Containment Service Providers

What Containment Service Providers does

Containment Service Providers (CSP) is an Ireland-based, family-owned specialty manufacturer founded in 2003 that designs, manufactures, and installs flexible containment systems for the pharmaceutical, chemical, and food industries. The company's product portfolio spans reusable flexible film isolators (including a flagship ADC/HPAPI disposable isolator achieving sub-10ng/m3 SMEPAC containment), aseptic isolators, single-use packaging products (bottle bags, continuous liners, FIBCs, RTP bags, Tyvek bags, and the CBio 2D/3D powder handling bag range), flexible systems (containment rooms/airlocks, weighing stations, drum sampling), and fogging/decontamination systems. Manufacturing is performed in ISO Class 7 and 8 cleanroom environments across two Cork, Ireland facilities (Carrigtwohill HQ and a 2020 Little Island site that quadrupled capacity), using proprietary PU and PE FDA- and REACH-compliant films, CNC precision cutting, and custom thermoplastic welding.

CSP operates an enterprise B2B go-to-market combining direct field sales from its Cork HQ and Brussels sales office (opened February 2023) with a seven-partner global reseller network spanning Sweden, Germany, Israel, South Korea, India, and North America. Revenue is generated through bespoke system sales, single-use consumables, powder re-dispensing/repackaging services (with ATEX zone 2/22 certification), and containment engineering consultancy. The company holds ISO 9001:2015 certification via NSAI and serves named enterprise customers including Lilly, Pfizer, and Cambrex. The O'Connell family occupies all senior leadership positions (Tony O'Connell as Managing Director, plus Directors of Sales, Quality, Finance, and a Company Director), and the company has grown organically with no disclosed external funding.

Name

Containment Service Providers

Legal name

Containment Service Providers Co Ltd

Website

https://containment.ie

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CSP is an Ireland-based family-owned manufacturer designing, producing, and installing flexible containment isolators and single-use packaging for pharmaceutical, chemical, and food industry clients globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pharmaceutical Containment Equipment

NAICS

Plastics Bag and Pouch Manufacturing (326111)

SIC

Laboratory Apparatus & Furniture (3821)

akta.pro primary industry

Lab Safety, PPE & Contamination Control (Hoods, Biosafety Cabinets, Clean Air) (HLAGAIAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Spill Control & Containment Equipment (Absorbents, Berms, Spill Kits) (IMAHALAK)

Keywords

• Flexible containment systems
• Pharmaceutical containment isolators
• Single-use packaging
• Powder handling solutions
• Containment engineering services

Headquarters

HQ city

Cork

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Flexible Containment Systems - Design, Manufacturing & Installation: CSP designs, manufactures, and installs bespoke flexible containment isolator systems for pharmaceutical, chemical, and food industries. Solutions include flexible isolators, containment rooms/airlocks, and fume hood isolators. Products are manufactured in ISO Class 7 and 8 cleanroom environments.
2. Single-Use Product Packaging: CSP manufactures and supplies single-use containment products including bottle bags, continuous liners, FIBCs (high containment), RTP bags, Tyvek bags, and CBio powder handling bags. Revenue is generated through product sales, likely on a per-unit basis.
3. Consultancy Services: CSP provides containment consultancy to pharmaceutical, food, and chemical industries worldwide, offering expertise in design, manufacture, supply, installation, and commissioning of containment systems.
4. Powder Re-dispensing/Repackaging Services: CSP operates a powder re-dispensing/repackaging facility in Little Island, allowing repackaging of bulk materials into smaller vessels or consolidation of smaller vessels into bulk packaging. Accommodates FIBCs to PE liners, drums to FIBCs, drums to PE liners, PE liners to vials/bottle bags, and custom requirements.
5. Fogging Systems: CSP supplies fogging equipment including wall-mounted fog showers and fog carts for mobile cleaning and de-gowning of contaminated PPE, preventing potential egress.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Containment Service Providers (CSP) designs, manufactures, and installs flexible containment systems for the pharmaceutical, chemical, and food industries. Core offerings include reusable flexible film isolators (including the disposable ADC/HPAPI isolator for potent compounds), single-use packaging products (bottle bags, continuous liners, FIBCs, RTP bags, CBio powder handling bags), flexible containment systems (rooms, weighing stations, drum sampling), and fogging/decontamination systems, all manufactured in ISO Class 7 and 8 cleanroom facilities in County Cork, Ireland.

