Life Science

Mass. Firm Announces Acquisition

Boston – Hodess Cleanrooms, specializing in cleanroom construction and advanced technology, announced it has acquired Labworks International, based in Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada.

Blake Hodess

“We’ve admired the expertise and performance of Labworks International for a long time. Adding them to Hodess Cleanrooms offers us, and our clients, the cold rooms, freezers, and warm room-controlled environment expertise to support our continued success as a full lifecycle partner,” said Blake Hodess, CEO of Hodess Cleanrooms. “This expansion of our footprint in the Americas will enable us to expand our reach in transformative markets so that companies can accomplish their important work.”

A 20-year-old company with offices in Canada and the U.S., Labworks designs and builds precision-controlled environments for the safe storage of temperature and/or humidity sensitive items for the life sciences industry. It also designs and builds cleanrooms for healthcare, post-secondary institutions, pharmaceutical, government research facilities, and private industry.

Glenn McCarthy

Glenn McCarthy, P.Eng., CEO of Labworks International, said, “We are very excited to join forces with Blake and his team at Hodess Cleanrooms to expand the expertise and support to respond to our clients’ needs. Combined we can now offer expert facility design and construction, protocol strategies and executions, certification, testing, maintenance, and facility retrofits. Hodess Cleanrooms’ expanded services and geographic footprint also create significant career growth opportunities for our exceptional employees. It’s a significant step forward in our commitment to delivering solutions and providing ongoing support to our valued clients.”