What Rigel Life Sciences does

Rigel Life Sciences (legal entity RIGEL S.p.A.) is an Italy-headquartered, privately held manufacturer of contamination monitoring instruments and systems for GMP-controlled cleanrooms, founded in 2008 and operating from Fonte Nuova (Rome) with a secondary site in Milan and four regional subsidiaries (France under the Rigel Orion brand, Hungary, Turkey, and the UAE under the Mintaka brand). Its portfolio spans the full contamination monitoring stack: remote and built-in-pump airborne particle counters (Aerix Remote 3001/3101, Aerix Remote+ 4101), the RI4001 HEBAS microbial air sampler with an optional Internal Vacuum Source variant for isolator and RABS containment, the RI7001 and RI7002 digital photometers, and the RI8201, RI8303, and RI8401 aerosol generators used in HEPA/ULPA integrity testing. These instruments are unified under the Data Next modular Environmental Monitoring System (EMS) architecture — built on a Siemens PLC platform with Profinet, Modbus, and OPC UA integration and designed for GAMP 5, 21 CFR Part 11, EU GMP Annex 11, and ALCOA+ compliance — and managed via the IEMS Next SCADA platform, which embeds a patent-pending algorithm for detecting rare impulsive particle events greater than 5.0 µm in Grade A environments. Rigel also operates an ACCREDIA-accredited ISO/IEC 17025:2017 calibration laboratory (n. 01837), offers 24/7 Standard and Premium after-sales support contracts, instrument rental, EU GMP Annex 1 training courses, and distributes cleanroom consumables (Copan swabs, Biolog identification, Microbiologics reference strains, GMP-compliant wipes and mops) under its Process & Lab line.

Rigel serves primarily multinational pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers requiring continuous environmental monitoring and cleanroom qualification, with secondary positioning in healthcare sterile compounding, aerospace and space-agency controlled environments, defense cleanrooms, and electronics manufacturing. Go-to-market combines a direct enterprise field-sales team out of Rome, four wholly-owned subsidiaries, and 13+ named regional distributors covering Croatia, Slovenia, Spain, the UK and Ireland, Poland, Greece (two partners), Serbia and Montenegro, Ukraine, Australia, Algeria, and Egypt. Revenue is generated through five streams: hardware sales of instruments and Data Next systems, ACCREDIA-accredited calibration services, recurring after-sales support contracts, instrument rental, and consumables distribution. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, consistent with enterprise-sale norms in regulated pharmaceutical instrumentation.

Name

Rigel Life Sciences

Legal name

RIGEL S.p.A.

Website

https://rigellifesciences.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Rigel Life Sciences is an Italy-based, privately held manufacturer of contamination monitoring instruments and modular environmental monitoring systems for GMP cleanrooms, serving multinational pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, aerospace, and defense customers across Europe, MENA, and Australia via direct sales, four subsidiaries, and a regional distributor network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cleanroom Contamination Monitoring Instruments

NAICS

Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516), Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513), Testing Laboratories and Services (54138), Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance (811210)

SIC

Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Environmental Monitoring & Cleanroom Testing (GMP) (HLAGADAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Air & Aerosol Monitoring (Bioaerosols, Mold, Yeast, Airborne Pathogens) (AFALAEAD), Test, Measurement & Calibration Equipment Manufacturing Services (ATE, DAQ, metrology electronics) (IMAGAGAH), Metrology, Calibration & Testing Equipment (Balances, pH/DO, Standards) (HLAGAIAL)

Keywords

• Cleanroom monitoring instruments
• Contamination control systems
• HEPA filter integrity testing
• GMP environmental monitoring
• Pharmaceutical cleanroom equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Roma

