CleanRooms articles from February 2008

CleanRooms archives from February 2008

The world of contamination control.(from the editor)(Conference notes)
February 1, 2008... Contamination control is an international industry. And, as you read this special show issue of CleanRooms magazine, there can be no doubt as to the international breadth and scale of the contamination control profession. Being distributed at...

Lam hopes to clean up with SEZ.(news)
February 1, 2008... Just in time for Christmas last year, Lam Research (Fremont, CA) gave itself a present: the company announced it was buying the SEZ Group (Zurich, Switzerland) in an all-cash deal valued at 641 million Swiss francs (about $568 million). Lam...

IMEC sets foot in Taiwan.(news)
February 1, 2008... IMEC officially established IMEC Taiwan in the Hsinchu Science Park. The firm, initially a representative office, is expected to grow into an R&D center within the coming months. The establishment of IMEC Taiwan follows several memoranda of...

FDA requests nearly $2.4B for fiscal 2009.(news)
February 1, 2008... The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requesting nearly $2.4 billion "to protect and promote public health" as part of the President's fiscal year 2009 (FY09) budget. This amount would be a 5.7 percent increase over the budget that FDA...

ATMI acquires manufacturer of disposable mixing products.(news)
February 1, 2008... ATMI, Inc. has acquired LevTech, Inc., a provider of disposable mixing technologies to the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, in a $27 million cash transaction. Based in Lexington, KY, LevTech will be combined with ATMI's existing...

DSM and FDA join for innovative partnership.(PARTICLES)
February 1, 2008... DSM Pharmaceuticals Inc. and the FDA have recently signed an agreement to collaborate on a project involving statistical quality by design methodology during pharmaceutical manufacturing. Dr. Barry Gujral of DSM and Dr. Maziar Kakhi of FDA will...

Cleanroom developed for hermetic sealing.(PARTICLES)
February 1, 2008... Litron, Inc.'s new cleanroom is designed to deliver hermetically sealed components virtually free of impurities, corrosive moisture, and damaging electrostatic discharge. Litron, a primary outsourcing partner for aerospace, now houses its...

Consulting firm mentors young professionals.(PARTICLES)
February 1, 2008... R. Vijayakumar, PhD, has announced the formation of AERFIL, LLC, a new consulting services company offering services in aerosol science, filtration, and contamination control. AERFIL's client focus will be small and medium-sized companies that...

B. Braun supplier recalls flush syringes.(PARTICLES)
February 1, 2008... B. Braun Medical, Inc. was recently notified by its contract manufacturer, AM2PAT, Inc., of a nationwide recall of all lots and sizes of pre-filled heparin and saline flush syringes. An ongoing FDA inspection of AM2PAT, Inc.'s facility and a...

Bosch opens new facility in India.(PARTICLES)
February 1, 2008... Bosch Packaging Technology inaugurated its new state of the art manufacturing facility in Verna Industrial Estate (Goa/India) early in December. The new facility with 2,600 [m.sup.2] produces and assembles packaging technology equipment for...

The ever-changing landscape of ISO and IEST cleanroom standards: electronic documentation could make keeping up a little less daunting.(setting the standard)
February 1, 2008... Do you ever feel lost in trying to keep up with new and revised international standards and recommended practices? If feedback from our many colleagues is a good indicator, you are not alone in wishing there was something akin to a GPS system...

Energy and the cleanroom industry: the cleanroom industry must consider the current global energy situation and its impact on manufacturing in order to forge a path to energy efficiency.(your market analysis)
February 1, 2008... There has been quite a bit written about the amount of energy consumed by cleanrooms. However, the impact of direct energy costs on the industry is very small compared to the indirect energy impacts, which include: * Energy security *...

Cost and Energy Efficient Contamination Control.(EUROPE)(Calendar)
February 1, 2008... CleanRooms Europe--A focal point for the contamination control industry Now in its 22nd year of service, the CleanRooms family of international publications and trade shows remains at the forefront in connecting user industries to the...

Adolf Seuster GmbH & Co. KG.(exhibitor showcase)
February 1, 2008... Ludenscheid, Germany Web: www.seuster.de Location: Booth A05 For use in special areas, Seuster has developed the S 1500 clean door with maximum dimensions of 8.2 x 9.8 ft and an opening speed of 60 inches per second. Air...

