The local branch of UL is preparing to move from its longtime Camas location to an east Vancouver building. The move will take place in the first quarter of 2019.

The company, formerly known as Underwriters Laboratories, is a consumer electronics testing, evaluation and certification service with dozens of offices and testing labs worldwide. The 114,800-square-foot Camas office and laboratory opened in 1994. The company previously had a smaller engineering services office in the Portland area.

“UL has enjoyed being a member of the community of Camas, WA and has for some time had a larger facility capacity than what our regional clients require,” said UL Communications Director Michelle Press in an emailed statement. “UL remains committed to clients served from Camas, and we will provide the same quality service to local clients as we do today, just from a new location.”

The move, which was first reported in the Camas-Washougal Post-Record, will see the company downsize into an existing office building at 14301 S.E. First St. in Vancouver, just north of Mill Plain Boulevard. The relocation has been in the works for at least two years.

“At some point we realized that the facility we have here (in Camas) is more than we needed,” said Marc Mouser, engineering manager at the Camas office. “It just made more sense to move.”