Hygiene & Cleanroom Planning

Hygiene & Cleanroom Planning: Focus on Product Safety

We develop tailor-made hygiene, laboratory and cleanroom concepts — modular,
compliant and and driven by a risk-based approach.

Risk-Based – The Foundation of Safe and Efficient Processes

Our integrated hygiene planning creates optimal conditions for quality, safety andregulatory compliance – from food production to life science environments to plastics processing. The result: solutions that combine safety, efficiency and cost-effectivness.

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Process as the Foundation

Processes and workflows form the basis for coordinated overall planning.

Layout Planning and Zoning

As much as necessary – precisely aligned with your process requirements.

Integrated Hygiene Concepts

The hygiene concept forms, among other things, the basis for coordinated layouts, as well as building design and building services planning.

Compliance

Laws, standards, and regulations – we guide you confidently through all regulatory requirements and develop up‑to‑date, audit‑ready solutions.

Our Core Competencies in
Hygiene & Cleanrooms

Our interdisciplinary teams integrate expertise from all relevant disciplines to design future‑ready and risk‑based hygiene and cleanroom solutions.

Comprehensive Planning

  • For us, this means standing by your side as an experienced partner with professional expertise.
  • We take a cross-functional approach to your processes to ensure the safety of both your products and your people.
A hygienic cleanroom area with integrated process and media supply, which shows the holistic planning of a production line in accordance with GMP standards.
Two people wearing complete cleanroom protective clothing work on a complex pharmaceutical process plant to monitor and maintain sterile production processes in accordance with GMP standards.

Hygiene Planning and Flexibility for the Future

Risk‑based hygiene concepts form a crucial foundation for optimized layouts and building structures. This ensures efficient material and personnel flows and enables orderly, scalable development.

Risk-Based Planning for Your Cleanrooms

  • Process and risk-based layout planning
  • Optimized material and personnel flows
  • Modular structures and flexible expansions options
  • Industry-specific requirements (e.g. VDA 19/ISO 16232)
A modern, risk-based clean room with several workplaces where employees in protective clothing carry out quality-relevant manual activities to ensure controlled conditions in accordance with GMP and risk management concepts.
A state-of-the-art pharmaceutical packaging plant in a GMP‑certified clean room, equipped with automated systems for sterile packaging of drugs.

Cleanroom Planning

  • Industry-specific cleanroom concepts
  • Risk-based product and personal protection
  • Manufacturer‑neutral selection and planning of suitable cleanroom technologies
  • Seamless integration of workflows in and around the cleanroom
  • Continuous integration of building and process services
  • Compliance
  • Monitoring critical parameters

Compliance and Qualification Management

  • Complete qualification process from strategy to execution
  • Ensuring all relevant regulations and standards are met throughout the planning process
  • Risk‑based qualification, based on the customer’s or IE’s qualification system
  • Continuous alignment with planning, execution and commissioning
A person wearing complete cleanroom protective clothing operates a touch panel to control pharmaceutical production processes in a GMP‑compliant clean room.
Bright, modern laboratory room with white work tables, drawers and large windows, red wall in the background.

Modern Laboratory Planning

  • Application‑specific laboratory concepts for industry, service providers and R&D
  • From IPC labs to complete laboratory complexes
  • Large‑scale facilities, from kilo labs to technical centers
  • Comprehensive integration into adjacent areas and processes
  • Efficient and automated laboratory logistics solutions for smooth operations and short distances
  • Special requirements for safety or highly sensitive process environments (e.g. vibration‑sensitive labs, safety labs, radiation protection)

Selected Projects

Technology
Einsiedeln, Switzerland

HLM AG – Conversion of a Former Furniture Factory into a High‑Tech Production Site

Leuthold Mechanik AG (HLM) develops and produces high‑precision machines, equipment and tools in compliance with the highest hygiene requirements. IE Technology was commissioned for the feasibility study and the general planning of all SIA phases, as well as for the conversion.
Food
Wernberg-Köblitz, Germany

