The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency is seeking an order to shut down operations at Sotera Health‘s Sterigenics‘ Willowbrook, Ill.-based facilities that result in the emission of ethylene oxide, a highly carcinogenic chemical compound, according to a government release posted on Tuesday. The agency is seeking an order that would prohibit operations resulting in such emissions until […]
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Sterigenics faces lawsuit over ethylene oxide emissions
Sterigenics is facing a lawsuit over alleged emissions of ethylene oxide, a highly carcinogenic chemical compound, according to a press release from law firm Power Rogers & Smith of Chicago. The firm alleges that Sterigenic’s Willowbrook, Ill.-based facility has been using ethylene oxide to sterilize its medical devices, pharmaceuticals and food and spice products since 1984. […]
Sterigenics expands in the UK
Sterigenics today announced plans to build a new facility in the Chesterfield/Derbyshire, U.K.’s Markham Vale North area as the company looks to expand its footprint in Europe. The 60,000 square-foot facility is expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2018, with plans to install a Nordion JS10000 gamma irradiator with a research loop, […]
Sterigenics parent company is now Sotera Health
Sterigenics International said today that it has changed the name of its parent company to Sotera Health, with Nelson Labs, Nordion and Sterigenics as Sotera’s three operating companies. The new name drew its inspiration from the name of the Greek goddess of safety, Soteria, and is meant to reflect the company’s commitment to global health. […]
Nelson Labs parent Sterigenics buys Toxikon’s European lab business
Sterigentics International is seeking to turn its Nelson Labs business into a global extractables and leachables lab testing platform through its acquisition of Toxikon’s European division. The purchase of Toxikon Europe, announced yesterday, represents a capabilities expansion when it comes to serving the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. Sterigenics’s Nelson Labs business will now offer Toxikon […]
Noxilizer, Sterigenics ink exclusive sterilization deal
Noxilizer and Sterigenics said today they inked a global trade agreement which will position Sterigenics as the exclusive provider of Noxilizer’s nitrogen dioxide contract sterilization services and feasibility and research studies for pharma, biotech and med device firms. Baltimore, Md.-based Noxilizer said it expects to have the 1st NO2 sterilization systems operational at Sterigenics facilities […]
Novartis pharma head Epstein steps away, most recent in string of top-level turnovers | Personnel Moves, May 27, 2015
Novartis pharma head Epstein steps away, most recent loss in string of top-level turnovers Novartis (NYSE:NVS) is facing an upheaval in its top management, seeing 7 departures over the last 5 months as shares fell 25% since last July. Last week, Novartis pharmaceuticals head David Epstein quit as his division was split up. Earlier in the month, U.S. […]
Sterigenics International increases European ethlyene oxide capacity with expansion at Wiesbaden, Germany facility
Sterigenics International LLC, a provider of contract sterilization, gamma technologies and medical isotopes, and a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus and GTCR, announced expansion at their Wiesbaden, Germany location. The expansion will increase ethylene oxide processing capacity by 20 percent and allow for additional future capacity expansion of an additional 20 percent. Construction will be completed […]
Sterigenics acquires Nelson Labs
Sterigenics said yesterday it picked up microbiology testing service provider Nelson Laboratories for an undisclosed amount. Salt Lake City, Utah-based Nelson Labs provides microbiology testing services for the medical device, pharmaceutical and tissue industries and employs 570 individuals, including 300 scientists and 60 registered specialist microbiologists. “This is a significant strategic acquisition to help build out […]
Sterigenics buys Brazilian sterilization firm
Sterigenics said yesterday it purchased Brazilian sterilization firm Companhia Brasileira de Esterilização. The Latin American company is the largest sterilization and microbial load reduction firm in the region and the first to use gamma sterilization in Brazil, according to Sterigenics. “This strategic geographic acquisition demonstrates our commitment to expanding our global footprint in order to […]
Warburg Pincus takes majority stake in Sterigenics
Private equity firm Warburg Pincus acquired a majority stake in contact sterilization provider Sterigenics International, according to GTCR, which bought the company in 2011.