Anixter Levels Lab receives UL certification

The Anixter Levels Lab has successfully completed an independent, third party engineering and management systems audit under UL's (Underwriters Laboratories) Certificate Services. The audit — performed as an adjunct service under UL's Performance Verification Program — provides certification to research facilities that demonstrate advanced engineering, sound scientific practices and superior product testing capabilities. The Anixter Levels Lab is the only lab of its type to receive this UL Certification.

According to Steve Galan, UL's Wire and Cable Business Sector Coordinator, the purpose of the Certificate Services' audit is to ensure end-users that companies such as Anixter are committed to the quality of the products and services that they provide.

"UL's audit determines whether or not a company has a documented laboratory quality program, the equipment, personnel and procedures necessary to conduct laboratory testing on an ongoing basis," said Galan. "Essentially, Anixter's Levels Program is based on sound engineering principles and does exactly what it claims to do."

"Testing to ensure optimal product performance is nothing new at Anixter," Pete Lockhart, Anixter's Vice President of Product Development and Research said. "We randomly test our inventory three times a year. For any product to be in our inventory it must meet every standard available — all international standards — and only then is it tested using the most stringent requirements in the industry, our Levels purchasing specifications."

Edited by Jerry R. Borland, P.E.
Managing Editor, EC Online