Modular Cleanrooms in Chicago, IL
A modular cleanroom gives you a filtered, controlled room inside the building you already run, without a long shutdown or a new wing.
Medical device, pharmaceutical, and plastics makers in Schaumburg, Itasca, Naperville, and Elk Grove Village use them for assembly and packaging lines.
Controlled Rooms for Chicago-Area Device and Packaging Plants
Pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing is a big part of the local economy, along with plastics and packaging. Many of these companies work out of flex buildings in Schaumburg, Itasca, and Naperville, or mid-size plants in Elk Grove Village. A panel cleanroom lets them add a controlled space without leaving the building.
The room is made from non-shedding panels with flush inside faces, coved corners, and sealed openings. Fan filter units in the ceiling grid push HEPA-filtered air down through the room and out through low wall returns, holding positive pressure against the plant around it.
Classification comes from air changes, filter coverage, and how people gown and work. We start from the ISO class your process needs, usually ISO 8 to ISO 5 in manufacturing, and size filters and returns from there.
Humid summers matter here. Moisture in the surrounding plant can affect packaging films and some device processes, so we talk through temperature and humidity targets early and size the conditioning with the filtration.
Because it is panelized, the room can grow when a second line is added. For a plain office or QC room nearby, see in-plant offices or equipment enclosures.
Cleanroom Build Options
The ISO class you need decides most of this list. We match each item to it.
- HEPA fan filter units set into the ceiling grid
- Non-shedding wall and ceiling panels with cleanable flush faces
- Coved corners, gasketed doors, and sealed penetrations
- Positive or negative pressure with monitoring
- Gowning anterooms, pass-throughs, and air showers
- Static-dissipative floor options and sealed LED lighting
- Viewing windows into the room from the plant floor
- Layouts that can be enlarged or reclassified later
Processes That Move Into These Rooms
- Medical device assembly and packaging
- Pharmaceutical secondary packaging
- Food-contact plastics and film work
- Electronics and board assembly
- Paint and coatings prep
Cleanroom Project Steps
1. Free design consultation
2. Layout drawing
3. Itemized quote
4. Delivery & installation
Cleanroom FAQs for Device, Pharma, and Packaging Teams
Questions plant engineers raise when they plan a controlled room.
Rooms That Sit Next to a Cleanroom
Controlled spaces rarely stand alone. These usually go in alongside them.
Machine & Equipment Enclosures
Contain the dust or heat from nearby equipment before it reaches the room.
See details
Break Rooms & Conference Rooms
A separate break space so gowned staff are not eating on the floor.
See detailsPanel Rooms and Controlled Spaces
Recent panel builds inside working plants and flex buildings.
Cleanroom Projects by Area
See notes for flex and light manufacturing buildings in the towns we cover.
Chicago Modular Offices — Our Location
Based in Rosemont next to O'Hare, we serve Chicago and the surrounding suburbs with modular offices, prefab in-plant offices, and warehouse space planning.
Chicago Modular Offices
Address
9400 W Higgins Rd
Unit H
Rosemont, IL 60018
Phone
(888) 697-6368Business Hours
Monday - Friday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed
Plan a Modular Cleanroom
Share the ISO class and the process. We come back with a room layout and a line-item price.