Biosafety Laboratories
                     Biosafety Laboratories
About Us
Kewaunee combines manufacturing and infrastructure expertise with 
industry 4.0 technologies to deliver next-generation laboratories to our 
clients. 
From our humble beginnings in 1906, we have grown to be a global leader in 
the design and manufacture of laboratory furniture. Today, we are proud to 
be a de facto choice for complete turnkey laboratory solutions. Over 5,000 
customers trust us for our technological innovation to build labs of the future. 
 
Our History
In the early 1900s, Europe, and particularly Germany, led the laboratory 
equipment and furniture market in the United States. A handful of 
investors, wanting to change the situation, gathered in Kewaunee, 
Wisconsin, USA. The group was small. But the vision was big. 
A vision to “to build a superior line of laboratory furniture, the best that 
can be built”. 
In 1906, the vision translated into Kewaunee Manufacturing Company 
with an 18-member team. After World War I, the American scientific 
industry began to gain ground, and Kewaunee grew rapidly. By the end of 
the 1920s, Kewaunee was building both steel and wood laboratory 
furniture and accessories. Kewaunee’s association with the organisations 
and institutions in the USA grew stronger. During World War II, Kewaunee 
was a government contractor for the Air Corps and an important supplier 
for the Manhattan Project. 
 
BSL Services 
Microbiological labs deal with harmful and infectious agents. Facilities 
dealing with hazardous pathogens must take extreme precautions to 
prevent infection of microbiologists and lab technicians. Adequate 
precautions are also necessary to limit the contamination of the work 
environment and the community at large. 
Kewaunee offers a complete range of microbiological laboratory services 
ranging from risk assessment to quarantine and isolation wards. 
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION GUIDELINES
BSL 1 Labs: BSL-1 labs are used to study infectious agents or toxins not 
known to consistently cause disease in healthy adult humans or animals. 
BSL 2 Labs: BSL-2 laboratories are used to study moderate-risk infectious 
agents or toxins that pose a moderate danger if accidentally inhaled, 
swallowed, or exposed to the skin. 
BSL 3 Labs: BSL-3 laboratories are used to study infectious agents or toxins 
that may be transmitted through the air and cause potentially lethal 
infections. 
BSL 4 Labs: BSL-4 laboratories are used to study infectious agents or toxins 
that pose a high risk of aerosol-transmitted laboratory infections and life-
threatening disease for which no vaccines or therapies are available.
Lab / Diagnostics Facilities
Kewaunee achieves various biosafety level (BSL 1, BSL 2 & BSL 3) 
laboratories design and construction, safety and protective equipment, 
and best-in-class laboratory practices. As a one-stop partner, Kewaunee 
BSL services offers a hassle-free and risk-mitigated containment project for 
you
BSL 1, BSL 2 & BSL 3 Facilities
Flexible Fixed & Mobile Units
Standard & Special Practices
Primary Barrier–Biosafety Cabinet, Face & Respiratory Protection, 
Clothing Protection
Secondary Barrier–Lab Facility & Design
AUDIT, TRAINING, AND 
SAFETY
Good microbiological 
techniques
Chemical, fire and 
electrical safety
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