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only builds several different sized pumps but also houses a paint
shop, water-filled testing area, parts storage, materials storage,
shipping and receiving department, and a separate area to build
and test prototypes—there is even a reservoir behind the building
for additional testing. The plant is not a typical assembly-line
operation; instead it is geared toward customization with several
specialty fabrication areas.
Ninety-five per cent of the pumps manufactured are
diesel powered, although electric powered pumps are also
available. The most popular sized pump is the four inch to six
Equatorial Guinea Modular Lab
inch portable, which costs between thirty and forty thousand
dollars. Product changes are usually brought about by changes
in Environmental Protection Agency standards for emissions.
Reduced emission standards, for example, often lead to
development of more expensive pumps with added features.
Thompson Pump has 110 employees, including production
engineers, quality control personnel, mechanics, and material
handlers (welders and forklift operators). “I wish there was a
bigger and better-trained pool of eligible workers to hire
from,” says Chris Thompson, President. His company
supports community schools by bringing on student interns
when possible.
life sciences. Jerome Landy, M.D., founded Germfree in 1962
to provide innovative gnotobiotic (germ-free) and biological
safety equipment and facilities to research laboratories.
Germfree’s technologies led to the ability to deliver and rear
sterile animals for research—a prerequisite for many important
medical breakthroughs of recent decades. The term “germfree”
was not common parlance until the early seventies, when
the public became aware of a child with Severe Combined
Immunodeficiency who was forced to live in a specially designed
“bubble”—an environment not contaminated by microorganisms
(many will remember the movie with John Travolta).
Germfree Laboratories, Inc.
Germfree Laboratories, Inc., is a technology-intense,
specialty-product manufacturer with a worldwide market and
an ever-increasing demand for the controlled environments
and containment enclosures needed for scientific research in the
Today the emphasis is on providing sterile environments
worldwide for pharmaceutical manufacturing. Germfree’s
product line has evolved from contamination control equipment
to entire modular laboratories—portable buildings and trailers
with every convenience, resource, or appliance that a stationary
building could offer. Designers working in 3D modality provide
the in-house expertise to produce the construction specifications
Stay active, stay healthy.
Port Orange
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South Daytona
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www.palmerclinics.com/po
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