Market

Supplying building products to the Americas

Across the Americas the pattern is the same as the United States: nobody accepts a product because it is marked. They accept it because it is listed.

What Americas asks for

The region generally follows listing and approval rather than a single conformity mark. Products are tested to US standards, listed by a body such as UL or FM, named in the project specification, and finally accepted by the local authority. Codes are adopted locally, so the project matters more than the country.

Four steps: US standard test, UL or FM listing, named in the drawing, approved by the local authority
How a fire product gets accepted on a US job. The listing, not the mark, is what the specifier writes down.

The paperwork in one table

What appliesListings and local approval, not one national mark
Who listsUL, FM Approvals and similar bodies
Typical fire standardsASTM and UL test methods
CodesAdopted locally, based on the model codes
Who decidesThe local authority on that project

What this means for your order

Ask for the specification first

It names the listing. That tells you what testing you need.

Spanish and Portuguese documents

Worth planning for outside the United States.

Do not assume EN evidence transfers

It usually does not.

What we supply into Americas

Tell us what you need for Americas or see every market we ship to.

Other markets we ship to

AfricaKenya · Ghana · Nigeria · Tanzania · Uganda · Côte d'Ivoire · South Africa · Africa

Europe and the UKUnited Kingdom · Germany · Netherlands · Belgium · Poland · Ireland · Europe

AmericasUnited States · Americas

Notes that apply to Americas