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Environmental Monitoring Hardware & Instruments: Rigel designs, manufactures, and sells a complete range of contamination monitoring instruments including particle counters (Aerix Remote, Aerix Remote+), microbial air samplers (HEBAS RI4001), aerosol photometers (RI7001, RI7002), and aerosol generators (RI8201, RI8303, RI8401). These are sold as standalone instruments or as part of integrated Data Next / IEMS Next systems, representing the primary revenue stream.
2. ISO/IEC 17025 Accredited Calibration Services: Rigel operates an ACCREDIA-accredited calibration laboratory (n. 01837) providing ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited calibration for optical particle counters covering particle size, counting efficiency, size resolution, and sampling flow rate. Services include as-found calibration, tuning, and as-left calibration for Climet and other compatible particle counters.
3. After-Sales Support and EMS Services: Rigel offers Standard and Premium after-sales instrument support and EMS support packages, including 24/7 customer support, remote diagnostics, on-site interventions, training programs, and integrated ticketing. Annual contracts provide guaranteed response rates and ongoing technical documentation.
4. Instrument Rental: Rigel rents particle counters, microbial air samplers, and photometers to pharmaceutical manufacturers to support customers in managing capacity challenges and temporary needs.
5. Cleanroom Consumables Distribution: Through strategic partnerships with manufacturers of consumables, Rigel distributes culture media, microbiological references, sanitizers, detergents, cleanroom wipes, and GMP-compliant mops to provide a complete sterility assurance and sterility control solution.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Rigel Life Sciences designs, manufactures, and sells contamination monitoring instruments and integrated environmental monitoring systems for GMP cleanrooms, including optical particle counters (Aerix Remote series), microbial air samplers (RI4001 HEBAS), digital photometers (RI7001, RI7002), and aerosol generators (RI8201, RI8303, RI8401), unified under the IEMS Next SCADA platform and the Data Next modular EMS architecture. The company complements these with ISO/IEC 17025 accredited calibration services, tiered after-sales support, training programs, instrument rental, and cleanroom consumables distribution to provide complete sterility assurance solutions for pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, defense, and aerospace customers.

Product overview

Rigel Life Sciences is a platform-plus-modules provider of contamination monitoring solutions for controlled environments, offering a comprehensive portfolio of instruments and services. The core offerings include particle counters (Aerix Remote series), microbial air samplers (RI4001 HEBAS), aerosol generators (RI8201, RI8303, RI8401), and digital photometers (RI7001, RI7002). These hardware products are managed through the IEMS Next software platform, while the Data Next modular EMS architecture provides a scalable hardware foundation with seven configurable modules. Rigel complements its instrumentation with ISO/IEC 17025 accredited calibration services, 24/7 after-sales support packages, training programs, and instrument rental. Through strategic partnerships, the company also distributes cleanroom consumables including culture media, sanitizers, and microbiological reference materials to provide complete sterility assurance solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HEBAS: High Efficiency Biological Air Sampler - detects potential contamination from viable particles with proprietary design validated according to ISO 14698/1 Annex B
• Data Next
• IEMS Next
• Aerix Remote
• RI4001 HEBAS
• RI7002
• RI7001
• RI8401
• RI8201
• RI8303

