Sun Chemical
Carlstadt, NJ

EI Associates has been retained by Sun Chemical to provide Design/Build services to convert approximately 3,500 square feet of an existing office and wet lab area to a Class 1000 Clean Room suite with some Class 100 areas. The project involves the construction of three 1,000 square foot Class 1,000 Clean Rooms at 60deg. F and 30%RH, conversion of a loading dock area into a new mechanical room, plus necessary associated ancillary areas such as corridors and airlocks to support Sun Chemical’s development of high-tech inks. Sun Chemical has developed a method of embedding bar code information within ink material which is expected to enhance item recognition and streamline product scanning efforts during product inventory or the purchase of goods at the retail level.

The subject Clean Room suite, which Sun Chemical intends to occupy by the first quarter of 2009, will not only be the first Clean Room facility within the existing Carlstadt building but the first for all of Sun Chemical’s facilities. Constructed in phases beginning in 1929, the Carlstadt facility posed many challenges, both in design and construction. To maintain the critical temperature and humidity requirements within the new suite, EI utilized a spray applied vapor barrier system for all perimeter walls and ceiling areas creating a tight “cocoon” environment within the facility.

The completed suite will be a high-profile area allowing state-of-the-art research and development activities at the Carlstadt location. EI has been providing design and construction services to Sun Chemical since 1944; Sun Chemical was EI’s first client and we are honored to continue our long-standing excellent professional relationship.