First Underwriters Laboratories Customer Receives the UL Europe Mark
By Underwriters Laboratories, PRNEMonday, July 5, 2010
Gruppo Cimbali to Benefit From UL's Global Market Access Strategy
MILAN, July 6, 2010 - Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL), a world leader in product safety
testing and certification, today announced that Gruppo Cimbali has become the
first company to obtain the UL pan European Mark (UL-EU). Cimbali, a leading
commercial espresso coffee and cappuccino machine maker, will be able to
display the UL-EU Mark, which indicates its products comply with European
(EN) safety standards.
The two companies have been working together for 30 years, and now
Cimbali has selected UL for the certification of its coffee machines for the
European market. Cimbali exports its products to more than 100 countries, and
the UL-EU Mark, in addition to the UL Listing Marks for Canada and the United
States, provides the certification the company requires to help demonstrate
the safety of its coffee machines sold around the world.
"Our relationship with UL combines optimum safety standards with
competitive advantage," said Luca Dussi, Operational Marketing &
Communications Director at Cimbali. "From the early design stage, UL
engineers help us with the safety compliance of our products. Our ability to
use the UL certification Mark helps us to export our coffee machines to the
global marketplace quickly and efficiently. The introduction of the UL-EU
Mark demonstrates UL's ongoing commitment to supporting its customers' safety
requirements and global reach."
"Global market access is a key priority for many companies," said Steve
Wenc, Managing Director at UL in Europe. "We welcome this extension of our
long-term relationship with Cimbali, and look forward to supporting other
manufacturers seeking global safety certification through a single source."
Manufacturers that obtain the UL-EU Mark have the opportunity to combine
with the UL Listing Marks for Canada and the U.S., in the first
transcontinental Mark available from UL's portfolio. The benefits of the
combined Mark include the efficiencies gained by taking a product under one
submittal for two major strategic markets, and the ability to leverage that
single source for post market compliance.
About Underwriters Laboratories
Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) is an independent product safety
certification organization that has been testing products and writing
Standards for Safety for over a century. UL evaluates more than 19,000 types
of products, components, materials and systems annually with 20 billion UL
Marks appearing on 66,000 manufacturers' products each year. UL's worldwide
family of companies and network of service providers includes 68 laboratory,
testing and certification facilities serving customers in 102 countries. For
more information, visit www.UL.com/newsroom.
About Gruppo Cimbali
Gruppo Cimbali is the world leading company in its market, thanks to the
complete range of equipment designed for professional cafés, bars,
restaurants, hotels and catering. The company has completed almost 100 years
of history, is based in Italy, close to Milan and exports over 70% of its
production to more than 100 countries through a network of more than 700
distributors and its direct subsidiaries in France, Portugal, Spain, Germany,
Great Britain and the United States. Today the group manages a portfolio of
prestigious brands (LaCimbali, Faema, Casadio Professional Casadio HBS and
Hemerson) which provideallow proposing, on a global basis, specific solutions
to solve the various needs of the coffee business.
Media Contacts: Meryl Hanlon, GolinHarris for UL, +44-(0)20-7067-0482, mhanlon at golinharris.com. Cristina Canni Ferrarim, Underwriters Laboratories, +39-039-6410129, cristina.canniferrari at it.ul.com
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