Product overview

CSP offers a unified portfolio of flexible containment solutions for the pharmaceutical, chemical, and food industries. The core offering spans flexible film isolators (including ADC/HPAPI isolators for potent compounds and aseptic isolators) alongside a complementary line of single-use product packaging (bottle bags, continuous liners, FIBCs, RTP bags, and the CBio powder handling range). Supporting these are flexible systems including containment rooms, weighing stations, drum sampling, and fogging systems, plus product re-dispensing and engineering consultancy services. The portfolio is unified around containment performance — reusable isolators provide long-term flexible isolation, while single-use products serve high-containment transfer and packaging needs. All products are manufactured in CSP's ISO 7 and 8 cleanroom facilities in County Cork, Ireland.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CBio: CBio is a product brand for powder handling bags, including CBio 3D Powder Handling Bag and CBio 2D Powder Handling Bag for biopharmaceutical powder handling applications.
• PharmaFlex

Products and services

• Flexible Isolators Reusable flexible film enclosures for containing potent compounds during pharmaceutical manufacturing and handling. Manufactured from PU and PE films that are FDA and food compliant, anti-static, and REACH-compliant, with captive double HEPA filter exhaust systems.
• ADC/HPAPI Isolator Fully disposable containment system designed for handling potent compounds such as Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADC) and Highly Potent Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (HPAPI). Achieves sub-10ng SMEPAC containment performance with H14 HEPA filters and negative pressure operations.
• Aseptic Isolators Flexible isolators designed for aseptic processing environments in pharmaceutical and biotech applications.
• Bottle Bag / Charge Bag Single-use flexible containment bags designed for transferring and charging pharmaceutical products, preventing contamination and ensuring operator safety.
• Continuous Liner Pre-folded cassettes of continuous flexible liner (25m and 50m lengths) for contained powder transfer and processing in pharmaceutical applications.
• FIBC (Flexible Intermediate Bulk Container) High containment flexible intermediate bulk containers for storing and transporting pharmaceutical powders and bulk materials.
• Rapid Transfer Port Bags (RTP Bags) Single-use bags designed for rapid transfer port systems enabling contained transfer of materials between isolated environments.
• Containment Rooms / Airlock Flexible film containment rooms and airlock systems for pharmaceutical and biotech processing, providing controlled entry and exit environments.
• Contained Weighing Station Flexible containment systems integrated with weighing equipment for safe and contained powder weighing operations.
• Drum Sampling System Flexible containment solutions for safe sampling from drums and bulk containers.
• Disconnection / Crimp Kit Tools and kits for contained disconnection and crimping of flexible liner systems.
• Intelligent Flow Advanced flow control system for flexible containment applications.
• Vacuum Wanding System Vacuum-based wanding system for contained powder recovery and transfer operations.
• Wall Mounted Fog Shower Wall-mounted fogging system for decontamination and cleaning of containment environments and PPE.
• Fog Cart Mobile fog cart with cleaning and fog shower capabilities for flexible decontamination of containment areas.
• CBio 3D Powder Handling Bag Single-use, ergonomically designed 3D flexible container for biopharmaceutical powder handling with integrated 4", 6" and 8" ferrule connections, enabling easier product discharge and flow control. Ideal for media buffer preparation applications.
• CBio 2D Powder Handling Bag Two-dimensional single-use flexible container for biopharmaceutical powder handling applications.
• Product Re-Dispensing Service Repackaging and re-dispensing services for pharmaceutical powders, including FIBC to PE Liners, Drums to FIBCs, Drums to PE liners, and PE liners to vials/bottle bags. Performed in ISO 7 certified facilities with ATEX zone 2/22 rating.
• Containment Consultancy Engineering and design consultancy services for pharmaceutical, food, and chemical industries, providing expertise in containment system design, manufacture, supply, installation and commissioning.

