In an effort to highlight the importance of international standards, the American National Standards Institute recently published the first in a series of short articles about the many different existing standards. The first highlighted standard is related to wood machinery safety and the categorization of nuclear facilities. Each “snapshot” gives a brief overview of the standard, explains how it affects the industry and outlines the trade association that helped develop it. ANSI will publish the items regularly on its Web site.

For more information, visit www.ansi.org.

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