US-based Cleanroom Film & Bags (CFB) has announced it is expanding its manufacturing and engineering footprint to meet the increased demands of high-quality, certified medical packaging while remaining true to its 100% American made commitment.
The custom clean film packaging specialist is seeing an increased demand for American-made ISO-certified packaging, as stringent pharmaceutical and medical requirements have escalated the need for ISO certified medical packaging from a trusted partner.
This system will produce more than 160,000 watts of clean energy
"It's brought a greater scrutiny to the standards of cleanroom production and products," said Aung Zeya, CFB Director of Business Development and General Manager. "We're working in a new normal with significantly expedited timelines, but quality cannot be sacrificed. That's why we do everything here in the US, where we can control and audit the entire process."
From sourcing raw materials to customizing formulas, building their own machines, running their own tooling shops, hiring top engineers and printing onsite, "Everything from the hands that make our packaging to recycling our industrial scrap, we own the entire supply chain," Zeya said.
CFB job creation is coupled with facilities expansion to meet the growing demand for medical and pharmaceutical packaging, as well as serving the electronics, aerospace, semi-conductor, luxury goods and food industries. The company is expanding into one of the country's largest cleanroom facilities at 28,000 sqft. "Our new facility will give us the footprint to grow, not only into new markets but also new machinery and human resource," said CFB CEO Jim Fruth.
Currently under construction, the Orange County campus is scheduled to open in Spring 2021, offering the plastics engineering and manufacturing machinery and sustainable collaboration space.
The facility
Fruth serves on the Cal Poly College of Engineering Dean's Leadership Board to mentor young engineers. Over the past eight years, he has tutored or hired more than 25 students and recent graduates. The new facility will operate like an innovation learning lab where the engineering, quality control and manufacturing departments will be staffed with top talent driving new plastics solutions in lean manufacturing and quality control.
With 440 solar panels, the new facility will be one of Orange County's largest solar deployment generating one-third of the cleanroom facility's energy.
"This system will produce more than 160,000 watts of clean energy, alleviating upwards of 45% of our energy bill," said CFB CFO Brian Kunisch. "This enables CFB to continue offering cleanroom products at a cost-competitive alternate to both US and foreign products in the medical, aerospace and electronics markets."
Cleanrooms of the future will empower CFB to carry its longstanding vision of custom solutions, top-quality products and innovative engineering expertise from 2021 to 2041, Fruth said: "We're going to be at the cutting edge of machinery and processes, breathing new innovation into a New Year and a new normal."
