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11 April, 2024

STERIS Expands X-ray Processing Facilities in Thailand and China

STERIS, a member of the iia, recently announced completion of expansion of its facility at Chonburi Thailand and planned expansion at Suzhou China. These expansions include the incorporation of X-ray processing capabilities to enable STERIS to enhance its sterilisation services using a wider range of technologies. The announcements can be read at these links to the STERIS website: STERIS ANNOUNCES COMPLETED EXPANSION OF...

18 June, 2021

The 'Ad Hoc Meeting of Stakeholder States Involved with Technological Alternatives to High-Risk Radioactive Sources' was held between 14 and 18 June 2021. The meeting sponsored by the United States, France and Germany but attracts international participation. Participants exchanged views and shared experiences on transitioning to alternative...

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16 June, 2021

ITHPP, a French company that recently joined the association, just announced the launch of their new brand, BETA BEAMS, aimed at supporting their innovative low-energy pulsed electrons solution for in line sterilization of medical and biopharma articles.  This launch coincides with the announcement that ITHPP...

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14 June, 2021

On June 14, 2021 the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Washington DC released the report titled Radioactive Sources: Applications and Alternative Technologies. The iia contributed to this report in various forms. Chapter 5 deals with radioactive sources and alternative technologies for medical...

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20 May, 2021

The BPSA (Bio-Process Systems Alliance) has published it’s White Paper ‘X-Ray Sterilization of Single-Use BioProcess Equipment: Part 1 – Industry Needs, Requirements and Risk Evaluation’. The document highlights sterilisation capacity constraints and how X-ray technology is positioned as a highly similar alternative to gamma.  It discusses...

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14 May, 2021

The IAEA recently hosted a virtual workshop to promote the beneficial applications or irradiation technologies. The International Irradiation Association and a number of iia members were in attendance and presented at the meeting. An IAEA article about the event can be found via this link: IAEA...

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07 May, 2021

On May 5, 2021, Frank-Holm Rögner from our member the Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP and several colleagues from the Fraunhofer Institutes IZI and IPA in Leipzig and Stuttgart (Germany).received the Joseph von Fraunhofer Prize for “Human- and Environment-Centered...

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06 May, 2021

The Industrial Irradiation Association (iia) just released a Guide for Prospective Buyers of Accelerators for Sterilization of Medical Devices. This document is the collective work of the International Irradiation Association and several of its members. It should be especially useful to medical device manufacturers considering an...

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29 April, 2021

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have released a book reviewing major progress in the use of a nuclear technique to suppress agricultural pests and insect outbreaks that have become more frequent due to...

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26 April, 2021

The linked article in the FST magazine was written by Cherin Balt, Managing Director of Hepro Cape. The article reports on the use of irradiation (Sterile Insect Technology) to reduce pre-harvest damage to crops caused by pests and as a post harvest treatment to facilitate...

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21 April, 2021

Sciray Co. Ltd. a subsidiary of Nuctech, a member of iia, is a company based in Beijing that was formed as a spin-off from the Tsinghua University. Nuctech is one of the world’s leading suppliers of vehicles, cargo and baggage inspection systems based on radiation...

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13 April, 2021

BGS has completed the construction of a new 2,700 square metres logistics space for sterile products. Managing Director Dr. Andreas Ostrowicki reports that construction of the new building started in April 2020 was preceded by extensive demolition works of the old building as well as earthworks. In...

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12 March, 2021

An article in support of irradiation, ‘Safe Sterilization with Rays’, written by BGS Beta-Gamma-Service GmbH & Co. KG and published in MED Engineering at the end of January can be accessed from the following link. Medical Sterilisation New Article...

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