Products and services

• Data Next Modular Environmental Monitoring System Modular environmental monitoring system (EMS) architecture for GMP cleanrooms consisting of seven configurable hardware modules that monitor particle, microbial, microclimate, and vacuum parameters unified under a single validated data layer, built on a Siemens PLC core with Profinet downstream and OPC UA/Modbus upstream integration. It is engineered for pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers needing compliant, scalable monitoring across isolators, RABS, and multi-department sites.
• IEMS Next SCADA Software Platform Advanced air monitoring SCADA software platform for clean environments, providing real-time characterization of monitored areas, rapid alert and action-level assessment, optimized GMP-compliant reporting, and statistical trend analysis for rare and impulsive contamination events. Designed for pharmaceutical and biotech customers requiring validated environmental monitoring with 21 CFR Part 11 and EU GMP Annex 11 compliance.
• Aerix Remote 3001/3101 Remote Airborne Particle Counters Remote airborne particle counters for continuous monitoring in controlled environments, with dual-channel measurement at 0.5 and 5.0 µm, critical-orifice flow control, and Modbus RS-485 or Ethernet connectivity for integration with monitoring platforms. Designed for pharmaceutical, biotech, and electronics manufacturers requiring continuous ISO 14644-compliant monitoring.
• Aerix Remote+ 4101 Particle Counter with Built-In Pump Next-generation remote airborne particle counter with integrated pump, supporting up to 4-channel measurement from 0.3 to 10.0 µm, 1.0 CFM flow rate, Modbus RS-485 or Ethernet TCP/IP connectivity, and 4-20 mA analog output per channel. Fully compliant with ISO 21501-4 and JIS B 9921 for pharmaceutical and biotech continuous monitoring applications.
• RI4001 HEBAS High Efficiency Biological Air Sampler High Efficiency Biological Air Sampler for detecting viable particle contamination through inertial impact on Petri dishes, featuring AISI 316L stainless steel construction, autoclavable components, and an optional Internal Vacuum Source (IVS) variant that provides a self-contained vacuum pump with ISO 3 filtration for continuous sampling in isolators and RABS environments. Validated to 98.9 percent microbiological efficiency against the Casella reference per ISO 14698-1 Annex B.
• RI8401 Thermal Aerosol Generator Thermal condensation aerosol generator for HEPA filter integrity testing that produces aerosol by thermally vaporizing oil in a programmable thermal chamber up to 450°C, with continuous duty capability up to 8 hours at median concentration. Compatible with PAO, Durasyn 164, Emery 3004, Ondina, and DEHS oils, and compliant with ISO 14644-3:2019.
• RI7001 Digital Photometer Digital aerosol photometer using the forward light scattering method for real-time HEPA/ULPA filter integrity testing, with a 3.5-inch LCD display, a scanning probe with 2.8-inch LCD, and an integrated thermal printer for test documentation. Detects upstream and downstream aerosol concentration during in-place filter testing for pharmaceutical and biotech cleanrooms.
• RI7002 Digital Aerosol Photometer Digital aerosol photometer with touchscreen display for HEPA/ULPA filter integrity and seal tests, featuring a 5-inch touchscreen, upstream stability detection function, USB connectivity, and an integrated thermal printer. Delivers 0.5 percent measurement reproducibility across the operating range and provides real-time aerosol concentration detection for pharmaceutical cleanroom filter validation.
• RI8201 Laskin Nozzle Aerosol Generator All-in-one Laskin nozzle aerosol generator with integrated compressor and 2 to 6 individually controlled nozzles in a stainless-steel enclosure. ISO 14644-3:2019 compliant, supports flow ranges of 50 to 2000 cfm, and includes a 3-inch standard sanitary fitting outlet for HEPA filter integrity testing in pharmaceutical cleanrooms.
• RI8303 Portable Laskin Nozzle Aerosol Generator Portable Laskin nozzle aerosol generator producing up to 8000 cfm with 6 Laskin nozzles, designed for filtration system integrity testing and certification of small and medium-sized cleanroom areas.
• ISO/IEC 17025 Accredited Calibration Laboratory ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited calibration laboratory (ACCREDIA n. 01837) providing accredited calibration for optical particle counters covering particle size, counting efficiency, size resolution, and sampling flow rate measurands. Services include as-found calibration, tuning, and as-left calibration for Climet and other compatible particle counters.
• After-Sales Support Contracts (Standard and Premium) Customer Support Team (CST) services providing remote assistance, on-site intervention, technical documentation, and support contracts for EMS software under Standard and Premium annual tiers, with the Premium tier offering 24/7 coverage and priority response for operational continuity.
• Training Programs Customized training programs covering instrument and remote systems use, cleanroom monitoring practices and standards interpretation, and GMP behavior in clean environments, including the EU GMP Annex 1 training course on Viable and Total Particle Environmental Monitoring.
• Instrument Rental Rental services for particle counters, microbial air samplers, and photometers to support pharmaceutical manufacturers in managing economic, regulatory, and operational capacity challenges.
• Process and Lab Consumables Distribution Distributed cleanroom consumables including Copan swabs, Biolog microbial identification systems, ATCC-derived reference strains from Microbiologics, ready-to-use plates, bottled media, biocides, cleaning agents, and GMP-compliant wipes and mops, providing complete sterility assurance consumables to pharmaceutical and biotech customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• HEBAS microbiological efficiency of 98.9% compared with Casella reference sampler (validated according to ISO 14698-1 Annex B by the Health Protection Agency, Portdown, UK)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