Axima GmbH.(exhibitor showcase)
February 1, 2008... Koln, Germany Web: www.axima.de Location: Booth F31 Axima, a subsidiary of the SUEZ Group, can help plan, engineer, and install cleanrooms, including ventilation, air-conditioning and cooling technology, building automation,...

Briem Steuerungstechnik GmbH.(exhibitor showcase)(Company overview)
February 1, 2008... Nurtingen, Germany Web: www.briem.de Location: Booth E18 Briem Steuerungstechnik GmbH is a medium-sized company with a staff of 25 employees and is located in southern Germany near Stuttgart. Since the company was founded in 1977,...

Camfil Farr Group.(exhibitor showcase)
February 1, 2008... Reinfield, Germany Web: www.camfilfarr.com Location: Booth C09 The Camfil Farr Group is a worldwide producer and developer of air filters and clean air solutions. The company has in-house product development to provide customers...

CAT Clean Air Technology GmbH.(exhibitor showcase)
February 1, 2008... Stuttgart, Germany Web: www.catgmbh.de Location: Booth D18 Established in 1995 and based in Stuttgart, CAT is at the forefront of contamination control regarding clean manufacturing processes and production sites. Its core...

CRTM cleanroom products GmbH.(exhibitor showcase)
February 1, 2008... Martinsried, Germany Phone: 49-89-8569-9823 Location: Booth A02 Founded in August 1995 in Munich, Germany, CRTM is a distributor for several national and international manufacturers of cleanroom products including companies such...

Dorfner KG.(exhibitor showcase)
February 1, 2008... Nurmberg, Germany Web: www.dorfner-gruppe.de Location: Booth B20 Cleanroom cleaning is a critical discipline in the field of commercial cleaning services. Even a single aerosol (airborne particle) can significantly interfere with...

Dou Yee enterprises.(exhibitor showcase)
February 1, 2008... Singapore Web: www.douyee.com.sg Location: Booth D08 Established in 1982 with headquarters in Singapore, Dou Yee has been a leading total industrial products provider, serving the semiconductor, data storage, and electronic...

Dustcontrol GmbH.(exhibitor showcase)
February 1, 2008... Gaufelden, Germany Web: www.dustcontrol.de Location: Booth C13 Dustcontrol was founded in 1972 to build suction systems that clean and extract dust and other particles at their source. It has since grown into an international...

EFAFLEX GmbH & Co. KG.(exhibitor showcase)
February 1, 2008... Bruckberg, Germany Web: www.efaflex.com Location: Booth A17 EFAFLEX is a manufacturer of high-speed spiral, roll-up, and folding doors, which are employed both in indoor applications as well as in inlet/outlet bays of production...

ELPRO Messtechnik & Co.(exhibitor showcase)
February 1, 2008... Schorndorf, Germany Web: www.elpro.com Location: Booth F18 With more than 100,000 loggers supplied and more than 20 years of continuous system development and enhancement, ELPRO is known for quality and security in documentation...

FILT AIR Ltd.(exhibitor showcase)
February 1, 2008... Zikhron Yaaqov, Israel Web: www.filt-air.com Location: Booth A21 FILT AIR Ltd. specializes in the design and production of high-quality air filters. Its range of products includes pre-filters and HEPA, ULPA, and AMC filters. The...

Friedrich Sailer GmbH.(exhibitor showcase)
February 1, 2008... Neu-Ulm, Germany Web: www.friedrich-sailer.de Location: Booth B16 Friedrich Sailer GmbH specializes in cleanroom furnishings and custom equipment made from stainless steel and designed to meet the highest standards. The range of...

G. Lufft Mess--und Regeltechnik GmbH.(exhibitor showcase)
February 1, 2008... Fellbach, Germany Web: www.lufft.com Location: Booth A24 Cleanroom monitoring for medicines manufactured under sterile conditions demands absolute reliability, where the number of particles, laminar airflow, differential pressure,...

Hontzsch GmbH.(exhibitor showcase)
February 1, 2008... Waiblingen, Germany Web: www.hoentzsch.com Location: Booth F16 The Laminar Flow Sensor TA10C is the latest product developed by Hontzsch GmbH and will be presented for the first time at CleanRooms Europe 2008. With no moving...