TrendMeal AG – IE Masterplan and General Planning for the Expansion of a Convenience Food Business

TrendMeal AG is one of the market leaders in ready meals and convenience food. As general planner, IE Food developed a modular IE masterplan enabling a fivefold increase in production capacity through phased expansion.
Life Science
Selzach, Switzerland

Stryker Osteosynthesis AG – Cleanroom Planning and Ventilation Concept for Medical Technology Production

The Stryker Group is one of the world’s leading suppliers of orthopedic and medical technology products. IE Life Science was responsible for the Planning and Execution of a redesigned packaging area and the expansion of production to include a new cleanroom.
Food
Viöl, Germany

Meiereigenossenschaft eG Viöl – Masterplan Including Hygiene and Energy Concept for a New Dairy

Meiereigenossenschaft eG Viöl is one of the last independent dairies in Schleswig‑Holstein. IE Food carried out the feasibility study and was responsible for the Planning and Execution of a new dairy, including a comprehensive hygiene and energy concept.
Life Science
Sisseln, Switzerland

DSM Nutritional Products – Operating and Zone Concept for Fully Synchronized Production Processes

DSM Nutritional Products is the global market leader in innovative vitamin products and fine chemicals. As general contractor, IE Life Science carried out a GMP‑compliant conversion to establish fully synchronized production processes while operations continued uninterrupted.
Life Science
Konolfingen, Switzerland

Nestlé S.A. – Production Expansion With a New Wet Line for High‑Quality Baby Food

Nestlé S.A. is Switzerland’s largest food company with a strong focus on nutrition and health science. As total contractor, IE Life Science was responsible for construction, logistics and hygiene planning for a new wet line at the Konolfingen site
Plast
Life Science
St. Gallen, Switzerland

SCHOTT Pharma AG - Doubling cleanroom production

In St. Gallen, SCHOTT AG produces prefillable syringes made of high-quality polymer for the global pharmaceutical industry. As a general contractor, IE Plast doubled cleanroom production in record time.
Plast
Bad Ragaz, Switzerland

Weidmann Medical Technology AG - Reconstruction and expansion in record time during ongoing operations

Weidmann Medical Technology is one of Switzerland’s leading independent suppliers of injection moulding systems. As general contractor, IE Plast delivered a 500 m² cleanroom operations area while production continued.
Plast
Schaffhausen, Switzerland

Gebr. Renggli AG - Project Security Through Planning and Execution From a Single Source

Gebr. Renggli AG is one of the leading suppliers of thermoplastic products in medical technology. IE Plast completed the extension for injection moulding and assembly under clean room conditions in just 9 months.
Plast
Life Science
Escholzmatt, Switzerland

B. Braun Medical AG – Production Expansion Through Holistic General Planning in Plastics Processing

The B. Braun Group is one of the world’s most established providers of pharmaceutical and medical technology products. IE Plast was responsible for the Planning and Execution of a major production expansion, doubling cleanroom manufacturing capacity within 18 months while operations continued without interruption.
Plast
Life Science
Hägglingen, Switzerland

Flex Precision Plastics Solutions AG – Cleanroom Planning for Energy‑Efficient Plastics Production

The Swiss company Flex Precision Plastics Solutions AG manufactures highly complex medical products with a high degree of automation in cleanrooms. IE Plast completed the conversion to an ISO 7 cleanroom in just 4 months.
Food
Langnau im Emmental, Switzerland

Emmi Fondue AG – Hygiene Concept and Planning of an Extension

Emmi Fondue AG is the largest producer of processed cheese in Switzerland and a global leader in ready-made fondue mixes. IE Food planned and executed a production conversion and new building featuring a high-quality room protection concept and an optimized ventilation system.
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Your Experts for Hygiene and Cleanroom Planning

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Stephan Fischer

Managing Director IE Life Science
Zurich
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Ricardo Klering

Hygiene & cleanroom planning expert
Munich