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Prospector Materials Database

A materials search engine that includes:
 • 85821 plastics datasheets
 • 6,023 metals datasheets
 • 903 global manufacturers
 • 46,092 UL yellow cards
 • Additives & equipment
 • Availability in 6 Languages

Datasheets provide mechanical, physical,
processing, and supplier contact information.

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Prospector Materials Database

The Prospector Materials Database is a search engine of 85821 plastic datasheets, 6,023 metals datasheets, and 46,092 UL yellow cards from 903 global manufacturers. The search engine is available in 6 languages including English, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, French, and German. Each datasheet includes material property and processing information, and contact information for both the manufacturer and each product's distributors.

Learn About UL IDES Prospector Features:

Property Search

Property Search

Automotive Plastics Search Automotive Materials Search Medical Plastics Search Medical Search
Alternative Resins Search

Alternative Resins Search

Multipoint Curve Data Search Multipoint Curve Data Search Biopolymers Search Biopolymers Search
Prospector Customers

Datasheet Services

Our Datasheet Services put The Power of Prospector on your website, enabling your customers to search and display your material datasheets and UL yellow cards.

Datasheet Services for Plastic Manufacturers

Datasheet Services for Manufacturers
Providing your customers and website visitors with an easy way to search on your website for your products will keep them coming back.

Datasheet Services for Resin Distributors

Datasheet Services for Distributors
Helping your customers find your datasheets is incredibly important. It's also important that the technical information from your suppliers is accurate.

UL Yellow Card Plugin

UL Yellow Card Plugin
Give your customers and team members direct access to intuitive ways to search and display your UL-rated materials.

Advertising & Lead Generation

Our advertising services can help you reach 383,337 qualified professionals. On average, 150 new people register with us each business day which continually grows our audience.

Plastic Advertising

Advertising
UL IDES has the largest and most active audience in the plastics industry. We offer lead generation services, webinar sponsorship, featured listings in Prospector, custom landing pages, newsletter sponsorship, and brand advertising.

Prospector Lead Generation

Lead Generation
We provide a service that lets you know real-time who is accessing each of your products in our search engine. This can give you a deep understanding of exactly who's engaging, when, and to what extent.

UL IDES provides materials information services including a searchable database called Prospector. 383,337 people rely on Prospector as the industry standard for material selection. Using this online tool, they are able to quickly access material property and processing information, saving time finding the best materials for their applications. Our datasheet management technologies help manufacturers and distributors manage and share technical information about their products.

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