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A s a supplier of wet processing equipment, we have rules and standards we must ad- here to, including both regional and nation- al electrical codes and safety and environmental regulations, as well as myriad other standards to make the equipment safe to use. Things are a little different when it comes to rules and standards for manufacturing PCBs, though, because technical advances and requirements change so quickly that standards can't keep up. Because I've worked on several IPC standards subcommittees in the past, I know it takes a while to get everyone to agree on what the standards should be and then actually set those standards. Nowadays, by the time this has been accomplished, the industry has moved on. Because of this, most suppliers are forced to be reactive rather than proactive. We hear about new requirements and processes mostly from our BY D O N BA L L , C H E M C U T 84 I-CONNECT007 MAGAZINE I APRIL 2026 T H E C H E M I CA L C O N N ECT I O N When the Industry Moves Faster Than the Standards