24 partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• FAI InstrumentscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFAI Instruments is a strategic partner providing outdoor contamination monitoring solutions. The partnership extends Rigel's contamination monitoring capability from indoor cleanrooms to outdoor environments, serving the full contamination control spectrum. FAI Instruments appears under the Rigel group brand ecosystem on the company website.
• JointechcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJointech is listed as a brand partner within the Rigel group ecosystem, providing contamination monitoring and cleanroom solutions as part of the broader Rigel product portfolio.
• Rigel OrioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRigel Orion is a subsidiary/brand operating in France as part of the Rigel S.p.A. group, providing local contamination monitoring solutions and sales support.
• MintakacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMintaka is a subsidiary/brand operating in the UAE as part of the Rigel S.p.A. group, providing local contamination monitoring solutions and sales support in the Middle East.
• CopansupportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRigel distributes Copan swabs — advanced microbiological sampling devices — through its Process & Lab product line for cleanroom and pharmaceutical applications.
• BiologsupportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRigel distributes Biolog Phenotype MicroArray and Biolog Microbial Identification systems — advanced tools for microbial characterization and identification — through its Process & Lab portfolio supporting contamination control in regulated environments.
• MicrobiologicssupportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRigel distributes ATCC-derived microbial reference strains from Microbiologics through its Process & Lab portfolio, providing traceable microbiological standards for quality control and validation in pharmaceutical environments.
• ClimetsupportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRigel is an official Climet service center and ACCREDIA-accredited calibration laboratory for Climet particle counters. The dual identity as both accredited laboratory and official service center allows complete calibration and maintenance service for Climet instruments.
• ACCREDIA (Italian Accreditation Body)coreOthersACCREDIA is the Italian national accreditation body that awarded Rigel S.p.A. accreditation as a Calibration Laboratory (n. 01837) under ISO/IEC 17025:2017. ACCREDIA provides independent third-party verification of Rigel's calibration competence in optical particle counters.
• Gorea Plus (Croatia)supportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional distributor for Rigel products in Croatia, serving local pharmaceutical and healthcare customers.
• Intmega (Turkey)supportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional distributor for Rigel products in Turkey, serving local pharmaceutical and healthcare customers.
• Klimer (Slovenia)supportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional distributor for Rigel products in Slovenia, serving local pharmaceutical and healthcare customers.
• MetroValid Pharma (Algeria)supportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional distributor for Rigel products in Algeria, serving the North African pharmaceutical and healthcare markets.
• Nane (Spain)supportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional distributor for Rigel products in Spain, serving the Iberian pharmaceutical and healthcare markets.
• Nova Engineering (Egypt)supportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional distributor for Rigel products in Egypt, serving the North African pharmaceutical and cleanroom equipment market.
• Novations (Ukraine)supportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional distributor for Rigel products in Ukraine, serving the Eastern European pharmaceutical market.
• Opira (Australia)supportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional distributor for Rigel products in Australia, serving the Oceania pharmaceutical and healthcare markets.
• Optical Sciences (UK & Ireland)supportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional distributor for Rigel products in the United Kingdom and Ireland, serving the British pharmaceutical and healthcare markets.
• Qualitech Engineering (Greece)supportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional distributor for Rigel products in Greece, serving the southeastern European pharmaceutical and healthcare markets.
• Sartolab (Serbia and Montenegro)supportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional distributor for Rigel products in Serbia and Montenegro, serving the Balkan pharmaceutical markets.
• Sterbios (Poland)supportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional distributor for Rigel products in Poland, serving the Central European pharmaceutical and healthcare markets.
• TH Chalimas (Greece)supportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional distributor for Rigel products in Greece, serving the Greek pharmaceutical and cleanroom equipment market.
• Rigel PLcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRigel PL is a brand partner within the Rigel group ecosystem, contributing to the contamination monitoring product portfolio under the unified Rigel brand.
• MeissasupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerMeissa is listed as a brand partner within the Rigel group ecosystem, serving as an additional brand under the broader contamination monitoring portfolio.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• bioMérieux: bioMérieux is a global leader in industrial microbiology, offering air samplers (e.g., Air Ideal), microbial identification, and culture media. Overlaps with Rigel's HEBAS microbial air sampling and Biolog/Microbiologics consumables distribution, but operates as a much broader life sciences incumbent.
• Eurofins Scientific: Eurofins is one of the world's largest testing laboratory networks with deep pharmaceutical and environmental monitoring service capabilities. Comparable in scale to Rigel's accredited calibration and environmental testing services, though Eurofins' scope is far broader across food, environmental, pharma, and clinical testing.
• Steris: Steris (which absorbed Cantel Medical) provides sterilization, disinfection, and contamination control products and services to pharmaceutical and life sciences customers. Adjacent to Rigel's sterility assurance consumables and cleanroom monitoring portfolio, with substantially broader scope and global scale.

