December 1st, 2009

Reports the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

Our one-time Smoky City is now building some of the cleanest rooms on the planet.

HWI Global, headquartered on South Side, designs and builds so-called clean rooms for hospital pharmacies, laboratories and medical device manufacturing facilities.

They specialize in customized aseptic rooms used for pharmaceutical compounding, with a client list that includes the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, The Cleveland Clinic, Mount Sinai Medical Center and Duke University, as well as pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and fluoropolymer products manufacturer W.L. Gore.

HWI’s services include the mechanical, electrical, piping and plumbing, as well as architecture and overall design.

Incorporated less than six years ago, HWI, with 14 full-time employees, has found a niche as a full-service provider of what’s known as customized clean rooms that are free of germs, bacteria and other contaminants. From blueprints to installation, they handle everything for jobs that typically run $350 to $500 per square foot, but can range from as low as $150 per square foot to more than $1,000 per square foot.