Cleanroom Industry News Articles

Pepscan Doubles GMP Production Capacity to Facilitate Clients’ Growth

Pepscan announced that its GMP production capacity has doubled. Pepscan is an all-in-one partner in peptides, building on 25 years of experience in advancing and applying peptide expertise to facilitate clients in the development and production of peptides.

GE Healthcare and Germfree unveil collaboration to advance modular manufacturing of novel biotherapeutics

GE Healthcare Life Sciences and Germfree are joining expertise to develop a fully integrated, expandable manufacturing solution for emerging biotherapeutics, including gene therapy.

Nestlé Waters Bottling Facility Achieves Alliance for Water Stewardship Gold Certification

Nestlé Waters North America (NWNA) is pleased to announce that its Stanwood bottling facility in Michigan has received Gold certification under the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) International Water Stewardship Standard, the company’s second facility awarded this certification. Achieving advanced-level certification recognizes the additional effort and positive water stewardship outcomes that go beyond core requirements of the AWS Standard. NWNA remains the only company in North America with Gold-certified facilities.

Lockheed Martin’s Meridian, MS Facility Celebrates 50th Anniversary

Lockheed Martin’s Meridian facility began production operations in August 1969, initially producing the L-1011 jet airliner’s empennage. Since then, the Meridian facility has been involved in the production of aircraft components for the JetStar, the C-5 Galaxy and C-141 Starlifter strategic airlifters, the P-3 Orion submarine hunter, the F-22 Raptor fighter jet, and the C-130J Super Hercules tactical airlifter.

Food Production Clean Rooms

Food Production Clean Rooms

Food Production Clean Rooms have become more and more commonplace in today’s food production industry. Increasing consumer demand for improved product standards, quality and shelf life has influenced many food industries to evaluate the use of cleanroom technology, especially those techniques aimed at control of microbial contamination for the food and beverage industry. When using Food Production Clean Rooms along with food or product processing, and packaging technologies the result has proven elevated product quality and safety improvements for the food industry.

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Bioelectronic Medicine for a healthier future

Bioelectronic Medicine for a healthier future

Feinstein Institute researchers publish analysis about link between neuroscience and immunity. A detailed account of how the central and peripheral nervous systems signal the immune system could lead to new therapies — including those in the new field of bioelectronic medicine.

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New CMOS Image Sensor for LiDAR

New CMOS Image Sensor for LiDAR

TowerJazz the global specialty foundry leader, and Newsight Imaging, today announced production of Newsight’s advanced CMOS image sensor (CIS) chips and camera modules, customized for very high volume LiDAR and machine vision markets, combining sensors, digital algorithms and pixel array on the same chip. Newsight’s CIS chips are used in ADAS (advanced driver assistance systems) and autonomous vehicles as well as in drones and robotics.

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Compounding Pharmacy Safety violations

Compounding Pharmacy Safety violations

In December, the Food and Drug Administration issued a thorough inspection report on PharMEDium’s Tennessee plant that resulted in a pause in pharmaceutical production, until otherwise permitted. PharMEDium, one of the nation’s largest compounding pharmacy companies, is owned by AmerisourceBergen. It supplies medications to about 77% of hospitals nationwide.

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Food Production Cleanroom

Food Production Cleanroom

Consumers increasingly demand food that threads a needle. Farm to table balanced with clean labels and long shelf life. Robust flavors; minimally processed in convenient packaging that’s environmentally friendly. Leveraging advanced technology without the image of “factory farming.”

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Metrology Market Outlook 2018

Metrology Market Outlook 2018

The Global Metrology market has reached USD 607.9 million in 2016 and is projected to exhibit USD 1255.5 million by the end of 2027 with a growing CAGR of 6.82%. By type segment, the industrial metrology among all is growing with a highest revenue value of USD 350.44 million in 2016 and it is estimated to reach USD 878.51 million by the end of 2027, with growing CAGR of 8.71% is the fastest growing metrology type.

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Heritage Pharma’s New Pharmaceutical Production Facility

Heritage Pharma’s New Pharmaceutical Production Facility

The new, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility, operated by Heritage Pharma Labs Inc. (“Heritage Pharma Labs”), consists of dispensaries/pharmacies and multiple manufacturing suites to hold fixed and portable equipment to perform pharmaceutical operations like mixing, granulation, drying, milling/sieving, compaction, extrusion/spheronization, blending, compression, coating, encapsulation and packaging

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Oliver Healthcare Packaging Increases ISO 7 Cleanroom Presence

Oliver Healthcare Packaging Increases ISO 7 Cleanroom Presence

Oliver Healthcare Packaging Increases Global Manufacturing Footprint to Strengthen Local Customer Support and Service in Asia Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Markets. In addition to product manufacturing, the new ISO 7 cleanroom facility will include a testing lab & technical service center, a microbiological lab, and warehouse & distribution facilities. All equipment has been built and validated to meet or exceed ISO 13485 quality specifications.

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