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52 PCB007 MAGAZINE I DECEMBER 2023 Article by Barry Matties I-CONNECT007 Financing capital equipment is certainly a large part of a fabricator's economic equation. However, the selection of your equipment has a long-term economic impact, especially if you overlook a few critical points. As IPS President and CEO Mike Brask recently explained, the first step in this process The Economics of Equipment Selection is to really understand your technological needs and the flexibility that's required for your equipment to carry you into the future. For example, in a recent ENEPIG line that IPS delivered, the customer wanted the capabil- ity to add new chemistry tanks in the next few years, so IPS designed flexibility into a line that allowed for that upgrade down the road. By thinking beyond current needs, the customer will save a lot of money and valuable runtime. If you are selecting equipment for a brown- field site bound by space constraints, work- ing with your equipment supplier up front can really pay off. Equipment specialists will help you optimize the features you need and elim- inate the ones you don't, all while working within the space constraints. To that end, in the equipment selection pro- cess be sure to work with all your stakehold- Mike Brask IPS automated dosing station at SEL's Idaho facility.