In 1972, the ICCCS was founded in Zürich, so it was fitting that 40 years on, delegates from around the world revisited the Swiss city to hear the latest developments in cleanroom standards and operation. Susan Birks reports from the conference.
The International Confederation of Contamination Control Societies (ICCCS) elected to hold this biennial event in September in Zürich. Hosted by the Swiss Contamination Control Society (SwissCCS) – formerly the SRRT – it was held at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich. This prestigious seat of learning has brought forth 21 Nobel Prize winners, and the delegates were warmly welcomed by Professor Jérôme Faist, president of the SRRT Quantum Optoelectronics Group, at ETH Zürich’s Department of Physics.
The five-day programme of 72 presentations (split into three simultaneous sessions) covered legislation, standards, HVAC, microbiology, new technology, healthcare hygiene, gowning, particle counting, environmental control, semicon manufacture, nanotechnology, RABS and much more. It provided an opportunity for the cleanroom sector to learn about new studies, practices and technologies, and discuss the requirements of current and future standards.
Each day began with a keynote speaker who looked to the future development of cleanroom technology and in each case gave an overview of innovative solutions being adopted by different sectors (electronics, automotive, medical, life science and astronautics) for ensuring the complex technologies and products being introduced are contaminant-free. In many cases, these new technologies require a paradigm shift in terms of both scale and thinking.
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