Quantifiable outcome

• Sub-10ng/m3 SMEPAC containment performance demonstrated across multiple tests
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Roland Carlberg Processystem ABcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSwedish sales engineering company specialising in equipment supply to the power and liquid sectors in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. Partnership announced in 2023 to expand CSP's Nordic market coverage.
• Adams IndustrievertretungencoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGerman sales partner representing CSP in the machine sector. Partner representative Murat joined CSP at POWTECH 2023.
• GF TeccoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSouth Korean biopharmaceutical industrial product company representing CSP at COPHEX Korea. CSP conducted a visit to GF Tec in South Korea in October 2023 for installation and meetings. GF TEC also attended CPHI Korea on CSP's behalf.
• BectoflexcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorIndian consultants and engineering partner providing market coverage in India for CSP's containment solutions.
• Dec Group (Dietrich Engineering Consultants)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNorth American market exclusive partner for CSP's containment products, operating under Dietrich Engineering Consultants. Listed as a customer and partner.
• Shraga Hasid LtdcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorIsraeli engineering services and equipment partner representing CSP in the Israeli market.
• Gnotobiotic Containment Solutions (GCS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGCS, part of Process Control Solutions, based in Massachusetts, USA, has collaborated with CSP on the production of animal isolators. GCS brings lab animal knowledge to the gnotobiotic sector while CSP provides flexible containment isolators. Together they offer tailored replacement films for rigid isolators and supply of replacement components.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• IMA Group: Italian global leader in pharmaceutical processing and packaging machinery. Comparable as a broad incumbent serving pharma manufacturers with aseptic processing, containment, and packaging solutions; IMA's portfolio overlaps with CSP in containment and single-use packaging but at much larger scale.
• GEA Group: Global large-cap process technology supplier with a pharmaceutical containment and separation portfolio. Comparable as a broad incumbent offering containment equipment (centrifuges, separators, isolation) to pharma manufacturers; competes with CSP primarily on larger, integrated containment projects.

Direct peers

• Hosokawa Micron: Powder and particle processing equipment maker with a dedicated containment division (Hosokawa Containment Group). Directly comparable because Hosokawa offers flexible isolators, glove box systems, and containment solutions targeted at OEB4-OEB6 pharmaceutical powder handling, the same niche as CSP.
• Skan AG: Swiss isolator and cleanroom containment company with Extract Technology subsidiary. Directly comparable because Skan/Extract competes head-on with CSP in pharmaceutical aseptic and containment isolators, particularly for HPAPI handling.
• Plas-Labs: US manufacturer of glove boxes, isolators, and containment enclosures. Directly comparable as a niche specialist in flexible and rigid isolation equipment used in pharmaceutical, laboratory, and life science applications, overlapping with CSP's isolator range.
• ILC Dover: US-based engineered solutions company with a strong pharmaceutical containment and single-use systems business (formerly part of ILC Dover's flexible containment line, now Lifecore Biomedical). Directly comparable as a provider of flexible bulk containers, single-use bags, and containment systems for pharmaceutical powder handling.
• ChargePoint Technology: UK-headquartered specialist in containment valves (split butterfly valves) and powder transfer systems. Directly comparable because ChargePoint serves the same pharma containment use cases (HPAPI, potent compounds, OEB 4-5) with high-end powder transfer and isolation technology that often complements or competes with CSP's flexible isolators.
• Extract Technology / Skan Group: UK-based isolator and containment specialist acquired by Skan Group. Directly comparable as a focused supplier of isolation, containment, and aseptic processing systems to pharmaceutical manufacturers, competing with CSP's flexible isolator range.
• Tema Process: Dutch containment and powder handling specialist (formerly Hosokawa Tema Process). Directly comparable because Tema designs containment rooms, isolators, and powder transfer solutions for the same pharmaceutical and chemical customers.
• Dec Group (Dietrich Engineering Consultants): Switzerland-headquartered specialist in containment, powder handling, and aseptic processing for pharma. Directly comparable because Dec Group is both a CSP channel partner and a competitor offering isolators, transfer systems, and containment solutions to the same pharmaceutical customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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