NuAire equipment

About NuAire

NuAire is an American laboratory equipment manufacturer that specializes in biocontainment and airflow products for life science, clinical, pharmacy, and industrial research. The company was founded in 1971 by engineer Max D. Peters, who had designed the first modern biological safety cabinet to meet an NIH purchase specification and was awarded the resulting NIH contract. NuAire is headquartered in Plymouth, Minnesota, in the United States. In 2024 the company was acquired by Kewaunee Scientific Corporation for $55 million, making it part of a larger laboratory furniture and equipment group. Its catalogue centers on biological safety cabinets, CO2 incubators, ultralow temperature freezers, laminar airflow workstations, and compounding pharmacy isolators. The LabGard and PharmaGard names identify its two best known product families. On Questpair, NuAire equipment is listed by verified suppliers and distributors.

NuAire product lines and equipment categories

The LabGard line covers biological safety cabinets, the product that defines the company. A biological safety cabinet filters airflow through HEPA media to protect the operator, the work, and the room, and it is standard equipment wherever cell culture, microbiology, or molecular biology work involves live cultures or potential pathogens. These cabinets support aseptic handling in virology, bacteriology, and primary cell isolation, which places them close to the daily routine of a tissue culture laboratory. The PharmaGard line covers compounding pharmacy isolators and containment enclosures, used in sterile drug preparation and in handling hazardous compounds, where the same clean field and controlled exhaust protect both the preparation and the person making it.

Beyond cabinets, NuAire builds CO2 incubators that maintain the temperature, humidity, and carbon dioxide atmosphere required to grow mammalian cells, making them a foundation of cell culture and cell imaging work in research and clinical settings. The ultralow temperature freezers serve long-term storage of biological samples, a requirement in genomics, biobanking, and molecular diagnostics where nucleic acid and protein integrity depend on stable deep-cold conditions. The catalogue also includes laminar airflow workstations for clean-bench procedures, animal transfer stations for controlled handling of research animals, centrifuges, and fume hoods for chemical containment. Across these groups the common thread is controlled airflow, whether the goal is a sterile field, an operator barrier, or a stable growth environment.

NuAire equipment on Questpair

The Questpair catalogue lists 223 NuAire items from 7 verified suppliers and distributors across 4 countries. 100 percent of the listings are used. Prices run from EUR 70 to EUR 9.896. The average listing price sits near EUR 2.720. The lower prices reflect smaller airflow components and accessories, while the higher prices reflect complete Class II safety cabinets, larger CO2 incubators, and ultralow freezers. Used and refurbished units are listed below new pricing, and the price difference is the clearest reason a buyer looks to the secondary market for this class of equipment.

For documentation on a specific model, a buyer can contact Questpair, where specialists respond within one hour. Parts can be sourced via Questpair. A warranty is often possible and is arranged in consultation for the specific listing, so the condition and coverage of any one cabinet, incubator, or freezer is best confirmed against that listing rather than assumed from the brand. Because airflow certification and recalibration are properties of the individual unit, the listing itself is where those details belong, and the Questpair catalogue is the place to compare what is currently available.

Questpair review of NuAire

Our take based on listings data and supplier feedback

NuAire occupies a defined position in laboratory airflow and containment, and its catalogue reflects a company that has stayed close to the problem it was founded to solve. The first benefit, containment engineering built into the core products, is not a marketing claim but a matter of company history. Max D. Peters designed the first modern biological safety cabinet to an NIH specification in 1971, and the LabGard and PharmaGard lines descend from that work. A biological safety cabinet protects the operator, the sample, and the surrounding room by controlling airflow and filtering exhaust through HEPA media, which places this equipment at the center of cell culture and microbiology work where aseptic handling and operator protection both matter. The same airflow discipline carries into the laminar flow workstations and the compounding pharmacy isolators, where a clean field is the entire point of the instrument.

The second benefit, catalogue coverage, is visible in the spread of categories listed on Questpair. 223 NuAire items are available from 7 verified suppliers and distributors across 4 countries. The range extends beyond safety cabinets into CO2 incubators, which hold the temperature, humidity, and gas atmosphere that mammalian cell culture depends on, and into ultralow temperature freezers used for long-term sample storage in genomics and biobanking. That breadth matters to a buyer outfitting a tissue culture suite, because a single maker covering the cabinet, the incubator, and the freezer reduces the number of sourcing decisions. Among the listings that specify a type, the catalogue runs from benchtop workstations up to full containment cabinets, which is a useful signal of how varied the installed base of this equipment is.

The third benefit, pricing, is where the data is most concrete. 100 percent of the listings are used. Prices range from EUR 70 to EUR 9.896. The low end reflects accessories and smaller airflow components, while the upper end reflects complete Class II cabinets and larger incubators, and the average near EUR 2.720 sits between the two. Buyers weighing a used unit against a new one should note that used and refurbished stock is listed below new pricing, and that warranty on any individual item is arranged in consultation for that specific listing. Where recalibration or airflow certification is a concern, that is a property of the individual cabinet rather than the brand, so the listing itself is the place to check.

Taken together, the three benefits describe a manufacturer whose strength is narrow and deep rather than broad and shallow. NuAire does one thing, moving and filtering air in a controlled way, and it builds most of its catalogue around that competence. For a laboratory whose work involves pathogen handling, sterile compounding, or cell culture under containment, that focus is the relevant fact, and the Questpair catalogue gives a direct view of what is actually available at used pricing.

**Containment engineering built into the core products**

NuAire was founded in 1971 after Max D. Peters designed the first modern biological safety cabinet to an NIH specification, and biocontainment remains the center of the LabGard and PharmaGard lines.

**Broad catalogue coverage on Questpair**

223 NuAire listings are available from 7 verified suppliers and distributors across 4 countries, spanning safety cabinets, incubators, and freezers.

**Used pricing across a wide range**

100 percent of the listings are used, with prices from EUR 70 to EUR 9.896 and an average near EUR 2.720.