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Underwriters Laboratories (U.S.)

image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 22 April 2018

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UL LLC, is an American safety consulting and certification company headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois. It maintains offices in 46 countries. Established in 1894 as the Underwriters' Electrical Bureau (a bureau of Underwriters Laboratories the National Board of Fire Underwriters. The first test was conducted on March 24, 1894. It was known throughout the 20th century as, and participated in, the safety analysis of many of that century's new technologies, most notably the public adoption of electricity and the drafting of safety standards for electrical devices and components. UL published its first standard, “Tin Clad Fire Doors”, in 1903. The following year, the UL Mark made its debut with the labeling of a fire extinguisher. In 2012, UL transformed from a non-profit company into a for-profit corporation.
Sources: http://www.ul.com/aboutul/history and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UL_(safety_organization)

The flag is a white horizontal flag with the logo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UL_(safety_organization)#/media/File:UL_Mark.svg) in the middle, as seen here (flag on the left): http://media.mlive.com/businessreview/western_impact/photo/16021587-large.jpg
(source: http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2014/10/holland_office_furniture_testi.html)

For additional information go to:
UL (official website)
http://www.ul.com/
Esteban Rivera, 9 May 2017

The logo shows the letters "UL" inside a ring, all dark red on white. The typeface use is slender and thick, sans serif and of constant width; the width of the ring matches that of the letters; the letter "U" is placed higher than the "L". The flag seems to be 3:5 and the gap between the outer edge of the disc and the horizontal edges of the flag seems to be the same as its width.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 22 April 2018