Naturopathic medicines are widely used in cancer therapy. It is estimated that more than two-thirds of all cancer patients use them in addition to conventional treatments. Among the most commonly used herbal medicines are mistletoe preparations. A fact that might surprise some – after all, the plant…

If it concerns contamination in a cleanroom, the primary monitoring goal is usually "particles." This is not surprising, as particles are present in the air in the millions — per cubic meter, mind you. However, there is another form of contamination that is often underestimated during the planning a…

The airflow management is one of the central principles of function in cleanrooms. It significantly determines the distribution and removal of particles and germs. The catch: airflows are invisible to the human eye.

If one wants to understand and control air movements in the cleanroom – which is esse…

In the cleanroom industry, we often deal with products and procedures that can save people's lives. However, hardly anywhere is this as palpable as in the Joint Stem Cell and Immunology Laboratory of the University Hospital Tübingen. The stem cell preparations processed here for cellular immunothera…

At the 79th General Assembly of ITGA Baden-Württemberg e.V. in July, a significant leadership change took place. Steffen Hild, managing partner of CAT Clean Air Technology GmbH (CAT Group), was unanimously elected as the new Chairman of the Board. He succeeds Jürgen Sautter, who did not run for re-e…

The Munich Airport is the second-largest airport in Germany – and one of the busiest in Europe: 224 destinations in 66 countries are served from here. To maintain service and quality for travelers at a consistently high level in the long term, Munich Airport is currently expanding Terminal 1 with an…

Requalification measurements in cleanrooms are a sensitive matter. For this reason, production or operation in these rooms is usually suspended during the measurement activities. If "in operation" measurements are desired, the processes (for example, the manufacture of pharmaceuticals or technical c…

The Stuttgart University Hospital has consolidated its expertise in the treatment of cancer patients in the new building of the Stuttgart Cancer Center – Eva Mayr Stihl Tumor Center. In addition to an oncological day clinic, the lung cancer center, and the Department of Nuclear Medicine and parts of…

When the testing room of a Med-Tech company moves, it's not done in a day. In the case of Heilbronn-based Xenios AG (part of Fresenius Medical Care since 2016), two months were needed to install the appropriate rooms along with the connected workshop at the new location.

Especially the strictly defin…

At the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology and Automation IPA, two new ISO1 cleanrooms are being constructed until approximately mid-year for use as dry rooms. The contract for planning and implementing this complex project was awarded to CAT Clean Air Technology GmbH (CAT Group) from Stu…