ADL is a contract research and testing organisation that originated out of a University-based research activity specialising in the production, containment and deployment of air-dispersed particulate systems.  ADL continues to apply this and other areas of expertise in the conduct of research and testing linked to the health care products and allied industries.  Areas of expertise include:

• aerosol technology
• microbiological monitoring of controlled environments
• barrier testing (microbiological and physical) of porous web materials and equipment closures
• integrity testing of whole packs
• structural analysis of paper and non-wovens
• production of bacterial endospores
• production of spore contaminated polymer granules for blow/fill/seal extruder challenge studies
• radiation sterilization