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Timely insights on productivity, best practices, and regulations—empowering you to boost yield and ensure compliance in your controlled environment.

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Ensuring Business Continuity: Securing Your Critical Product Supply

The COVID pandemic sent shockwaves through global supply chains, disrupting many markets, ...
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3 Questions To Qualify Your Cleanroom Glove Supplier

Cleanroom gloves are supposed to be contaminant free. But not all gloves meet that ...
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What Contaminants in Packaging Put Your Yields at Risk?

Packaging can contaminate cleanroom gloves and controlled environments, putting your ...
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What Hidden Contaminants in Cleanroom Gloves Put Yields at Risk?

Your cleanroom gloves help to keep your controlled environment free of contaminants. ...
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Cleanroom Glove Selection Fundamentals Part II: Cleanliness Requirements

Often customers ask us for a “Class 10 cleanroom glove.” The truth. It doesn’t exist. ...
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Cleanroom Apparel Selection Fundamentals: What You Need to Know

Cleanroom apparel serves two functions. First, cleanroom apparel encapsulates the ...
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Cleanroom Glove Selection Fundamentals: What You Need to Know | Part 1

Selecting the most appropriate cleanroom glove can seem complicated. If you are trying to ...
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Cleanroom Glove Selection Fundamentals Part III : Comfort Requirements

Operators are the #1 contaminant source in controlled environments. Cleanroom gloves must ...
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Import Bans: How Unethical Labor Practices Impact Business Continuity

Global supply chain disruptions caused by the COVID pandemic led to bad actors in ...
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection Seizing Cleanroom Glove Imports

Effective December 20, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced they will ban ...
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Since 1988, Valutek has set the benchmark in innovative cleanroom solutions for life sciences, advanced materials, and academic research. Our blog offers timely insights on productivity, best practices, and regulatory trends.

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