Many machining suppliers have experienced this: A customer emails for a quote, and the first question isn’t price or lead time. Instead, they ask:“Is it RoHS compliant? Do you have REACH? Is it PFAS Free?” A common reaction is confusion—or even a bit of panic:“We only do machining. Why are they asking us this?”“Isn’t this only for electronics?”“Do we have to send everything to a third-party lab?” In reality, customers aren’t trying to make things difficult. They’re doing some