ILKAZELL Isoliertechnik GmbH Zwickau.(exhibitor showcase)
February 1, 2008... Zwickau, Germany Web: www.ilkazell.de Location: Booth C10 ILKAZELL Isoliertechnik GmbH Zwickau will be attending CleanRooms Europe for the first time this year. An extensive product range with a variety of new solutions, as well...

Imtech Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG.(exhibitor showcase)
February 1, 2008... Stuttgart, Germany Web: www.imtech.de Location: Booth A08 Imtech offers the entire spectrum of services for all areas of building services technology including planning and execution of all cleanroom categories; turnkey project...

Markus Klotz GmbH.(exhibitor showcase)
February 1, 2008... Liebenzell, Germany Web: www.fa-klotz.de Location: Booth C21 Markus Klotz GmbH has been engaged in laser technologies and devices for particle measuring since 1990. The company develops, manufactures, and tests its complete range...

MayAir Technology (Nanjing) Co., Ltd.(exhibitor showcase)
February 1, 2008... Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, P.R. China Web: www.mayair.com.cn Location: Booth E02 MayAir is a filtration product and cleanroom equipment manufacturer in Asia, with more than 20 years experience in providing products for indoor air...

OWA Odenwald Faserplattenwerk GmbH.(exhibitor showcase)
February 1, 2008... Amorbach, Germany Web: www.owa.de/en Location: Booth E10 OWA is a worldwide supplier of ceiling systems that are installed in office blocks, hotels, conference rooms, pharmaceutical manufacturing areas, hospitals, and many other...

Palas[R] GmbH.(exhibitor showcase)
February 1, 2008... Karlsruhe, Germany Web: www.palas.de Location: Booth E23 Palas[R] GmbH is a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of complete filter test systems and individual test components--aerosol generators, particle measuring systems, and...

Pfennig Reinigungstechnik GmbH.(exhibitor showcase)
February 1, 2008... Durach, Germany Web: www.pps-pfennig.de Location: Booth B14 Pfennig has more than 30 years of experience in supplying equipment to professional industrial cleaners for the cleaning and disinfection of cleanrooms. Through many...

Reinraum online/cleanroom online.(exhibitor showcase)
February 1, 2008... Stuttgart, Germany Web: www.reinraum.de Location: Booth B30 Reinraum Online is a resource for experts in the field of contamination control to tell their stories, post news from their respective companies, introduce new products...

RR Elektronik GmbH.(exhibitor showcase)
February 1, 2008... Wiernsheim, Germany Web: www.rr-elektronik.de Location: Booth D12 RR Elektronik GmbH has been an international supplier of particle counters, aerosol generators, dilution systems for aerosols, air samplers, and accessories for 20...

Schilling engineering GmbH.(exhibitor showcase)
February 1, 2008... Wutoschingen, Germany Web: www.schillingengineering.de Location: Booth A25 SCHILLING ENGINEERING has more than 20 years of experience in cleanroom technology. The company produces professional, high-quality cleanroom systems...

Schmidt Technology GmbH.(exhibitor showcase)
February 1, 2008... St. Georgen, Germany Web: www.schmidttechnology.de Location: Booth D26 SCHMIDT Technology is a middle-sized company situated in the Black Forest, the traditional area of precision mechanics production. More than 60 years of...

Schneider Leichtbau GmbH.(exhibitor showcase)
February 1, 2008... Freiburg, Germany Web: www.schneider.eu Location: Booth C14 Schneider Leichtbau, a family company, is the market leader for aluminum and stainless-steel products for hygiene-sensitive areas compliant with GMP, QHD, and HACCP...

Schulke+.(exhibitor showcase)
February 1, 2008... Norderstedt, Germany Web: www.schuelke.com Location: Booth B17 Schulke+ (formerly Schulke & Mayr GmbH) has developed a new product range under the name "Perform." The company offers a targeted selection of disinfecting and...

Shield Medicare Ltd.(exhibitor showcase)
February 1, 2008... Swindon, Wiltshire, UK Web: www.shieldmedicare.com Location: Booth E28 Shield Medicare Ltd., a division of Ecolab, delivers specialist sterile contamination control products to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device...

