After a long career in the irradiation industry, which commenced in the 1970’s, Yves is now endeavouring to fully embrace retirement and is stepping down from the iia board with effect from 30 April 2024. Yves' contribution to our industry and to the development and evolution...
The latest IMRP 2024 newsletter has been published and can be found at this link, or below. To sign up to recieve the IMRP 2024 newsletter, and all other iia newsletters, please follow this link. You can now register to attend IMRP 2024 in Costa Rica! We are...
Irradiation operators and iia members have created a new group - 'France Rayonnements Ionisants' (FRI) with the support and involvement of Yves Henon (IMRP Laureate and iia board director). The recently created group promoting the safe and beneficial use of irradiation in France, will organize...
The iia has confirmed that it will continue its support of the IAEA’s Denial of Shipment Working Group (DOS WG) in 2024. This support is by way of a financial contribution to pay for an expert consultant to manage the working group and its activities...
The iia is pleased to welcome MedAccred as its newest member. MedAccred is an industry managed, consensus-driven approach to ensuring critical manufacturing process quality throughout the medical device supply chain. In today’s world of global manufacturing, the supply chain is multi-tiered and geographically remote, making oversight challenging...
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...
AAMI recently published a collection of articles in their publication ‘Industrial Sterilization: Material Compatibility & Process Optimisation’. Under Material Compatibility, articles include: ‘Effects of Electron Beam Sterilization on Polytetrafluoroethylene: Design of Experiments Study’ 'Effect of Gamma and X-ray Irradiation on Polymers Commonly Used in Healthcare Products’ Under...
IBA Industrial Solutions, member of the iia, has signed a contract to install its Be-Efficient electron beam irradiation solution in Germany. The contract, announced on March 19, 2024, includes two Rhodotron® accelerators along with supporting systems for polymer crosslinking applications. Typically priced between EUR 11...
The iia recently hosted the "Introduction to the International Irradiation Association (iia)" webinar to showcase the iia's activities and initiatives to the Chinese irradiation community. The webinar was presented by Peng Wei (iia China/Asia Representative) on the 26th March 2024, and included details about the...
The latest IMRP 2024 newsletter has been published and can be found at this link, or below. To sign up to recieve the IMRP 2024 newsletter, and all other iia newsletters, please follow this link. Thank you for a record breaking Call for Abstracts response We would...
The Phytosanitary Irradiation Platform (PsIP) recently held two webinars discussing the effect on fruit quality when using phytosanitary irradiation as a post harvest treatment. The recordings of these webinars are now available to watch, along with brief descriptions of both webinars below: Effects of Phytosanitary Irradiation...
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), a member of iia, are developing a new type of electron beam accelerator system that could be used to make X-rays for use in medical device sterilisation. Fermilab is building a prototype electron...
