5 Facts about Clean rooms from Lab Manager Magazine

• While more than 30 different industry segments utilize cleanrooms, 70 percent of U.S. cleanroom floor space is in the semiconductor and other electronic components, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries.

• Development of the modern cleanroom began during the Second World War to improve the quality and reliability of instrumentation used in manufacturing guns, tanks and aircraft.

• The evolution of cleanrooms gained momentum as a result of NASA’s space travel program in the 1950s and 1960s. It was during this time that the concept of ‘laminar flow’ was introduced, which marked a turning point in cleanroom technology.

• The 1980s saw continued interest in the development of the cleanroom. By this stage, cleanroom technology had also become of particular interest to food manufacturers

• The pace of cleanroom technology transformation has accelerated over recent years. Since the year 2000, there have been significant advances in new cleanroom technology, which have helped to streamline manufacturing and research processes, while also reducing the risk of contamination.

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