Merck Animal Health Cleanroom Flooring Solution

Merck Animal Health achieves significant long-term savings with RIO Flooring's Level 4 cleanroom flooring solution that reduces the need for repairs, maintenance and replacement.

The Company
Merck Animal Health is a leading pharmaceutical company specializing in animal medicine. The company uses the power of leading-edge science to save and improve lives around the world. For more than a century, Merck Animal Health has been at the forefront of research, introducing medicines, vaccines and innovative health solutions for the world's most challenging diseases.

Situation
Merck Animal Health was expanding its operations with a new one-million-square-foot facility in De Soto, Kansas. The facility was dedicated to the manufacturing of vaccines and other high-value animal health products, requiring stringent cleanliness and durability standards.

The new facility demanded high-performance flooring and wall solutions that could meet the rigorous requirements of a Level 4 cleanroom environment. The primary concerns were ensuring that the surfaces were seamless, sterile, and resistant to both chemical and physical wear.

Merck Animal Health needed a solution that would provide long-term durability, minimize maintenance, and support the stringent cleanliness standards required for pharmaceutical manufacturing. Traditional options like Italian tile and Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic board presented challenges, such as grout lines and the risk of water penetration, which were unsuitable for the cleanroom environment.

Cleanroom Flooring Solution
Merck Animal Health selected RIO Flooring Systems to provide a comprehensive flooring and wall coating solution for the new facility. Leveraging our experience and close collaboration with the project's architects and general contractors from the early stages, RIO Flooring delivered a tailored solution that exceeded Merck Animal Health's expectations.