Direct peers

• Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions: Lighthouse is a direct competitor in remote and portable particle counters for GMP and semiconductor cleanroom monitoring. Like Rigel, it sells both standalone counters and integrated monitoring software, and targets pharmaceutical aseptic manufacturing as a core vertical.
• Vaisala: Vaisala provides industrial measurement instruments including humidity, temperature, CO2, and differential pressure sensors used in cleanroom environmental monitoring. Comparable to the microclimate and pressure-monitoring modules within Rigel's Data Next EMS, with overlap in pharma and semiconductor end markets.
• Azbil Corporation: Azbil (formerly Yamatake) provides cleanroom monitoring solutions including particle counters and building/EMS systems for pharmaceutical manufacturing in Asia. Comparable to Rigel's particle counters and Data Next EMS architecture, with strong Asia-Pacific reach that complements Rigel's EMEA focus.
• Climet Instruments: Climet manufactures high-flow optical particle counters used in pharmaceutical and life science cleanrooms. Rigel is an official Climet service center and offers ACCREDIA-accredited calibration for Climet instruments, making Climet a direct product-line peer as well as a service partner.
• Particle Measuring Systems (PMS) / Beckman Coulter Life Sciences: Particle Measuring Systems (part of Beckman Coulter Life Sciences / Danaher) is the global market leader in GMP-grade particle counters and microbial air samplers. Directly comparable to Rigel in aerosol photometry, particle counting, and microbial air sampling for pharmaceutical and semiconductor cleanrooms, but with a much larger installed base and broader US coverage.
• TSI Incorporated: TSI is a leading US manufacturer of aerosol and particle instruments, including optical particle counters, aerosol generators, and photometers used in cleanroom certification. Directly comparable to Rigel's RI7001/7002 photometers and RI8201/8303/8401 aerosol generators used in HEPA/ULPA filter integrity testing.

Emerging players

• Testo SE & Co. KGaA: Testo is a German measurement instrumentation specialist with a growing portfolio of cleanroom and HVAC validation instruments. Comparable to Rigel's measurement hardware (particle counters, photometers) at the industrial instrumentation layer, with overlap in pharma/life sciences end markets but a different primary focus on portable measurement instruments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks2 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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