Isopod Rapid Cleanrooms: the versatile modular pod system that adapts to suit any host room configuration
GUARDTECH’S 2026 mascot Cammi the Cleanroom Chameleon knows a thing or two about adaptability – like any good chameleon, she’s a master of seamlessly integrating herself with any environment, writes Roopkatha Chatterjee.
Isopod Rapid Cleanrooms, Guardtech’s quick-assembly ‘flat-pack’ controlled environments, embody all of those traits and more – making them the most versatile, adaptable modular pods on the market.
Isopods are self-supporting cleanroom systems designed to eliminate the traditional constraints of controlled environment construction.
Built around a robust stainless-steel framework, they require no drilled floor tracks, no ceiling suspension and no permanent host-building modifications.
Whether installed in leased facilities, university laboratories or high-tech manufacturing spaces, Isopods adapt seamlessly to their surroundings.
Available in hardwall (Shell), softwall (Flexi) and dual genus (Hybrid) configurations – and capable of achieving classification from ISO8 through to ISO5 – Isopods can be linked, expanded, reconfigured and even relocated as businesses grow.
Applications across the world have already turned to Isopod as an ideal cleanroom pod solution, including the likes of Cellevate, Pharmatronica AB and Hatteland via Guardtech Nordic AB.
From compact 3x2m pods to multi-module cleanroom networks with integrated Personnel and Materials Airlocks, they provide a future-proofed platform that evolves alongside operational demand. They give you the perfect platform to change – to grow.
Like Cammi the Cleanroom Chameleon, Guardtech’s mascot for 2026, adaptability and versatility are at the very core of what makes Isopod so special.
Associate Commercial Director Joe Shackley explains: “When we unveiled Cammi last month, we wanted our mascot to be fun, fresh and dynamic, as those qualities are a big part of how we want to represent the business’ philosophy. But we also recognised the chameleon as an amazing creature that symbolises lots of other aspects of what makes our brands so distinctive.
“Isopods are systems that have been intelligently engineered to adapt to their surroundings, rather than forcing the host budling to adapt to them.
“Whether you’re a start-up scaling rapidly or an established manufacturer creating additional lab space, Isopods evolve with you. That adaptability and flexibility, to rapidly change as your application evolves, gives Isopod a USP that makes it stand alone – which is quite literally the case thanks to its stainless steel framework!”
That flexibility has already been proven in complex cleanroom layouts up and down the country – including Northumbria University, where a bespoke Hybrid Isopod was engineered to span two separate rooms, incorporating both hardwall panels and softwall PVC strip curtains, and including an emergency breakout system – all while achieving ISO 5 classification and delivering up to 200 air changes per hour via GT Flow Plus FFUs. Crucially, this was accomplished without altering the host building structure.
“It’s that freedom from structural limitation that makes Isopod special,” Shackley adds. “You gain high-performance filtration, premium Guardtech components and full compliance – but without the permanence or disruption of traditional builds.”
From start-ups accelerating R&D to global organisations creating agile lab space, Isopod Rapid Cleanrooms embody the same qualities as Cammi: adaptable, resilient and ready to evolve.
In a sector where space, time and compliance pressures are constant, Isopod does more than create controlled environments – it future-proofs them. Change is ubiquitous – so adaptability isn’t just useful, it’s non-negotiable. And when it comes to Isopod Rapid Cleanrooms, quality, efficiency and flexibility are non-negotiables, too.
For more information on the Guardtech Group, visit www.guardtechgroup.com, email sales@guardtech.com or call 0330 113 0303. For more information on Isopod, visit www.iso-pod.co.uk.