gain a competitive advantage in the more complex global supply chain. 

Single point of contact window
Our certification staff is located around the world, helping you save time and money by meeting your global certification needs through a single point of local contact. UL Solutions' ability to consolidate access to different markets into one project and one audit helps reduce turnaround time and certification costs.

Knowledge and speed
Our technical experts are well-versed in a variety of protection methods that translate into practical business efficiencies. Quality audits are performed by a global network of certification Officers (CO) and professional engineers, all of which can help you reduce certification time.

Global market access
We are active participants and experts in the global standards writing process; We not only understand the requirements for writing, but also help develop and refine them. In fact, we are involved in more than 50 standards writing committees, including TC31 (IECEx), STP (North America), NFPA, API, BSEE and CFR, among others.

No matter where you are, UL Solutions offers a single, streamlined process that reduces administrative and project management costs and speeds global market access.