Continuously more compact components, higher power densities, lower emission values, safety systems, driver assistance systems, and lower fuel consumption are some of the buzzwords in the modern automotive sector. And all of this with decreasing manufacturing costs? An ambitious goal that has noneth…

With the new Chapters 3 and 5 and Appendix 15 of the EU GMP Guide, a new era has begun for determining health-based limits for cleaning of multipurpose facilities. PDE, what to do? That was the key question answered for participants of the PTS Connect Webinar PDE Cleaning Validation on June 1, 2016…

"Particle Standard" refers to a new cost-effective development of the usage standard for cleanliness testing, which was awarded 1st place at the Fraunhofer Cleanliness Technology Award "Clean 2014" in 2014. The usage standard consists of a glass slide, standardized test particles, and an adhesive fi…

A quarter-century of grown and proven know-how

The STZ EURO in Offenburg was founded in 1987 as a transfer center of the Steinbeis Foundation. The Steinbeis GmbH & Co. KG for Technology Transfer, affiliated with the Steinbeis Network, currently includes over 1,000 Steinbeis companies that provide…

It is expected that the new DIN 12980 "Laboratory Equipment – Safety Cabinets and Isolators for Cytostatics and Other CMR Drugs" will come into effect by the end of the year. This was announced by Egon Buchta, Chairman of the responsible working committee in the DIN Standards Committee "Laboratory E…

For about 30 years, Egon Buchta has been working in the cleanroom industry. In 1994, he became self-employed as a service provider for the maintenance and qualification of cleanrooms, and since 2004, he has been running his company as a GmbH based in Wannweil, Baden-Württemberg. In the year of the c…

Growth in the USA - But how?

Healthcare companies in Europe must deal with the largest national healthcare market, the USA, as part of their individual growth strategy. This usually also involves examining whether the USA is seen purely as a sales market or if value creation is also allocated there.
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When manufacturing cytostatics, pharmacies are increasingly using isolators instead of conventional safety cabinets. This means that the DIN 12980 (Laboratory Equipment - Safety Cabinets for Cytostatics), which has been in effect since 2005, needs to be updated. Egon Buchta, chairman of the Cytostat…

"When changing filters in cleanroom systems and equipment, especially in safety cabinets, it is crucial to ensure that only original parts are used," says Egon Buchta, Managing Director of the "Engineering Office & Cleanroom Service Egon Buchta GmbH" from Wannweil near Reutlingen, Chairman of Standa…

Through specialized energy monitoring, time-synchronized measurement and consumption data of air handling systems (AHUs) can be recorded. The optimization potentials identifiable with this, especially in the control technology sector, can lead to significant energy and cost savings without violating…