Spetec GmbH.(exhibitor showcase)
February 1, 2008... Erding, Germany E-mail: info@spetec.de Location: Booth F26 Spetec manufactures cleanroom cells and offers consultation and assistance with cleanroom technology needs. The company inspects, tests, and maintains cleanroom facilities...

Statclean Technology (S) Pte Ltd.(exhibitor showcase)
February 1, 2008... Singapore Web: www.statclean.com Location: Booth C01 Statclean Technology (S) Pte Ltd. has been a leading manufacturer of ultra-clean flexible packaging materials since 1990. The company is ISO 9001/14000 certified with qualified...

Trox GmbH.(exhibitor showcase)
February 1, 2008... Neukirchen-Vluyn, Germany Web: www.troxtechnik.com Location: Booth E27 TROX is technical leader in the development, manufacture, and sale of components and systems for indoor air conditioning and ventilation. With 24 subsidiaries...

Weiss GWE GmbH.(exhibitor showcase)
February 1, 2008... Hude, Germany Web: www.gwe.de Location: Booth F28 Daily work in the pharmaceutical, genetic engineering, biotechnology, cosmetic, food, and chemical industries often involves toxic substances that must be handled in accordance...

Zotefoams Plc.(exhibitor showcase)
February 1, 2008... Croydon, Surrey, UK Web: www.zotefoams.com Location: Booth A07 ZOTEK[R] F42 HT LS, based on Kynar[R] PVDF resin, is the only foam to have achieved the "specification tested" status against the FM 4910 test protocol. This specific...

Clinical trial drug makers feel regulatory heat: contract manufacturers are realizing that risk assessments demonstrating the absence of cross-contamination between products are essential for regulatory inspection.(special report)
February 1, 2008... Regulators are raising the bar for the majority of drugs in development, causing some problems for manufacturers but wreaking havoc with contract manufacturing organizations. CMOs--perhaps the majority supplier of the short-run drugs used in...

No 'absolutes' for cleanliness in ISO 5 design: a cleanroom should be planned as an environmental control system for best results.(iso 5 cleanrooms)
February 1, 2008... Not too long ago, I sat down with a prominent researcher in advanced materials to discuss his upcoming cleanroom requirements. He was currently working in an ISO 6 or Class 1000 laboratory. I asked him to describe the critical nature of the...

Selecting and installing CIP systems interfaced with cleanrooms: the successful implementation of a CIP system is determined by cost effectiveness, completion on schedule, and reliable cleaning.(clean-in-place systems)
February 1, 2008... Regardless of the type of facility--pharmaceutical, food, beverage, or fine chemical--there are numerous cleanin-place (CIP) questions that are common to every such project. How these questions are answered during conceptual design of a clean...

Isolators.(product spotlight)
February 1, 2008... Isolators play an important role in reducing contamination through exposure to airborne particles and human contact. Developers of enclosed environment equipment must not only focus on the cleanliness of the internal atmosphere, but also keep...

Wireless temperature monitoring system.(new products)(Accsense, Inc. has introduced wireless temperature monitoring system )(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... Accsense's wireless monitoring system helps medical, pharmaceutical, and laboratory personnel keep track of temperatures, [CO.sub.2] levels, humidity, and other measurements. The system works well with refrigerators, freezers, and incubators,...

Two-component mixing packages.(new products)
February 1, 2008... APS's Meg-A-Pak[TM] is now available in 800-g packs for two-component reactive adhesives and sealants in flexible pouches. The package is simple, safe, and easy to use, and provides a combination packaging/mixing burst seal container for a...

Stainless-steel overbraided PTFE hose.(new products)
February 1, 2008... AdvantaPure is now offering stainless-steel overbraided PTFE hose in six variations. Called APFOS, the hose offers the purity of PTFE fl uoropolymer with the durability and enhanced pressure carrying capabilities of stainless steel. The hoses...

Piezo force microscopy module.(new products)
February 1, 2008... Piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) has emerged as the preeminent tool for nanoscale imaging, spectroscopy and manipulation of ferroelectric materials. Asylum Research has developed a new piezo force module that enables very high sensitivity,...

Dry heating block for pathogen testing.(new products)(bioMerieux S.A.)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... A new product by bioMerieux, the VIDAS[R] Heat and Go, is a dry heating block used to heat samples undergoing pathogen testing. It has proven to substantially reduce technician handling time and material cost, as well as help standardize the...

