Air & Specialties has been involved in two ISPE Facility of the Year Award projects.

2010: MannKind Corporation, Connecticut

Facility of the Year – Process Innovation

Facility of the Year – Equipment Innovation

Air & Specialties was a major contributor in a project that was named ISPE's 2010 Facility of the Year in two categories. MannKind Corporation is a specialty pharmaceutical company located in Danbury, CT, that manufactures inhalable insulin. A&S worked closely with users, construction managers and vendors to design, fabricate and install stainless steel products throughout of the state-of-the-art facility. Custom stainless items that A&S produced for MannKind include:

• Solution prep stainless tank platforms
• Lyophilizer trim stainless
• Cryo pelletizer platform
• Stainless staircases and railings
• Stainless piping supports
• HMI enclosures and supports
• Custom drain covers
• Various custom process and packaging pieces

2008: Bristol-Myers Squibb, New Brunswick, New Jersey

Facility of the Year – Equipment Innovation

Air & Specialties designed, fabricated and installed all of the custom specialty stainless steel for Bristol-Myers Squibb’s ISPE award-winning CSO facility. This project provided A&S the opportunity to provide innovative contributions to a unique facility that is not only extremely functional, but beautiful as well. Some of the custom items our craftsman produced:

• Stainless platforms
• Niro stainless piping and trim
• Custom utility/electrical panels
• Lyophilizer stainless trim
• Specialty stainless pieces
• Custom gowning cabinets
• Skan and Groniger trim pieces
• Custom floor drains