Cleanroom Tech Articles

Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing Opens Large-Scale Injectable Fill/Finish Facility, Significantly Increasing Capacity

Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing (“GRAM”), an agile and modern parenteral contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), completed its major $60 million expansion project and recently took occupancy.

RESET® Spearheads New Airborne Particulate Monitoring Standard

Working with an international team of experts from universities on the forefront of air quality monitoring research, RESET® will be releasing a new air quality standard aimed at providing a framework for qualifying airborne particulate sensors – specifically optical particle counters – used for indoor and outdoor air quality monitoring.

Climet Introduces New Remote Particle Counter

Climet Instruments Company located in Redlands, California, a Division of Venturedyne Ltd, is the leading manufacturer of pharmaceutical grade cleanroom particle counters and microbial air samplers. Today Climet announced the introduction of their new CI-3100 Trident RS remote particle sensor. This instrument is used in continuous monitoring applications primarily in clean areas within the pharmaceutical, medical device, and biotechnology industries. The CI-3100 Trident RS is also a popular solution among research and development organizations engaged in clinical trials.

Hardy Diagnostics Presents New Active Microbial Air Samplers

Orum International and Hardy Diagnostics announce the new MULTIFLEX 1+2 active impact microbial air sampler. The MULTIFLEX 1+2 is one of the latest designs from Orum International, of Milan, Italy. The founders of Orum International have over 40 years of experience in producing microbial air samplers for environmental monitoring. Hardy Diagnostics is their exclusive distribution partner in North America.

AirBox Air Purifier Scientifically Proven to Remove >99.99% of Airborne Pathogens, Including MS2 Bacteriophage, a SARS-Cov-2 (COVID-19) Representative Virus

AirBox Air Purifier Scientifically Proven to Remove >99.99% of Airborne Pathogens, Including MS2 Bacteriophage, a SARS-Cov-2 (COVID-19) Representative Virus

At a time when a clean and safe air environment is of paramount importance for school systems and businesses, certified HEPA AirBox Air Purifier Peak Series-S has been scientifically proven by independent lab testing company Microchem Laboratory to filter 99.99% of MS2 Bacteriophage, a SARS-Cov-2 (COVID-19) representative virus, and three other common pathogens in just 25 minutes, achieving a 4 log reduction of particulates.

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NoviSphere™ Launches Pathogen-Eradication System

NoviSphere™ Launches Pathogen-Eradication System

NoviSphere™, a developer of comprehensive rarified-environment solutions officially launched today. Using scientifically proven short-wavelength ultraviolet (UV-C) pathogen-eradication systems and additional cleanroom technologies, NoviSphere delivers ultraclean, protected environments that promote health and safety, allowing people to get back to business, back to work and back to life.

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Jenoptik Clean Room Expansion

Jenoptik Clean Room Expansion

Jenoptik Optical Systems, LLC, a leading worldwide supplier of high performance optical solutions, announces the expansion of its manufacturing operations in Florida. Jenoptik opened a new ISO 14644 Class 5 clean room with state-of-the-art filtration technology for high-precision optical assemblies to support applications with demanding cleanliness requirements like semiconductor and space flight instrumentation.

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Germ Killing Robots Use UV radiation Killing Microorganisms

Germ Killing Robots Use UV radiation Killing Microorganisms

Germ-killing robots are being enlisted to further safeguard Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) patients from health care-associated infections. The robots will be deployed in selected inpatient areas, starting this month with the burn unit at Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital.

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Large Nanofacility at the University of Chicago

Large Nanofacility at the University of Chicago

The Pritzker Foundation provided a generous a $15 million gift to develop the 10,000 square foot large nanofacility for the University of Chicago. The National Science Foundation provided an additional $5 million to establish the Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental Resource, a partnership between UChicago and Northwestern University.

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Aseptic Packaging innovation by BluStream

Aseptic Packaging innovation by BluStream

Serac specializes in the design and manufacturing of liquid filling and capping machines as well as blow molding equipment. With over 5200 machines installed in more than 100 countries, our customer base boasts a wide variety of machines in many different industries with a very diverse customer.

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Clinical Trial Services and High-Potency Compounds

Clinical Trial Services and High-Potency Compounds

Capsugel, now a Lonza company, a global leader in delivering high-quality, innovative dosage forms and solutions, today announced expanded clinical trial capabilities, as well as increased development and manufacturing capabilities for specialized drug products utilizing liquid-filled hard capsule (LFHC) technology, at its Edinburgh facility in Scotland.

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