{"id":46888,"date":"2016-07-25T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo2016.hispanicprwire.com\/english-ul-and-icontec-sign-agreement-to-promote-national-safety-standards-for-colombia\/"},"modified":"2016-07-25T19:28:30","modified_gmt":"2016-07-25T23:28:30","slug":"ul-e-icontec-suscriben-acuerdo-con-el-objetivo-de-promover-normas-de-seguridad-nacional-para-colombia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/ul-e-icontec-suscriben-acuerdo-con-el-objetivo-de-promover-normas-de-seguridad-nacional-para-colombia\/","title":{"rendered":"UL and ICONTEC Sign Agreement to Promote National Safety Standards for Colombia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">NORTHBROOK, Illinois<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 25, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Underwriters Laboratories Inc., a global safety science leader and standards developer, and the national standards body of <span class=\"xn-location\">Colombia<\/span> (ICONTEC) have signed an agreement to promote the use of UL Standards in the ongoing development of national standards in <span class=\"xn-location\">Colombia<\/span> via formalized consulting, communication and information exchange protocols. <\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg2001left\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg2001left\" title=\"UL Logo\" border=\"0\" alt=\"UL Logo\" align=\"middle\" src=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnvar\/20140721\/129100 \"\/><\/div>\n<p>The agreement provides ICONTEC with full access to all UL standards, and encourages the translation, use, and adoption of UL standards within <span class=\"xn-location\">Colombia<\/span>. In addition, the agreement encourages cooperation and collaboration between UL and ICONTEC on standards development efforts.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;UL is pleased to be working with ICONTEC to continue to advance our global public safety mission by providing UL Standards within <span class=\"xn-location\">Colombia<\/span>,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Phil Piqueira<\/span>, Vice President, <span class=\"xn-person\">UL Standards<\/span>. &#8220;As the national standards body in <span class=\"xn-location\">Colombia<\/span>, ICONTEC officials reinforce the importance of cooperation on standards development. UL welcomes the opportunity to have a stronger standards presence in this important country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Standards Development Leader<br \/><\/b>Standards are essential to public safety and confidence and improve the quality of products and services in the marketplace. UL leads the research and science needed to understand complex safety issues and develop standards. Further, we bring the right stakeholders together to effectively develop consensus-based standards. We also play a key role in the development and harmonization of national and international standards. As of today, UL has developed more than 1,500 Standards ranging from Standards for Safety to Standards for Sustainability and utilizes the expertise of more than 400 Standards Technical Panels. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/ulstandards.ul.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/ulstandards.ul.com\/<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p><b>About UL<br \/><\/b>UL is a premier global independent safety science company that has championed progress for more than 120 years. Its nearly 11,000 professionals are guided by the UL mission to promote safe working and living environments for all people. UL uses research and standards to continually advance and meet ever-evolving safety needs. We partner with businesses, manufacturers, trade associations and international regulatory authorities to bring solutions to a more complex global supply chain. For more information about our certification, testing, inspection, advisory and education services, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ul.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.UL.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CONTACT: <span class=\"xn-person\">Michelle Press<\/span><br \/>Corporate Communications<br \/>UL LLC<br \/>T: (847) 272.8800<\/p>\n<p>Logo\u00a0 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20140721\/129100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20140721\/129100<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">NORTHBROOK, Illinois<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 25, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Underwriters Laboratories Inc., a global safety science leader and standards developer, and the national standards body of <span class=\"xn-location\">Colombia<\/span> (ICONTEC) have signed an agreement to promote the use of UL Standards in the ongoing development of national standards in <span class=\"xn-location\">Colombia<\/span> via formalized consulting, communication and information exchange protocols. <\/p>\n<p>&lt;div&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46889,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-negocios-y-finanzas"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}