Sterigenics International, a provider of contract sterilization, gamma technologies and medical isotopes, will invest $10 million to expand its facility Gurnee, Illinois facility, to add a new gamma cell. The irradiator will be ready for customer product validation in October of this year, with production to follow immediately.

The cell is modeled after Sterigenics’ other tote systems with the dimensions of 24 x 48 x 40 inches.

Operating out of 47 facilities in 13 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia, Sterigenics provides contract sterilization and ionization services for the medical device, pharmaceutical, food safety, and high-performance materials industries.

Source: Sterigencis