Articles and Links of Interest.

ESD Considerations for Cleanrooms. June 29 2006
As electrostatic discharge (ESD) thresholds increase, knowledge of ESD standards and control in cleanrooms is a major concern in both microelectronics and medical device manufacturing.

Drying Product in a Cleanroom Environment. December 14th 2006
Drying is often neglected or under-estimated when planning contamination control strategies or cleaning processes.

Efficient Cleaning Of Silicon Wafers Using Ultrasonic Technology. December 13th 2006
The surface contamination of wafers, especially by particle contaminants, has been one of the major problems in the semiconductor industry since its inception.

Chemical Filtration Strategies For The Control of Airborne Molecular Contamination, Part 3. December 14th 2006
This final installment will focus on specifying an AMC control system and final considerations for AMC control.

Chemical Filtration Strategies For The Control of Airborne Molecular Contamination, Part 2. November 6 2006
This article discusses AMC filter types and applications. This article is part of a series.

Enclosure Washdown 101. November 3 2006
Cleanliness may indeed equate with godliness, but food and beverage manufacturers need more than divine intervention to ensure that the nooks and crannies of their processing environments are clean and contaminant-free.

Developing great cleaning and disinfection methodologies. August 31 2006.
Developing a compliant and effective cleaning and disinfection system for controlled environments in pharmaceutical and biotechnology operations requires firms to consider the most important element of what is to be accomplished: the development of a system that attains repeatable results.

Testing Compressed Air Lines For Microbiological Contamination. July 18 2006
An air impaction microbial assessment of your air supply may indicate you have unwanted inhabitants in your compressed air system.

Study disproves misconception about contamination of sterile IPA bottles. July 06 2006
Isopropyl Alcohol?it is used throughout the life science cleanroom to sanitize work surfaces, gloves, and tools

Business signatures, do you have one?. December 5 2006.
Laura Ricca wrote recently about business signatures. She talked about what should be on a signature, and how firms should have a standardised one thats part of their marketing campaign. .

Its a wide wide net. November 2 2006.
CNN announced that the web has reached a new milestone, 100 million sites.

Microsoft is offering free accounting software. November 1 2006.
The new software which is called Office Accounting Express 2007 is being offered for free to compete with Google Office.

Short-term Myopia. September 6 2006.
The focus of many businesses today?because, sadly, most shareholders require this?has turned away from the long-term strategies that they need to thrive and grow.

Helping the user USE your product. September 4 2006.
A while ago I linked to kathy sierras article on users finding it hard to get past the basics with a products. Since then she wrote an article on why marketing should write the manual. I also link to a counterpoint.

Slow Down and Play to Your Strengths. July 21 2006.
One of the commonest mistakes leaders make is to focus on countering what they believe the competition will do. This hands the initiative to competitors and ensures that nearly all activities will be reactive.

ATP mobile. Sept 04 2006
We just made a little mobile site using zinadoo. Now if you ever need to check our contact details you can check us out at Advanced Technology Products mobile.