Lowell’s transformation from mill city to technology hub has been anchored by UMass Lowell’s expanding research enterprise — including its medical device and manufacturing programs — and by the growing number of biotech, medical device, and specialty manufacturing companies choosing Greater Lowell for its infrastructure, workforce, and cost advantages relative to inner Route 128. The proximity to Route 3 and Route 495 provides excellent logistics access to the broader New England manufacturing ecosystem.

The Greater Lowell area hosts a range of medical device manufacturers, specialty manufacturing operations, and life sciences services companies whose facilities require a higher standard of cleanliness than standard commercial janitorial. As UMass Lowell’s research spinout ecosystem matures and more clinical-stage companies establish manufacturing operations in the area, the demand for GMP-trained contamination control services continues to grow. As more clinical-stage companies establish manufacturing operations here, demand for GMP-trained cleanroom cleaning in Lowell, MA continues to grow — and CleanTech Systems is already positioned to meet it. That manufacturing base includes Cirtec Medical’s precision micro-manufacturing facility, Alcyone Therapeutics’ intrathecal gene-therapy delivery work (now part of Biogen), and MACOM Technology Solutions’ global semiconductor headquarters, medical device and semiconductor depth alongside the university research ecosystem.