PPG’s PFP coatings laboratory in China receives UL Witness Test Data Program certificate

PPG announced that Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a global safety science organisation, has awarded its passive fire protection (PFP) coatings lab in Kunshan, China, a certificate of participation in the UL Witness Test Data Program (WTDP).

PPG is now the only coatings manufacturer in Asia Pacific certified to conduct fire-resistance testing compliant with UL1709 on furnaces in its own laboratory, under the supervision of UL personnel, as its physical resources, equipment and qualified personnel have been found equivalent to those of UL’s laboratories.

The Kunshan PFP coatings centre, opened in September 2014, is the first in Asia. The centre is equipped with melting furnaces for a variety of testing, such as simulating hydrocarbon or oil-caused fire, compliant with the UL 1709 standard (Standard for Rapid Rise Fire Tests of Protection Materials for Structural Steel).