For clean and equally safe energy management, the motion plastics specialist igus has developed the first e-chain according to "Hygienic Design Guidelines". Due to its open design, the chain is very easy to clean – with rounded edges and a screwless construction that prevents dead spaces and the res…

The global high-tech engineering and construction company M+W Group has presented current and future trends, as well as state of the art solutions, for an integrated approach to waste reduction in order to improve the sustainability of semiconductor fabs. The presentation was held at the High-Tech F…

The SCHICO Incubator M2000 is a proven measurement system for detecting microorganisms in compressed gases, in accordance with the recommendations of ISO 14698.

The detection of germs is based on a membrane filter method that allows testing the gas at the pressure at which it is used in production, i…

Vaisala is introducing a new wireless environmental monitoring system with extended radio range at this week's international trade fair for pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and biotechnology, ILMAC 2016, in Basel. The Vaisala viewLinc Monitoring System, which has been used for years in critical laborator…

In its latest intermediate sustainability report, the provider of textile rental services for workwear and washroom hygiene is once again offering an insight into the environmental record of its value-added chain. For example, intelligent route optimisation made it possible to cut the number of kilo…

- Gerresheimer and Chase Scientific Glass, Inc. will sell their joint venture (51/49%) Kimble Chase to the Duran Group, a company of the One Equity Partners investment group
- Purchase price for Kimble Chase amounts to USD 131 million.

Gerresheimer's strategic focus is on the manufacture of pharmaceut…

The key to successfully developing an optimal, high-purity packaging solution is holistic advice by the Sales, Production and Quality Assurance Departments. This is pointed out by packaging and film specialist Bischof + Klein.

Within the pharmaceutical industry, demand for high-purity packaging produ…

Universal Robots’ lightweight collaborative robot arms can now be implemented in controlled environments: After successful tests in accordance with VDI 2083 Part 9.1, the international industrial guideline concerning the various functions and measures of cleanroom technologies, the robot arms and th…

Due to many years of experience working under cleanroom conditions, mkf has developed a flexible cleanroom system based on aluminum profiles with enclosed slots, which adapts to the individual requirements of customers. This way, the advantages of the aluminum profile system are combined with the re…

For now, 10 years, ValTec GmbH, based in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland, has been successfully advising clients in the Life Science sector. Claudia Pachl has been working since the company's founding in 2006 until the end of 2014 as Head of Engineering on numerous projects for national and inte…