The outmost priority for any electrical installation is to protect personnel from any shock hazard.

In North America, Underwriters Laboratories insisted that connector manufacturers, depending of the application, respect their standards. Souriau products had thus been qualified and are certified by this organisation according to the UL 1977 (Components Connectors for Use in Data, Signal, Control and Power Applications). The flammability status of our plastic material is also tested base on the UL 94 (Flammability of plastic materials for parts in Devices an Appliances)

In Europe and in Asia, IEC standards are better known and trusted by end users. On of the most used in connector industry is the IEC 61984 (Connectors - Safety requirements and tests) Like its American equivalent, the IEC refers to safety rules. Our products are obviously designed to respect these rules.