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- 4 November 2024
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- 7 October 2024
Are PFAS Chemicals Sneaking into Your Cleanroom Supply Chain?
- 6 September 2024
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- 4 December 2024
2025 Cleanroom Pricing Realignment: Navigating a Shifting Supply Chain
For decades, the cleanroom product industry has operated with stable costs and prices, predictable...
- Valutek
- 4 November 2024
Valutek’s PFAS-Free Launderable Garment System
Since 1988, Valutek has been committed to innovation, driven by feedback and insights from our...
- Valutek
- 7 October 2024
Risk Mitigation: Understanding PFAS in Cleanroom Garments
As discussed in Part 1: PFAS in Cleanroom Supply Chains, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)...
- Valutek
- 6 September 2024
Are PFAS Chemicals Sneaking into Your Cleanroom Supply Chain?
If you’ve recently walked through the cookware section of your favorite store, you might have...
- Valutek
- 5 August 2024
Cleanroom Operations: Grasping Launderable & Disposable Garment Options
At their core, cleanroom garments are designed to contain viable and non-viable particulates that...
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- 11 July 2024
Latex vs. Nitrile: What Glove Substrate is Right for Your Critical Environment?
The first “modern” rubber gloves appeared in the late 1800s when the chief of surgery at Johns...
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- 30 May 2024
Endotoxins: Strategies for Control in Life Science Environments
Medical device and parenteral pharmaceutical manufacturers are increasingly concerned with...
- Valutek
- 6 May 2024
Securing Operator Safety and Comfort: The Essential Guide to Shoe Covers
The primary purpose of any cleanroom shoe cover is to reduce footborne contamination in a...
- Valutek
- 1 May 2024
Modern Methods for Detecting Contaminants in Cleanrooms: An Overview
As cleanroom technology advances, so do the methodologies and technologies for testing contaminants.
- Valutek
- 20 March 2024
Signs Your Cleanroom Design Needs a Refresh: A Guide to Re-evaluating Specifications
When any facility’s cleanroom is originally designed, experts evaluate many variables related to...
- Valutek
- 12 March 2024
How to Prevent Silicone Contamination from Cleanroom Products
Silicone is a widely used material in manufacturing processes, with many valuable properties. It is...
- Valutek
- 19 February 2024
Why Two Cleanroom Standards? Understanding Federal and ISO Standards
Cleanroom managers and operators often use Federal Standard 209E cleanroom standards and ISO...
- Valutek
- 6 February 2024
Mastering Cleanroom Maintenance: The Art and Science of Using Wipers
Cleanrooms demand meticulous attention to detail to maintain cleanliness standards, as sub-micron...
- Valutek
- 25 January 2024
2024 Cleanroom Product Cost Analysis: Adapting to Supply Chain Realities
Costs and prices for cleanroom products – gloves, wipers, masks, caps, coats and coveralls –...
- Valutek
- 17 January 2024
Mastering Cleanroom Maintenance: Fantail & Flat Mops and Tacky Rollers
Maintaining a cleanroom’s cleanliness standards relies on many factors, from choosing the right...
- Valutek
- 27 December 2023
Glove Liners: Improving More Than Operator Comfort
Operators in your controlled environment know it—cleanroom gloves can be uncomfortable, reduce...
- Valutek
- 20 December 2023
Cleanroom Documentation Selection Fundamentals: Paper, Notebooks and Notepads
Paper is used daily in controlled environments to document work instructions, manuals, job orders,...
- Valutek
- 14 December 2023
Adhesive Mat Fundamentals: 3 Tips to Select & Install Cleanroom Mats
Adhesive mats remove contaminants from shoes, shoe covers, and cart wheels before entering...
- Valutek
- 6 December 2023
From Matched Sets to Maximum Cleanliness: Gloves and Wipers in Focus
When it comes to matched sets of cleanroom products, gloves and wipers that are compatible with ...
- Valutek
- 29 November 2023
Product Selection Secrets: How Matched Sets Define Cleanroom Cleanliness
Manufacturers often offer matched sets of products that are designed to work together for...
- Valutek
- 2 November 2023
Shocking: Mitigating the Risk of ESD in Controlled Environments
Everyone has felt electrostatic discharge – or ESD – as the mild shock when you touch something or...
- Valutek
- 26 October 2023
Comfortable, Happy Operators Reduce Risk of Contamination
Your organization’s cleanliness requirements for cleanroom gloves, gowns, caps, and face coverings...
- Valutek
- 18 October 2023
Best Practices: Operator Gowning Procedures & Training
Where do most contaminants found in a cleanroom come from? Human operators comprise the main...
- Valutek
- 12 October 2023
Best Practices: Designing a Gowning Room for Cleanroom Environments
For any cleanroom environment, the correct set-up of the gowning space is one of the most...
- Valutek
- 5 October 2023
Consistent Quality Delivered by Statistical Process Control
In critical cleanroom environments, it is essential to maintain the highest quality standards to...
- Valutek
- 27 September 2023
Critical Applications Require Repeatable, Standardized Testing
For organizations with critical cleanroom environments, relying on manufacturer-proprietary test...
- Valutek
- 20 September 2023
Quality Matters: The Significance of Transparent Test Data
For cleanroom consumables, consistent quality is critical to maintaining cleanliness standards....
- Valutek
- 15 September 2023
Valutek's Commitment to Quality Began 35 Years Ago
Since our founding, quality has remained a core value of our business and central to our mission of...
