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Cleanroom is a particularly clean environment, typically used in manufacturing or scientific research. Due to special air conditioning system, the cleanroom has a very low level of environmental pollutants such as dust, microbes and chemical vapours. By sustaining stable temperature and level of humidity and cleanness, the Cleanroom ensures continuous pollution control as well as precise research and manufacturing surroundings that are unaffected by the external environment.

“Creation of Cleanroom in Ventspils will clearly promote competitiveness of companies of the Baltic region that operate in the field of high technology. The Cleanroom allows both companies and research centers to develop and manufacture more sophisticated products in new market niches as well as participate in joint projects of satellite design together with European Space Agency. We also plan to offer the Cleanroom to students for practice and acquirement of skills,” Chairman of the Board of VHTP, Ivars Eglajs, told LETA.

The Cleanroom of VHTP will mainly be used in the field of electronics industry, namely, final assembling, contact welding, testing and packaging of electronic products and their components. It will also be used in the field of satellite technologies for completing components and for carrying out certain processes in controlled conditions of cleanness. At present already three companies that will use the advantages of the VHTP Cleanroom have been identified: Ventspils Elektronikas Fabrika will be testing specific electronic products there, LEO Research Centre will develop products of satellite technologies, whereas VHTP will offer various training. Other home and foreign companies are welcome to use the Cleanroom as well.

The Cleanroom was created in the framework of the project “Cooperation between Ventspils and Tartu in Space Technology Research and Training” in partnership with Ventspils University College, Tartu University and Tartu Observatory. The project was funded by Norwegian government bilateral financing instrument.