It's been my understanding that the various branches of
TUV reside and oversee product safety in specific regions
within Germany. And that being in a sense franchises,
they compete directly with each other outside of Germany.
It's also been my understanding that in a similar way
though more subtle, the various branches of UL within
the US also compete with each other. In other words,
even though the Santa Clara facility is conviently right
down the road from me, I could send product off to
Melville. Any profits made by Melville aren't really
benefited by Santa Clara.
The difference between TUV and UL is that in some
cases, and I'm going out on a limb, TUV Rheinland
might not accept results from TUV Product Services
although that would have to be some extreme case
IMO. UL branches on the other hand accept each
others results.
Corrections anyone?
- Doug McKean
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