Life Sciences
COVID-19 UPDATE: Texas Tech researchers author study using new standardized mask filtration testing to evaluate effectiveness of alternative facial coverings
With COVID-19 having an impact worldwide, International Filtration News is tracking stories relevant to the filtration industry. Filtration media for facemasks and respirators are at the forefront of the COVID-19 response effort, and meeting the demand for these types of filter media is proving to be a challenge. As manufacturers of filter media and others …
Reducing the true cost in blood plasma fractionation filtration and separation
The market for air, water and energy products for blood plasma fractionation and drugs derived from the plasma is approaching $5 billion per year. The market for filtration and separation devices and media is several hundred million dollars. The consumable media segment is substantial, and in part determined by technology advances. Plasma is a large-volume application …
Membrane filtration and the heightened pace of development in the biopharmaceutical industry
By deploying standardized processes and state-of-the-art single-use technologies, filtration, separation and purification leader Pall Corporation, headquartered in Port Washington, New York, designed the mass manufacturing process for the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in a record-breaking eight weeks – something that would previously have taken years. In order to rapidly bring the vaccine to market, the University …
Strategic investments drive Mann+Hummel’s diversification strategy
As the trendlines in the transportation category move away from filtration related to the internal combustion engine and toward alternative applications, such as cabin air, Mann+Hummel has been strategically diversifying its solution set in recent years. The Ludwigsburg, Germany-based company, which has long been a leading player in filtration for automotive applications, has made several …
‘Protecting places and spaces’ – Lydall drives on innovation as filtration rises into the mainstream consciousness
Lydall, Inc., headquartered in Manchester, Conn., has global manufacturing operations producing specialty engineered products for the thermal/acoustical and filtration/separation markets. The company’s Performance Materials business segment includes filtration media solutions for air, fluid power, and industrial applications, air and liquid life science applications, and thermal insulation solutions for building products, appliances, and energy and industrial …