30 years ago, the IPA first dealt with cleanroom technology. How did it start, Mr. Gommel?

Before the department focused on cleanliness technology, it was a general store. It did all sorts of things, such as manufacturing microfluids or optimizing a car wash. Then, a request came from the Federal Min…

The first PCs, which appeared on the market in the early 1980s, were bulky suitcases that offered little comfort. Today, every smartwatch on the wrist provides multiples of these dinosaurs. Miniaturization has reached a level that no one could have dreamed of a decade ago. A transistor on an integra…

With the Future Work Lab, the Fraunhofer Institutes IAO and IPA are opening a center that will let visitors experience the future of manufacturing. The center will offer tangible demonstrators, expertise development and training programs as well as a platform for scientific exchange, and targets ind…

Due to adjustments for 2017, an above-average number of exhibitors were already able to be secured at the beginning to participate in the lounges next year. With over 100 exhibitors and partners, the high standards for the event are already demonstrated today.

In recent weeks, the opportunity was als…

On 29th March,2016, the new procedure to prevent contamination known in Vienna under the name of PDc-technology was awarded with the ECONOVIUS 2016. This innovation prize of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce carrying a value of 15.000 € was awarded to the company Ortner Reinraumtechnik GmbH in Villac…

The 10th Lounges, held from April 5 to 7, 2016, took place for the third time at the Stuttgart Trade Fair Grounds. The weather outside was good, and the mood indoors was also great. The newly designed booth of Reinraum online was extremely busy all three days. That’s how it should be. Not only was t…

New, larger stand. Expanded, improved booklet concept. And lots of good conversations, new customers, and positive feedback. From our point of view, there couldn’t be a better way for a trade fair to run. For Reinraum Online, the 10 lounges at the Stuttgart exhibition grounds were not only a home ga…

With a focus on cleanroom and pharmaceutical process topics and the omission of the three areas still involved in 2015—Hygienicon, Food Process, and Biotechnology—the total number of exhibitors decreased, but the two core areas showed significant growth in 2016.

With just over 6,500 trade visitors ov…

- 13 exhibits displayed at four trade fair booths in three halls
- Focus on an IT platform for processing near real-time production data
- The workplace, automation and IT infrastructure form a thematic framework
- Presenting the »Flexible sheet metal processing lab« as part of the TRUMPF cooperation

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The cleanroom is a central subject of teaching and research in the Faculty of Life Sciences at Hochschule Albstadt-Sigmaringen. This article demonstrates how the topic of cleanrooms is addressed in practical-oriented teaching and applied research. It particularly highlights the close cooperation wit…