Initial weight of Europe's most modern cleanroom laundry

L to R: Peter Slator (Divisional Managing Director), Monique List (Council Member for Economic Affairs, City of Eindhoven), Nicola Cassanelli (General Manager Cleanrooms Europe), and Holger May (Regional Managing Director Central & Eastern Europe) posing with a cleanroom dummy.

Initial Cleanrooms has opened the most modern cleanroom laundry in Europe in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

After nearly a year of construction, Initial Cleanrooms Europe opened its new high-tech plant in Eindhoven on Friday, September 27, 2013. The provider of cleanroom textiles and accessories in rental service is consolidating its two previous locations in Veldhoven and Kerkdorp and now has the most modern cleanroom laundry in Europe in the "Hooge Zijde". "We are pleased to have found our new home in such an important technology hub of the Netherlands," says Nicola Cassanelli, General Manager Cleanrooms Europe.

With investments amounting to millions, the overall approximately 6,000 square meter site was planned entirely according to the company's ideas on the "greenfield". Two high-tech cleanrooms form the core of the production area: one allows a maximum of 100 particles per cubic foot. To illustrate: in a climate-controlled office room, there are 10,000 times more particles. Such "pure" conditions are only possible because the room air is supplied entirely through a complete filter ceiling and is exchanged up to 400 times per hour in an energy-efficient recirculation process. Here, garments are decontaminated, dried, and sterilized, a requirement particularly demanded by companies in the pharmaceutical industry.

In pharmaceutical research and semiconductor manufacturing, the demand for cleanroom textiles is especially high. "We are confident that we will continue to grow especially in these industries," says Nicola Cassanelli. "Our state-of-the-art production facility provides all the technological prerequisites." Because now, twice as many textile parts can be processed, maintained, decontaminated, and sterilized per week in Eindhoven.

For predominantly European customers, Initial Cleanrooms offers a service unique in the industry: a so-called fail-safe concept. This, along with the in-house "Gold Standard," guarantees customers at all four European cleanroom locations consistently high quality and service standards, as well as various cleanroom classes. Particular emphasis has been placed in Eindhoven on modern energy management. Energy is recovered from the waste heat of the laundry dryers and wastewater; additionally, the plant recycles around 3,000 liters of water per hour. The use of energy-efficient LED lighting also makes the company a pioneer.