Wafer pre-aligner.(new products)
February 1, 2008... The In-Sight[R] 1820 vision-based wafer pre-aligner, developed by Cognex Corp., provides precise, non-contact measurements of wafer position and orientation. The device determines wafer position and orientation in less than half a second, while...

Adjust and measure airflow in one location.(new products)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... The new Iris Damper is a device that allows airflow to be adjusted and measured at one location, resulting in reduced field time and improved accuracy in air balancing. It uses interlocking steel plates and a calibrated control lever to form an...

USB hub for airflow and temperature monitoring.(new products)(Degree Controls, Inc. has introduced ATM2400 multi-port USB hub )(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... Degree Controls, Inc. announces the ATM2400 multi-port USB hub for parallel measurement of airflow and surface temperatures. The hub supports up to 36 separate sensors to collect real-time measurements in multiple locations simultaneously. The...

High-tack polymer flooring.(new products)
February 1, 2008... Dycem has introduced new Clean-Zone washable, semi-permanent flooring, available in a speckled surface design, titanium (grey speckled) and cobalt (blue speckled). The high-tack polymer flooring has an extremely smooth surface that conforms to...

Turbomolecular vacuum pumps.(new products)(Edwards ltd. has introduced iXA[TM] series )(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... Edwards' iXA[TM] series of magnetic bearing turbomolecular vacuum pumps exhaust process gases from physical vapor deposition, etching, chemical vapor deposition, or ion implant equipment in semiconductor, flat-panel display, solar energy, and...

Software streamlines validations.(new products)
February 1, 2008... Finesse Solutions, a manufacturer of measurement and control solutions for life sciences process applications, announces the general release of its TruBio[TM] IOQ package. The package provides all of the protocols needed to validate the maximum...

Urethane anti-fatigue mat.(new products)(Tennessee Mat Company Inc. has introduced Rejuvenator line )(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... Wearwell announced the expansion of its popular Rejuvenator line with the introduction of Rejuvenator Connect, a modular urethane mat that connects on all four sides to accommodate any custom sized area, even an entire floor. Urethane is...

Gas analyzer measures nitrogen levels in argon.(new products)
February 1, 2008... GOW-MAC[R] Instrument Company's Series 1200 gas analyzer measures trace amounts of nitrogen in argon. Three instrument selections encompass varying analytical ranges (from 0-20 ppm to 10 ppb) in detecting nitrogen levels. Features include a...

Cleaning wipes kill resistant bacteria on contact.(new products)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... The MRSA bacterium (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) is the target of a new cleaning system developed by Kaivac, Inc. The company recently unveiled the KaiFly, a cleaner dispenser and pad used to wipe flat surfaces before the...

Remote nano pump.(new products)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... The KD Scientific Model KDS 310 nano pump is used exclusively with micro syringes from 0.5-250 [mu]l. Its small size, remote control, and mounting arm make it useful for work with micromanipulators, stereotaxic frames, and other clamping...

Spring-closed valves.(new products)
February 1, 2008... Millipore Corp. has launched new aseptic valves now available with PTFE diaphragms. The thermal and chemical durability of PTFE makes it a desirable material for diaphragms in demanding, multi-product processes. The new spring-closed valve seal...

Mass spectrometer.(new products)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... Pfeiffer Vacuum introduces the HiQuad quadru-pole mass spectrometer with new Quadera software. The spectrometer is four times faster than previous models, providing high measurement speeds up to 8,000 data points per second and exceptional...

Light-sensitive extension line.(new products)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... Qosina is adding new light-sensitive extension lines to its inventory of sub-assembled components. These extension lines with amber tubing effectively protect light-sensitive solutions or compounds. The company's 40-inch long polyethylene...

Custom machined parts.(new products)(Brief article)
February 1, 2008... Custom machined Eratalyte[R] TX parts that are strong, dimensionally stable, and bleach-resistant for meat, poultry, food, and pharmaceutical processing applications are being introduced by Slideways, Inc. These custom parts are machined to...

Calendar.(Calendar)
February 1, 2008... MARCH 1-7 PITTCON 2008, 59th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy. Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, LA. For more information: www.pittcon.org MARCH 11 One-day Critical Cleaning...