Press Releases

19/02/2008

New Centre of Excellence cleanroom facility opens

Shield Medicare - Ecolab's Centre of Excellence for Contamination Control - is celebrating a new stage in its evolution with the opening of a sophisticated purpose-built manufacturing facility at Baglan Energy Park, near Swansea, South Wales.

The new plant is four times the size of the former production facility, bringing it to 50,000sq ft with a 16,000sq ft production area. It houses some of the most innovative technology in the industry, including state-of-the-art production cleanrooms and laboratories. This means that not only can the company carry out large volume production and single batch supply to major pharmaceutical companies, but also it can now devote more resources to research and development.

The new facility comprises five Grade B and C production cleanrooms, with laminar air flow at the point of fill.

The cleanroom design incorporates many new features to minimise contamination risk from people traffic and air flow during the production process. These include electronic interlocking hatches, talk-through panels and the latest intercom systems. Even the change areas and preparation rooms are high specification and make use of different coloured flooring to identify "clean" and "dirty" areas, along with traditional step-over benches.

Automation of the production processes ensures consistent and timely manufacture, resulting in a superior product.