Two groundbreaking Life Sciences construction projects were on the agenda of a press tour organized by consultant and project manager Drees & Sommer at the end of February. Visits included the research and development center of Octapharma and the manufacturing building of Biotest AG, which is under…

Weiss Climate Technology designed, planned, and turnkey constructed a state-of-the-art cleanroom with air handling systems for the laboratory service provider CuraFaktur in Heilbronn. The subsidiary Weiss Pharmatechnik supplied the appropriate safety cabinets and workbenches. The CuraFaktur laborato…

Cleanroom technology can be used in the manufacture, packaging and storage of dust-sensitive mechanical and electronic components and wherever a particle-free environment is needed.

Spetec GmbH has now extended its cleanroom offering to encompass three different cleanroom concepts. This means that it…

Cleanroom technology can be used in the manufacturing, packaging, or storage of dust-sensitive mechanical and electronic components and everywhere where a particle-free environment is required.

Spetec GmbH has now expanded its cleanroom offerings to a total of three different cleanroom concepts. This…

In Saarbrücken, a "somewhat different" cleanroom was put into operation. The Topmedicare GmbH, led by Dr. Fritz Trennheuser, now has high-tech cleanrooms in the heart of the Saarland capital. (Fig. 1)

Topmedicare GmbH is a contract manufacturer of sterile and non-sterile medicines as well as test prep…

For the second time, the VIP3000 Award was presented to students of the Albstadt-Sigmaringen University of Applied Sciences (Faculty of Life Sciences). Four teams presented their concepts for different production sites to the expert jury. On January 21, the winning concept was awarded.

As in the prev…

In industrial manufacturing as well as in science and research the need for a particle-clean and germ-free environment plays an ever important role.

For this purpose elaborated clean room facilities are being designed at great expense not only upon purchase but also for their keep-up. In many instanc…

The M+W Products, a company of the M+W Group, has collaborated with the TheoPrax Center of the Fraunhofer ICT (www.theoprax.de) at their production site in Stuttgart to carry out a practical project over nearly one school year with four students (11th grade) from Reuchlin Gymnasium in Pforzheim. The…

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…

The Lindner Group packs its bags in 2015 and embarks on an exciting journey through 50 successful years. During this time, the company evolved from an acoustic contractor to an international specialist in building envelopes, complete interior fit-outs, and insulation technology with a market-unique…