Steris Acquires Arizona Contract Sterilization Facility

Steris Corp. has acquired the assets of DeRoyal Industries Inc.'s contract sterilization facility and business located in Nogales, AZ. The business, known as Royal Sterilization Systems of Arizona, currently provides contract sterilization and microbial reduction services to producers of medical devices in the Southwestern United States and Mexico. Specific terms of the cash transaction were not disclosed.

Steris, through its Isomedix subsidiary, provides sterilization, microbial reduction, and materials modification services through a network of 15 facilities in North America to medical device, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, food safety, and industrial customers. Steris offers gamma, EtO, and E-beam processing services. In addition to contract services, the company markets a line of cleaning, decontamination, and sterilization systems, products, and technologies.