Chris Blackwell-Frost and Phillip Godden of MCA, which creates modular cleanrooms

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Street firm at the forefront of new cleanroom technology

Paul JonesOctober 31, 20250 Comment0

A STREET-based company is part of a unique venture to help pharmaceutical and life sciences firms speed up their research and manufacturing processes.

Total Clean Air (TCA), based at Gravenchon Way, has partnered with Gloucester company Vanguard Healthcare Solutions to create Modular Clean Air (MCA) – designing and building cleanrooms.

Cleanrooms, essential in industries requiring contamination control, and can take time to build and install.

However, the new venture aims to provide fully compliant, off-site manufactured cleanrooms, and make them available in a fraction of the time of traditional builds.

Globally, the cleanroom technology market is projected to more than triple to around £139.7bn by 2031.

Phillip Godden, chief executive of TCA, said: “Speed and compliance are key in our industry. With Modular Clean Air, we’re proving that fully compliant off-site manufactured cleanrooms can be designed, built, and validated in a fraction of the time of traditional builds.

“It’s the ideal solution for research and manufacturing organisations in the fields of pharmaceuticals and life sciences.”

The new venture combines TCA’s cleanroom engineering expertise with Vanguard Healthcare Solutions’ modular construction and healthcare infrastructure capability, the firms said, to create “a unique partnership between two British companies specialising in the cleanroom and healthcare arena”.

MCA designs, builds and installs modular cleanrooms

Three cleanroom options, all designed and built in Britain, were unveiled at Lab Innovations 2025 at the NEC Birmingham this week (October 29 and 30).

Chris Blackwell-Frost, chief executive officer of Vanguard Healthcare Solutions, added: “Modular Clean Air brings together two organisations committed to quality, compliance, and speed.

“We’re opening new opportunities for businesses across pharmaceuticals and life sciences, enabling faster speed to production, scale-up and research.”

For more information, visit www.modularcleanair.com.