CESCO, headed up by Scott Sobolewski and John Corcoran, is a vibrant and growing organization that specializes in the marketing and sales of high quality process equipment, and systems that solve problems and add value.  Scott and his team have many years of experience within the containment field, and are excited to be partnering Howorth in this initiative. 

Scott says: “Howorth is a brand that many of our existing customers in the south eastern United States already recognise.  It will be our job to make sure we provide Howorth with as many opportunities as possible, so it can demonstrate at first hand its quality and expertise.”

CESCO will be joining Graham Hind: CEO of Howorth Inc, Mark Smith: Field Service Manager, and the rest of the Howorth team to promote the company’s custom containment solutions to the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries.

The expansion and upgrade of theatre facilities was undertaken by Howorth AirTechnology, which has an established relationship with the hospital’s operators, the Mount Carmel Medical Group, following a major project in 2008 at sister hospital, Aut Even.  When it was necessary to bring in sub contractors, Howorth used local contractors wherever possible.

Howorth installed a package of operating theatre equipment, the main feature being its market-leading Exflow UCV Canopy, enabling surgery to be carried out in ultra clean conditions.  The Exflow was complemented by an operating theatre control panel, twin screen X-ray viewer, pendants, lights and IPS/UPS systems.

The booth will incorporate a number of the Howorth products including the
• 5D High Containment Shield,
• Containment Glovebox Isolators,
• Flexible Isolators,
• Containment Downflow Booths and our
• brand new BioGen™ range of DVHP Decontamination Generators.

If you wish to set up a meeting ahead of the event, or if you have any specific queries that we can help you with, please contact Graham at:

graham.hind@howorthgroup.com

Otherwise, we look forward to seeing you there.

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Howorth at Interphex New York 2012

Park Valley Dyers is a new company, formed following a collaboration between Holmfirth Dyers and Camira Fabrics.  It is the first dye house to be built in the last 25 years, bucking a trend which has seen the textile industry decline considerably in recent decades.

The booth was first showcased inNew Yorkat the Interphex pharmaceutical show, and was designed by Howorth for use when working with pharmaceutical compounds.  It provides an exceptional level of protection for operators at Park Valley Dyers, who will use it to ensure safety during the precise measuring and weighing of dry powder dyes taken from bulk containers. This procedure is part of an exclusive new low liquor dyeing process the company is introducing, which could save millions of litres of fresh water annually.

Powder Handling Booth

This innovative project marks a return to working with the textile industry for Howorth for, as befitting a Lancashire company founded in Rochdale and operating to this day fromBolton, Howorth’s history started with the mills. The air in the mills had to be kept hot and humid to prevent the thread breaking and as a result rooms were poorly ventilated and the air was often thick with cotton dust.  In 1858,  Rochdale man James Howorth set up James Howorth & Co Ltd, manufacturing apparatus for humidifying, ventilating, heating, air-conveying, dust control and drying applications within the textile industry.  Over 150 years later, the company continues to engineer clean air for pharmaceutical, healthcare and medical clients around the world.

Michael Mellor, Technical Director of Howorth Pharma, says:  As Howorth has many ties to the textile industry, we are proud to be working with Park Valley Dyers.  We are confident that Howorth’s input will enable operators to carry out their work safely and efficiently.”

In response to this, clean air engineering specialist, Howorth Air Technology, has developed a new Screenless Exflow Ultra Clean Canopy to complement the range of Exflows it has been installing in private and public hospitals around the world for over 40 years.

When designing the Screenless Exflow, Howorth could have easily taken the approach adopted by its competitors: positioning bulky low level recirculation ducts around the theatre with fans and chilled water coils in the theatre ceiling void or in vertical ducts around the theatre, necessitating plant and ductwork systems which are totally impractical in most retrofit situations.  However, in keeping with the company’s innovative approach to design, Howorth chose to rather develop its own unique system which is suitable for both retrofits and new builds.

Howorth’s Screenless Exflow essentially retains the basic construction of its market leading existing models, the Exflow 28 and Exflow 32, but with some innovative engineering at the air discharge, the company has recreated, and in many ways improved, the performance of the systems without the need for the partial walls or the additional requirement of low level recirculation ducts, remote fans or cooling coils. The unit remains an integral fan unit of modular construction, ideal for new build or retro-fit situations. Installation time is kept to an absolute minimum and long term maintenance costs are lower than competitive products.

At the core of this new product are the patented Passive Coanda and Active Coanda systems. These are unassisted (Passive) or assisted (Active) air displacement devices, designed to replicate the controlled airflow of a solid side-screen. Both the screenless models, currently designated the Exflow 28-12 and Exflow 32-12, exceed the performance requirements of HTM 03-01 in many areas, particularly with regard to the non-entrainment test.  The primary airflow to the theatre remains the same as with other Exflow models, rather than needing the increased air volume required by competitive systems, therefore running costs are also lower.

Backed by the Howorth’s 150 years of experience in engineering clean air, the new Screenless Exflows take operating theatre design into the 21^st century and beyond.

