NORTHBROOK, Ill., April 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- UL Information & Insights is pleased to announce the launch of its powerful, new search engine, Prospector. UL's Prospector is the combination of both IDES and Innovadex, bringing the two, industry-standard raw material data resources together at ULProspector.com.
Prior to now, Innovadex.com offered a comprehensive, free raw material search engine for product developers looking for materials and ingredients used in a range of industries including: personal care, paints and coatings, food beverage and nutrition, household industrial and institutional cleaners, adhesives and sealants, graphic arts and inks, and lubricants and metalworking fluids. Likewise, for over 25 years, IDES.com has been the benchmark for plastics material selection and has added metals and plastic additives in 2013.
Combined as Prospector, the robust new platform now encompasses all previously included product categories, as well as UL Yellow Cards. Representing the specialized content from over 200,000 technical datasheets, the search engine provides a user-friendly search platform for accessing: mechanical, physical, processing and supplier information. The depth and breadth of verifiable, trusted data searchable by Prospector gives users an advantage in quickly, precisely defining materials for product development, helping to streamline R&D workflow and overall time to market.
Prospector is ever growing to increase its offerings and is currently in use by over half a million member professionals in 8 industries, bolstering its reputation as the most trusted, accurate source of materials and ingredients data available.
UL continues to expand its Information & Insights solutions by focusing on science-backed, technology-enabled products and services to dramatically improve supply chain intelligence, resulting in higher quality, safer products for consumers everywhere. For more information on Prospector, visit www.ULProspector.com.
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