Certified for Safety

NCBI manufacturer members ensure the fire safety of their product by making participation in an Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL)-developed third-party certification program a mandatory requirement for NCBI membership.

UL is the largest safety testing and conformity assessment organization in North America, with with more than 100 years of fire safety experience and some of the most comprehensive fire protection testing capabilities in North America.

The certification program requires NCBI members to submit to quarterly, unannounced UL inspections as well as cigarette ignition resistance, smolder resistance, open flame, and other testing.

NCBI members have long participated in a voluntary quality assurance program that promotes proper methods of applying boric acid to impart smolder-resistant and flame-resistant properties to cotton batting in the manufacturing process.

The UL program allows the customer and the marketplace to clearly differentiate between certified flame retardant cotton batting and untreated materials. With the third-party certification program, mattress, futon, and furniture manufacturers now can choose cotton batting that is certified flame-resistant and smolder-resistant.

More than likely, the product will carry some combination of the UL logo or the “Certified for Safety" designation incorporating the NCBI logo.

'Certified for Safety' Cotton Batting Manufacturers

Airtex Industries, Inc., Cokato, MN

Jones Fiber Products, Inc., Memphis, TN

Jones Fiber Products, Inc. Morristown, TN

Trace Industries, Houston, MS

Vincent Manufacturing Co., Inc., Little Falls, NY

Contact Information for these companies is available in our Membership Directory