Investment in the cleanroom growth market
01/2021
Whether in the medical technology, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries or among semiconductor manufacturers – the need for ultra-clean work environments is growing steadily. This also means that the demand for appropriate workwear and laundry services is growing by around 4 percent annually. This is a growth market in which CWS has now invested in modern and future-oriented technologies and built a new cleanroom laundry at the Lauterbach site in Germany’s Upper Hesse region.
“Based on our know-how and state-of-the-art processes, we have created production conditions in Lauterbach that meet the very highest standards,” says Markus Schad, Director Cleanrooms & Healthcare. “We have further optimised our certified services and, thanks to the facility's central location in Germany, can supply our customers even faster.” Last but not least, around 95 new jobs will be created in Lauterbach in the long term.
The fifth German Cleanrooms laundry was built on the existing CWS premises, with a floor area of 3,300 m2 and designed to handle a capacity of over 15,000 laundry items per day to be processed in up to three shifts. It thus eases the workload at other locations and guarantees consistent quality for our customers. “Construction began in January 2020, with the facility already starting operation barely a year later,” says a delighted Markus Schad. “The on-site team did a fantastic job under difficult conditions.”
