With the topping-out ceremony on March 19, 2019, the extensive construction project to expand the Actega DS site in Bremen continues. The goal is to take over the new building from IE Plast, which was commissioned with planning and implementation, in November 2019, and to relocate or reintroduce the…

At this year's Pharmapack in Paris, the CleanFlex® exhibition booth by Bischof + Klein became a special attraction for visitors interested in flexible cleanroom packaging.

Over two days of the trade fair, industry experts could learn about product innovations and development projects. Around 450 exhi…

Safety through Cleanliness!

Often, barely visible particles are the cause of system failures in the production chain of the automotive, mechanical engineering, and medical industries. More and more companies are therefore dealing with Technical Cleanliness.

The 10th Technical Cleanliness Conference in…

From Monday, March 25th, to Wednesday, March 27th, international scientists will gather on the campus of the Technical University of Kaiserslautern (TUK). The focus of the conference is the physics of so-called Rydberg atoms. These atoms can be larger than bacteria and interact strongly with their e…

In hardly any other industrial sector are the hygienic requirements as high as in the production of chemical, biotechnological, or pharmaceutical products. Due to the particular sensitivity of the production processes taking place here, utmost purity and control of process-critical environmental par…

No abrasion, no particles – even permanently. The path to the cleanroom certification seal IPA is not an easy one, as products must pass a variety of tests before receiving the official certificate from the Fraunhofer Institute. This is also true for the chainflex cables from igus. Over an extended…

For the first time ever, high-grade glass laser optics are now available for price-sensitive high-volume applications such as LIDAR and ID sensors thanks to a new production method. LIMO GmbH, a maker of high-precision micro-optics for laser systems, has become the world’s first manufacturer to succ…

In a few weeks, the trade fair T4M – Technology for Medical Devices – will open its doors in Stuttgart for the first time. From May 7 to 9, 2019, the medical technology industry will showcase its products and solutions in the areas of manufacturing technology, production environment, services, compo…

Whether for person communication and interaction, for simple transports, or as an autonomous telepresence system: The mobile communication assistant MobiKa is cost-effective and versatile. In March, the Fraunhofer IPA publicly showcased the robot during an award ceremony.

MobiKa consists of a basic s…

The execution was carried out as a Fast-Track project, taking into account international GMP requirements, including the application of modern aspects of integrated qualification and the use of the latest automation and IT tools.

Honestly — do you know of such a project? Would you like to read this h…