While the company will maintain its operational and manufacturing base in the UK, the North American office will provide the perfect hub for Howorth to focus on its strategy of developing and promoting new business opportunities throughout North America, Canada, Puerto Rico and Mexico, headed up by CEO Graham Hind.  Field Service Manager, Mark Smith, and his team, also based out of the US office, will provide local customer support for installation, commissioning, service and spares.

Originating in Manchester, England, parent company Howorth Air Technology recently celebrated 150 years of engineering “clean air”. The company’s products and services have seen many changes, but the driving emphasis on providing highly specialised and effective air technology solutions has remained the same, with those solutions now being available to a global market.

Graham Hind, Howorth USA

Graham Hind
CEO: Howorth Inc
graham.hind@howorthgroup.com

Under Howorth’s registered product brand name, BioGen™, our new bio-technology division will supply DVHP™ (Dry Vaporised Hydrogen Peroxide) systems and decontamination equipment into both our long established Healthcare and Pharmaceutical market sectors, as well as developing DVHP™ systems for Life Sciences, Veterinary and Food Processing and Manufacturing markets.

All BioGen’s™ new family of DVHP™ standard model generators are designed around unique Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) technology with patents pending. This highly successfully technology has been developed over many years, and is applicable in both pre-occupational decontamination and service, as well as equipment supply projects.

All validated results, confirmed via BIs (Biological Indicators), prove that Howorth’s BioGen™ DVHP™ vapour phase fumigation systems are an effective bactericide, virucide and sporicide AND are biodegradable, leaving no residue.

A unique function of the BioGen™ system is its real time cycle monitoring, which can be displayed or downloaded immediately to PC or on-site BMS to give immediate customer confidence that the decontamination cycle has been effective.

BioGen™ DVHP™ generator models are simple and flexible, have no moving parts, are easy to operate and maintain and, importantly in today’s difficult economic climate, are extremely competitive to purchase, operate and maintain when compared to other systems.

T: +44 (0) 1204 571131

M: +44 (0) 7557 746 290

E: mike.aitchison@howorthgroup.com

Howorth Bio Technology

Howorth Bio Technology

Whether it is controlling Healthcare-associated infections or eradicating micro-organisms, such as bacteria, fungi and yeasts, in the high hygiene requirements of the food industry, or integrating our bespoke DVHP™ rapid gassing fumigation systems into cGMP Pharmaceutical process equipment like Compounding Isolators, or pre-occupational decontamination of Biotechnology environments and facilities, Howorth’s BioGen™ DVHP™ generators and aeration systems are the products of choice for many end users in today’s financially, and technically driven markets.

All BioGen’s™ new family of DVHP™ standard model generators are designed around unique Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) technology. This highly successful technology has been developed over many years, and is applicable in both pre-occupational decontamination and service, as well as equipment supply projects.

Howorth’s BioGen™ DVHP™ vapour phase fumigation system ensures consistent, repeatable and reliable results with efficient 6 log-106 Kill rates; minimal aeration phase back down to W.E.L. (work exposure limit) of 1 p.p.m. (8 hrs T.W.A.); precise H2O2 balance, via single or multiple nozzle systems. A unique function of the BioGen™ system is its real time cycle monitoring displayed or downloaded immediately to P.C. or on-site BMS to give immediate customer confidence that the decontamination cycle has been effective.

The BioGen™ generated DRY vapour evaporates within 150mm of the ultrasonic nozzle(s), and does not settle or disperse on contact with surfaces, so no wetting or micro-condensation occurs.

BioGen™ DVHP™ generator models are simple and flexible, have no moving parts, are easy to operate and maintain and, importantly in today’s challenging economic climate, are extremely competitive to purchase, operate and maintain when compared to other systems.

All validated results, confirmed via BIs (biological indicators), prove that Howorth’s BioGen™ DVHP™ vapour phase fumigation systems are an effective bactericide, virucide and sporicide and are biodegradable, leaving no residue.

howorth bio technology

T: +44 (0) 1204 571131

M: +44 (0) 7557 746 290

E: mike.aitchison@howorthgroup.com

Developed in collaboration with existing booth operators, the 5D HCS offers the full range of movement side to side, front to back, up and down, and with controlled rotation, but is also able to tilt.

5D Screen - Range of Movement

Howorth’s High Containment Screens are a simple but effective way of boosting the containment capabilities of any downflow booth. Downflow booths are designed to protect the operator from dust rising in to the breathing zone when handling potent substances. The HCS is fitted into the booth, forming an actual barrier between the operator and the dust source, keeping all dust-laden air close to the booth’s exhaust grilles. As they can be retrofitted into existing booths, they are the ideal solution if a manufacturer starts working with more potent compounds that may require additional operator protection. Independent testing of Howorth’s HCS has confirmed that OELs as low as 0.5µ/m³ can be achieved

Click here for a brochure of the 5D containment screen

Launching the Howorth 5D Screen

Launching the Howorth 5D Screen

Hall7 Level 0 Street B 228s, 14th – 18th November, Gran Via Exhibition Centre, Barcelona.

To arrange a meeting with either David or Michael prior to the event, contact us or email them directly at michael.mellor@howorthgroup.com & david.jackson@howorthgroup.com