Cleanroom Technology Market Types, Applications, Demand and COVID-19 Impact Analysis
The World Health Organization (WHO) states that medical products must be free of contaminants that are not part of the intended composition of the product. To ensure the purity of medical products, pharmaceutical companies must plan and execute environmental monitoring (EM) programs to provide enhanced assurance of sterility for aseptically produced products. EM refers to the ways of assessing contamination control measures and identifying the specific threats to the purity of manufactured products. To create this environment and meet the extensive demand for sterilized medical products, pharmaceutical companies are increasingly adopting cleanroom technologies.
In recent years, cleanroom technology providers have focused on technological developments to produce improved quality sterile products to increase the efficiency of cleanrooms. These sterile rooms provide an ideal contamination-free environment for research and development (R&D) activities and production processes. Recent advancements in cleanroom equipment, such as heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, fan filter units (FFUs), laminar air flow systems and biosafety cabinets, diffusers and showers, and high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) systems, are assisting cleanroom developers in overcoming challenges associated with the designing and workflow of such sterile environments.
In the coming years, biotechnology, medical device, and pharmaceutical companies will show a preference for hardwall cleanrooms as they allow for higher internal air pressure to provide a better alternative than standard, softwall, and pass-through cleanrooms. In contemporary times, M+W Group GmbH, Cleanroom Systems Belgium, Alpiq Holding Ltd., Kimberly-Clark Corporation, OCTANORM-Vertriebs-GmbH, Illinois Tool Works Inc., Parteco Srl, Monmouth Scientific Ltd., cleanroom.de GmbH, Ardmac Ltd., Mach-Aire Ltd., DuPont de Nemours Inc., and Taikisha Ltd. are the prominent cleanroom technology providers in the world.
Furthermore, the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region will also adopt a significant volume of cleanroom technology equipment and consumables in the coming years, owing to the mounting demand for certified products, mounting focus on a sterile and clean environment for manufacturing medical products, and rising healthcare expenditure. For instance, the India Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF) reports that the Government of India aspires to increase public healthcare expenditure to 2.5% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) by 2025. Additionally, the booming medical device, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical industries will also encourage the adoption of cleanroom technology and consumables in the region.