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Cleanrooms are designated areas wherein the concentration of contaminants and microorganisms is controlled by using various methods. These rooms are typically used for the during manufacturing of a specific product or for healthcare-related reasons such as surgical procedures.

BioCapt Single-Use Microbial Impactor helps minimize false positives, eliminate costly sterilization steps

The BioCapt Single-Use Microbial Impactor, designed by and offered exclusively through Particle Measuring Systems, helps minimize false positives for microbial activity in pharmaceutical cleanrooms by reducing contamination from handling of microbial plates.

From Particle Measuring Systems 15 Mar 2017

Merck launches IsoBag for faster, easier transfer of plates to production isolators

Merck, a leading science and technology company, today introduced the IsoBag for faster, easier and more convenient transfer of contact and settle plates to production isolators.

From Merck 22 Mar 2016

Nelipak completes acquisition of Flexpak

Nelipak Corporation announced today that it has closed on the acquisition of Debond Corporation.

30 Jul 2014

Helix Medical to invest over $4M for new manufacturing facility in Costa Rica

Helix Medical, LLC, a global manufacturer for the medical device and healthcare industries, will soon begin construction on a new medical manufacturing facility in Costa Rica. Helix Medical signed a leasing agreement in The Coyol Free Trade Zone and Business Park in Alajuela, Costa Rica, just outside of San Jose. The company will invest more than $4M in the new plant that will soon employ more than 100 people.

7 Feb 2011

Study finds no association between working in wafer fabrication cleanrooms, cancer mortality

An exhaustive, five-year epidemiological study conducted by researchers from Vanderbilt University covering more than 100,000 semiconductor industry workers found no association between overall cancer mortality and working in wafer fabrication cleanrooms, the Semiconductor Industry Association reported today.

10 Nov 2010

SAFC Pharma expands contract manufacturing services

SAFC Pharma®, a business segment of SAFC®, a member of the Sigma-Aldrich® Group, today announced the completion of an addition to its Carlsbad, Calif., facility that expands the Company's contract manufacturing services for its late phase and commercial clients.

13 Oct 2009

New energy efficient cooling systems from Custom Mechanical Systems

Custom Mechanical Systems (CMS), a leading provider of custom cooling/HVAC solutions for mission-critical facilities, including data centers, laboratories, cleanrooms and hospitals, today announces the new CMS InRack and CRAC Cooling Systems for data centers looking to achieve upwards of 40% energy savings. Unlike mass-produced antiquated fan-based cooling products, the CMS cooling systems are customized for each data center project and include the most technologically advanced fan design on the market today.

7 Oct 2009

Innovative robotic system for better handling of lab samples

An innovative robotic sample management system developed by the SME-led PMS project carries out complex sample transport operations rapidly and with a high level of reliability. It includes a new transport system based on magnetic hover railway technologies, a new laboratory information system and a special selective analyser. PMS partners are now predicting a substantial market share for their transport system.

17 Jul 2008

Growing artificial skin from patients' own cells

There is new hope for patients with chronic wounds: euroderm GmbH and the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology IZI in Leipzig have been granted approval to produce artificial skin from patients’ own cells.

7 Jan 2008