| 1949 |
Baker Company founded. |
| 1951 |
World’s First Clean Air Cabinet. Baker designs and builds the first clean air work station. Many of today’s industry standards for quality, performance and construction are based on original Baker concepts and innovations. |
| 1962 |
Baker Originates High Velocity Return Air Slots. The Baker Company, for years the only manufacturer of clean-air workspaces, introduces new concepts in airflow control leading to the introduction of the original High Velocity Return Air Slots on the patented EdgeGARD® clean bench. Today, the EdgeGARD® remains the most efficient horizontal flow clean bench in the industry. |
| 1964 |
Baker Develops The Momentum Air Curtain. This unique airflow design creates a more impenetrable air barrier or “momentum air curtain” at the front of the cabinet, increasing the cabinet’s protective capabilities. The Baker BioGARD® is one of the first biological safety cabinets to incorporate the momentum air curtain, which remains the most effective method of maintaining maximum containment in an open front cabinet. |
| 1965 |
Baker Introduces The Industry's First Vertical Laminar Flow Biological Safety Cabinet. Baker answers the challenge of expanding needs in the life science field by introducing BioGARD® , the first vertical laminar flow biological safety cabinet. BioGARD® is the first cabinet to protect the user as well as the work being performed inside the cabinet. |
| 1972 |
Baker Is First With Negative Pressure Plenum Surrounding Contaminated Positive Pressure. Based on a continuing commitment to research and testing, Baker dramatically improves biological safety cabinet standards with the development of SterilGARD® , the first cabinet to completely surround contaminated positive pressure plenums with negative pressure to enhance safety. |
| 1973 |
Baker Is First With Chemical Vapor and Gas Protection. Baker maintains its innovative position in the industry by being the first to manufacture a Class II, Type B safety cabinet, designed in conjunction with the National Cancer Institute. And in response to increasing demand for safety and reliability, Baker develops BiochemGARD® and SterilchemGARD® 100% total exhaust cabinets (Class II, Type B2), designed to provide maximum protection for personnel working with chemicals and vapors. |
| 1975 |
In-House Microbiological Testing. Baker is the first company in the industry to establish a state-of-the-art microbiological aerosol testing laboratory at its manufacturing facility. Baker remains the only company which routinely performs extensive biological tests on the equipment we make. |
| 1979 |
Baker Is Selected For NASA SpaceLab. Lockheed Aircraft Biosystems selects Baker to design a general purpose biological safety cabinet for the SpaceLab shuttle flight. |
| 1983 |
Discovery and Definition of Performance Envelopes. Through extensive research and testing, Baker develops the concept of a performance envelope for biological safety cabinets, which maximizes personnel and product protection of each individual cabinet by establishing the optimum setpoint. The Baker Company is the only manufacturer to test its products based on the principal of performance envelopes. |
| 1989 |
Baker Establishes The Eagleson Institute. Baker initiates formal industry education programs covering Class II biological safety cabinets. These unique training seminars, now conducted by the renowned Eagleson Institute, continue to provide vital information and instruction for researchers, safety officers, facility engineers, equipment certifiers, pharmacists and laboratory technicians from around the world. |
| 1995 |
SterilGARD® ADA. Baker introduces biological safety cabinets designed for compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). |
| 1995 |
Baker Earns ISO-9001 Certification of its quality system. |
| 1998 |
SterilGARD® III Advanceº. Baker introduces SterilGARD® III Advanceº, the industry’s most advanced, ergonomically styled Clsss II, Type A/B3 biological safety cabinet. This new cabinet design represents significant advances in user comfort and safety, along with the highest performance available from any biological safety cabinet on the market today. |
| 1999 |
Baker Introduces Integrated Animal Research Products Product Line. With the emergence of new technologies in the use of mammalian cell culture models, Baker develops and introduces a new line of biological safety cabinets and clean benches based on proven combinations of performance, ergonomics and cost containment. Designed to meet the needs of animal research and production laboratories, this new generation of products includes animal transfer and cage management platforms, necropsy and waste disposal stations to protect users and animals alike. |
| 2002 |
Baker Leads The Industry In Reclassification Of Terminology To Meet New NSF/ANSI Standard #49, 2002 for Class II Biological Safety Cabinet Types. When changes in the NSF/ANSI Standard 49 - 2002 were adopted in 2002, Baker Class II, Type A/B3 biological safety cabinets were re-classified as Class II, Type A2 cabinets in an effort to clarify performance and exhaust criteria. Baker publishes a comparative performance chart (Guide To Biological Safety Cabinets) to assist in understanding cabinet performance differentials and containment profiles. |
| 2003 |
Baker Introduces Containment Isolators For Pharmacy Safety. In response to increasing demand for improved safeguards in pharmacy compounding and cytotoxic chemical preparation, Baker introduces new glovebox cabinets to meet specific applications in hospitals, pharmacies and clinical treatment centers. The Baker ChemoSHIELD® glovebox with interchange creates better than Class 100 air quality within a negative pressure work area protecting both the user as well as the admixture in process. For product protection, the Baker SterilSHIELD® glovebox with interchange offers better than Class 100 air in a positive pressure work chamber that prevents airborne contaminants from migrating to the formulation from the pharmacy. |
