Subject:  Cleanroom Market News

Here are excerpts for the month of July in the Updates to Cleanrooms.  The Updates reflect only some of the new additions.  The analysis and revenues are constantly revised.  For more information, click on: Cleanrooms: World Markets http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/cleanroom.html .

CLEANROOM UPDATE

July 2005

BIO-TERRORISM

There is a large market developing for protection of both military and civilian …………………

The U.S. EPA's National Homeland Security Research center recently completed performance verifications of ten indoor air filters designed to…………………………………………………...

The filters tested were:

• AAF International: BioCel^® I (Type SH) and DriPak^® 90/95%
• Aeolus Corporation: Synthetic Minipleat Panel, SMP-M12-24244;
• Synthetic Minipleat V-Cell, SMV-M13-2424 and Synthetic Minipleat V-Cell, SMV-M14-2424;
• Airflow Products: AFP30;
• Columbus Industries: High Efficiency Mini Pleat and SL-3 Ring Panel;
• Filtration Group: AeroStar "C-Series" Polyester Panel Filter and;
• AeroStar FP-98 Minipleat V-Bank Filter.

FOOD

……………..  Consumer demand for fresh foods with few preservatives is driving the need for clean air in production facilities. Fresher foods are more vulnerable to airborne contaminants. In many foods, packaging a pure product to obtain longer product shelf life is directly related to controlling these microorganisms, at the same time, tight control on the air and gases involved in the food processes and packaging is required.

There is a market in the fresh fruit and vegetable industry, especially in tropical climates where inventory losses due to ethylene-induced premature ripening mold attack and decay are often enormous and are, therefore, a significant factor in determining final profit.

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Vitré, France is the home of Camembert, one of the largest fluid milk plants in the ……………..

There are six Tetra Pak lines each producing up to 6,000 liters per hour. The six Tetra Pak lines are complemented by four aseptic plastic lines featuring…………………………………………..

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……………..  Tissue engineering is still a relatively new field that has only developed over the last ten to fifteen years. Described as regenerative medicine or cell therapy, tissue engineering involves the combination of live and/or synthetic cells that are manipulated using biochemical techniques ………………………………………………………………………………………….

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………….  Currently, the total annual pharmaceutical R&D spending is about 33 billion U.S. dollars globally with the U.S. contributing more than a third. Apart from the growing research spending, the pharmaceutical industry is facing tough challenges from its current ………………………………………………………………………………………………………

MEDICAL DEVICES

…….  The United States is among the top three markets for medical devices, followed by Europe and Japan. Several emerging sectors in this market, such as molecular diagnostics and nucleic acid probes, blood glucose monitors, and point-of-care tests, are forecast to show………….. …...

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