Vindonwestech - Services

Heritage conservation storage services

nospam@example.com (David Cummins) — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:14:20 +0000

Conservation storage suite

Built on site by our own engineers for the long term care of collections, Vindonwestech’s heritage storage rooms & chambers provide dust free storage at a wide range of temperatures and humidities. They are particularly well suited to the storage of special collections, historic artefacts and vulnerable film-based media - including acetate film and nitrate film.

Facility & Support

Purpose built Conservation storage facility close to all transit links (airports & road networks)
Vindonwestech service professionals on call at all times
Full spare parts inventory on site for all chambers
Backup generator
24/7/365 facility support & maintenance

Environmental control

Precise control of temperature and relative humidity is crucial to the long term preservation and care of collections. Our unique floor mounted stainless steel ducting, situated beneath a perforated shelving system, allows maximum circulation of conditioned air to all parts of the collection in the storage chamber.

Datalogging and validation, essential to ensure accurate and repeatable performance, is available with all our secure, controlled environment storage.

Access

Vindonwestech provides access to customer stored collections at any time. A dedicated acclimatisation room allows items to be brought in and out of non-ambient environments in a controlled and safe manner.

Sample Management

Our bar-coding and labelling system, refined over years of providing secure controlled environment storage for the pharmaceutical industry, builds a complete database of items stored and can be made accessible to clients remotely.

Full bar-coding system for samples or control batches
Detailed project design and reports
Advanced scheduling system for client pull returns
Full confidentiality of samples. i.e. All projects are labeled with a project and client assigned name

Shipping

Same day or next day sample returns to anywhere in the contiguous USA
All shipments are assigned an individual tracking number
A full complement of temperature controlled shipping packages including dry-ice, ambient & vapor phase nitrogen dependent on required condition
Datalogged transport of samples to monitor compliance
Partnership with global logistics leader to offer fully temperature controlled and validated trucks

Security

Full alarm system including motion and smoke detectors will monitor the facility environment every second of every day
All access points in the building will have alarm contacts
Closed circuit television, assisted by security lighting monitors the inside and outside of the building for personnel or vehicle activity
Personnel restrictions to apply at all times
Provides a safe and secure environment for all samples

Vindonwestech's heritage storage rooms reproduce the perfect climatic conditions needed for the long term storage and preservation of fragile items, valuable materials, historical artefacts and heritage collections.

care of collections and conservation storage - preserving the nation's past for the future

Our collective cultural heritage is an irreplaceable and treasured resource. Whatever the collection, from fabrics to furs, paintings to stained glass, or antiques to film archives, prevention of decay and deterioration plays a crucial role in the care of these artefacts.

Controlled conditions
Fluctuating temperature and humidity levels are damaging to most materials. Vindonwestech can minimise the risk of damage and deterioration by storing collections in the optimum environment now, reducing the need for interventive measures in the future.

For over forty years, Vindon rooms and chambers have been providing secure, controlled temperature and humidity storage for the pharmaceutical, medical and scientific industries and it is this experience, combined with Vindonwestech’s use and application of state of the art technology, that enables us to offer the same levels of service to the heritage sector.

Environmentally Controlled Storage Services

nospam@example.com (David Cummins) — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:27:05 +0000

Stability Storage Services

Rooms and chambers simulating bespoke and ICH world climatic zone conditions for long term, intermediate and accelerated testing

Stability Storage Services

Low Temperature Storage

Vindonwestech's low-temperature secure storage facility is ideal for high value goods and perishables

Low Temperature Storage

Biological & Ultra-Low Temp. Storage

A storage solution for the preservation of biologics, reagents, and specimens at temperatures down to -80°C.

Biological & Ultra-Low Temperature Storage

more than 20 years of expertise in providing controlled environment storage services to the pharma and biopharm sectors

Vindonwestech's purpose built, Environmentally Controlled Storage facility offers the full range of ICH Climatic Zones.

Employing full-time stability technicians and service & validation engineers - the new Vindonwestech Storage facility is dedicated solely to providing the best service possible to our Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology customers in the US.

Vindonwestech offers stability storage at a wide range of ICH conditions and also provides unique conditions. For long term storage we offer freezers operating at -20°C down to -80ºC.

Equipment Validation

nospam@example.com (David Cummins) — Tue, 05 May 2009 08:48:11 +0000

Reference standards are regularly calibrated by NIST accredited laboratories and are traceable to national standards.

Vindon Westech can offer a full on-site Validation Service for Environmental Rooms and Chambers and all associated equipment (data logging systems, chart recorders, etc.).

Performance mapping tests can be executed for temperature, humidity and light distribution. All documentation is designed to show compliance with ICH guidelines and to meet FDA requirements.

Reliable and Traceable Validation Service

Using a combination of NIST calibrated probes and state-of-the-art data acquisition systems, Westech Instruments can help ensure that clients demonstrate compliance with regulatory authorities, saving time and money and preventing the occurrence of embarrassing audit visits.