Howorth Air Tech

Howorth Air Tech is a world leader in ultra clean ventilation and containment for the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors. Contact 01204 571131

Inventors of the Ultra Clean Operating Theatre

In the early 1960s, Howorth’s experience and skills were applied in response to the needs of the medical profession. Working in close collaboration with renowned orthopaedic surgeon, Sir John Charnley, Howorth designed and developed the world’s first Ultra Clean Ventilation (UCV) system for operating theatres.

From this pioneering first step, the company went on to create the Howorth Exflow™ UCV which, in its current derivation, remains a global leader in the field of ultra clean ventilation.

In addition to the Exflow, Howorth also provides a broad range of additional products and services for the medical market, ranging from operating theatre lighting and ceiling service units to complete turnkey healthcare facilities.



World Class Containment Solutions

Howorth’s expertise in engineering clean air is fundamental to our success in providing world class containment and infection control solutions, serving the global pharmaceutical, medical and wider industrial markets.

Howorth manufacture a range of containment products to suit a variety of processes and applications.

Howorth’s Biotechnology division provides a bio decontamination service of equipment and facilities. our highly trained engineers follow strict procedures to ensure a complete and fully validated bio decontamination process.

A unique function of the BioGen service is its real time service monitoring, which gives immediate customer confidence that the bio decontamination process has been effective.

All validated results, confirmed via BIs (Biological Indicators), prove that Howorth’s BioGen DVHP vapour phase bio decontamination service is an effective bactericide, virucide and sporicide process, and is biodegradable, leaving no residue.

The Bio Decontamination process eliminates up to and inclusive of a 6 log kill (10-6).