- Valutek
- 15 September 2023
5 Reasons to Trust Valutek as Your Critical Environment Consumables Manufacturer
Your critical environment consumables are used in every step of your cleanroom operation, with your...
- Valutek
- 21 August 2023
When Does It Expire? Understanding Shelf Life of Cleanroom Consumables
When it comes to cleanroom consumables, a product’s recommended shelf life or specific expiration...
- Valutek
- 10 August 2023
Cleanroom Compliant Packaging: What You Need to Know
Before choosing the right supplier for your cleanroom products, consider the important role that...
- Valutek
- 27 July 2023
Four Steps to Close the Cleanliness-Comfort Gap in Cleanroom Apparel
There are trade-offs between cleanliness and comfort when it comes to cleanroom apparel. The ...
- Valutek
- 25 July 2023
Cleanroom Apparel Selection Fundamentals: Cleanliness and Application Requirements
Selecting the right cleanroom apparel helps maintain the required level of cleanliness and prevent...
- Valutek
- 25 July 2023
Cleanroom Apparel Selection Fundamentals: What You Need to Know
Cleanroom apparel serves two functions. First, cleanroom apparel encapsulates the operator to...
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- 20 July 2023
Valutek Helps Customers Reach Sustainability and Cost-savings Goals with TerraCycle® Zero Waste Boxes
Today’s cleanrooms in research and manufacturing facilities often use single-use consumables such...
- Valutek
- 30 May 2023
When Your Supplier Substitutes Cleanroom Products: Actions to Take
What if my cleanroom consumable supplier substitutes products?
Substitutions were commonplace...
- Valutek
- 25 May 2023
Exploring the Necessity of Requalifying Cleanroom Product Manufacturer
How often should you audit and requalify your current cleanroom consumable provider?
The frequency...
- Valutek
- 24 May 2023
How to Establish a Standardized Qualification Process for Cleanroom Consumable Manufacturers
Critical products need an objective and reproducible qualification process.
Cleanroom consumables...
- Valutek
- 15 May 2023
Unveiling Valutek's Industry Leadership: A Closer Look at 36-Month Rolling Lot Testing
Independent, repeatable testing is critical to qualifying cleanroom products and the first step to...
- Valutek
- 12 May 2023
The Significance of Qualifying Secondary Sources of Cleanroom Products
Global supply chain disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic left controlled environment operations...
- Valutek
- 11 May 2023
Why Repeatable, Standardized Testing is Important for Cleanroom Products
Companies establish cleanroom operating procedures based on internationally accepted standards to...
- Valutek
- 13 April 2023
Cleanroom Wiper Selection Fundamentals: Pre-saturated Solutions
For most cleaning processes, the cleaning staff or operator applies a cleaning solution to a dry...
- Valutek
- 12 April 2023
Cleanroom Wiper Selection Fundamentals: Substrates and Edge Treatments
A documented cleanroom wiper specification process is critical to achieving high cleaning efficacy...
- Valutek
- 10 April 2023
Cleanroom Wiper Selection Fundamentals: What You Need To Know
Choose the wiper that is compatible with the facility and application.
While it may seem easy and...
- Valutek
- 10 April 2023
Why Qualifying a Backup Supply of Critical Products is Essential
A quality supplier should allocate inventory to current customers based on their historical usage...
- Valutek
- 6 April 2023
How Can Secondary Sources of Critical Products Safeguard Your Business Continuity?
Products that are critical to cleanroom operations merit a secondary source that serves as a backup...
- Valutek
- 29 March 2023
Ensure Your Controlled Environment Has a Reliable Supply of Critical Products
The COVID pandemic sent shockwaves through global supply chains, disrupting many markets,...
- Valutek
- 28 March 2023
3 Questions To Qualify Your Cleanroom Glove Supplier
Cleanroom gloves are supposed to be contaminant free. But not all gloves meet that requirement –...
- Valutek
- 28 March 2023
What Contaminants In Packaging Put Your Yields At Risk?
Packaging can contaminate cleanroom gloves and controlled environments, putting your production at...
- Valutek
- 27 March 2023
What Hidden Contaminants in Cleanroom Gloves Put Yields at Risk?
Your cleanroom gloves help to keep your controlled environment free of contaminants. Right?
How do...
- Valutek
- 21 February 2023
Cleanroom Glove Selection Fundamentals Part III : Comfort Requirements
Operators are the #1 contaminant source in controlled environments. Cleanroom gloves must be donned...
- Valutek
- 21 February 2023
Cleanroom Glove Selection Fundamentals Part II: Cleanliness Requirements
Often customers ask us for a “Class 10 cleanroom glove.” The truth. It doesn’t exist.
Class 10 is...
- Valutek
- 21 February 2023
Cleanroom Glove Selection Fundamentals - Part I : What You Need to Know
Selecting the most appropriate cleanroom glove can seem complicated. If you are trying to match...
- Valutek
- 20 February 2023
Import Bans: How Unethical Labor Practices Impact Business Continuity
Global supply chain disruptions caused by the COVID pandemic led to bad actors in markets, as well...
- Valutek
- 2 November 2022
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Compliance Is At Risk!
Cleanroom Glove Covid-Impact White Paper And Survey Reveal Alarming Results, Offer Solutions.
There...
- Valutek
- 25 February 2022
Recycling Cleanroom Gloves Is Imperative
Recycling is consequential for the environment. Cleanroom gloves are the most commonly used product...
- Valutek
- 13 January 2022
FDA Import Alert
The FDA issued the attached alert this past Friday, February 11th, 2022.