Mobile Business Units · Production · Distribution · Analytical

Coppertec
MBUs.

Modular, pharmaceutical-grade Mobile Business Units that deploy fast and scale on demand. Designed for EU GMP compliance from inception. Fully climate-controlled and engineered to stand up production anywhere, without the construction headache.

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Overview
The Mobile Business Unit.
A factory-built, climate-controlled unit of pharmaceutical-grade space. Production, analytical, processing or power, delivered complete and joined with others into a 3 to 18 unit facility.
01EU-GMP compliance, engineered from inception
Every Mobile Business Unit is designed to EU-GMP and international standards from the outset, with validation streamlined through our partnership with J&K Consulting to shorten regulatory approval timelines.
02Rapid deployment in any location
Housed in standardised, transportable containers, our fully climate-controlled units allow compliant pharmaceutical facilities to be established, relocated or expanded far faster than conventional construction permits.
03Modular infrastructure that scales with your operation
Analytical, cultivation and utility units can be combined and expanded incrementally, reducing upfront capital expenditure while preserving long-term asset value.
04Digital twin integration for complete operational control
Comos digital twin technology digitises your facility's processes, supporting informed decision-making, risk management and consistent, reproducible product quality.

The reel

The MBU in motion.

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The range

A modular system.
Five module types.

An MBU is a sealed, climate-controlled, GMP-grade production space that carries its own power, water treatment, environmental control and services. Each unit sits on four padstones and runs.

Configured for production, distribution or analytical work, a facility is assembled from the five types rather than designed from scratch, and it grows by adding modules. The interfaces between units are plug and play.

The five types

Grow
A sealed growing environment. A two-tier table carries fertigation, lighting and air distribution, held to a recipe that changes through the cycle.
Multipurpose
Circulation, changing and wash-down. Joins clusters through stainless steel air shower airlocks.
Analytical
Instrument and sample handling. Ultra-low storage, stability testing, chromatography.
Processing
Configurable production space. Post-harvest processing, extraction and drying or packaging, depending on how the unit is specified.
Power and Energy
A standalone unit carrying the battery bank, generator and fold-out solar wings. Runs a facility off grid.

Grow MBU

Digital climate control

Temperature, humidity, CO₂, light and fertigation, held to a recipe that changes through the grow cycle and monitored from one screen.

Facilities

Start with three.
Grow to eighteen.

Three standard facilities, and every size between them. Each one is the same modules, joined the same way, on a footprint that scales in a fixed pattern.

01 Three unit facilityAnalytical · grow · multipurpose

Three unit facility

The standard three unit configuration. Analytical and grow side by side, the multipurpose unit across the end, water and waste in the bay between them.
02 Fifteen unit facility12 production · 3 multipurpose

Fifteen unit facility

Three multipurpose units form the spine. Twelve production units hang off it, two each side per spine unit, analytical in the first bay.
03 Eighteen unit facility16 production · 2 multipurpose

Eighteen unit facility

Two long multipurpose units form the spine, eight production units each side. One pass box at the centre joins the two halves.

Between the standards, the pattern holds. A six unit facility mirrors the three across its multipurpose unit. A five unit facility is the three with two more units on the other side.

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The operator screen

Every system
on one screen.

Shown as an example. The screens are configured to each client's facility, process and recipe.

Example dashboard3 unit facilityBatch day 23 of 63Recipe v4

09:42:00No active alarms

Grow MBU · Temperature°C

24.1°C

Set24.0·Held 6 h 12 min

Grow MBU · Humidity% RH

62% RH

Set60·Dehumidifier on

Grow MBU · CO₂ppm

1180ppm

Set1 200·Dosing

Grow MBU · Light18 / 6

100% · PPFD hold

Photoperiod06:00 to 00:00

Fertigation · ECmS/cm

1.80

Set1.80

Fertigation · pH

5.90

Set5.90

Fertigation · Dosing

Idle

Next batch00:04:10

Water · Tank%

72%

RO output2.1 L/min·8 µS/cm

Air · Pressure cascadePa

+15

HEPA H14·32 air changes / h

PowerkW

3.9solar in

Battery84 %·Load 2.6 kW·Grid 0 kW

Analytical MBU

ULT freezer−80.2 °C
Stability chamber25.0 °C · 60 %
Fume hood face velocity0.50 m/s

Alarmed independently

Multipurpose MBU · Access

1 in multipurpose

Air showerCycle complete
Last entry09:42 · N. Adams
Pass boxSealed

Entry forms part of the batch record

Event log · attributedNewest first

Example dashboard, modelled on a three unit grow and analytical facility. Configured per client.One time base · local autonomy first

Digital twin

COMOS.
Every unit will carry
its own twin.

The MBU is a standard module, so its twin is standard too: a single source for what is in the unit, what it controls and the evidence behind it, on COMOS. Instantiated for every unit, travelling with it wherever it is deployed.

01
Standard by design.Control application, data model, documentation and validation evidence are part of the module and travel with it.
02
One fleet view.Condition, availability and performance of every module, wherever it stands.
03
Local autonomy first.A module completes a batch with no network connection at all.

01At the moduleOne controller per MBU. It holds the recipe, runs the loops and completes a batch on its own.
02Between modulesOne network per facility. Modules are added by connecting them, not by re-engineering the site.
03At the siteBatch record, environmental history and alarm view for every module on the site.
04Across sitesA fleet layer. Every module, wherever it has been deployed.

Inside the unit

Analytical. Grow room.
Multipurpose across the end.

Analytical benches and a fume hood. A two-tier cultivation table under horticultural light. Changing, wash-down and circulation in the multipurpose unit, entered through the air shower airlocks.

Grow room: a two-tier cultivation table under horticultural light — **Grow room**

Analytical: benches, instruments and sample handling — **Analytical**

Multipurpose: wash-down and circulation between the units — **Multipurpose**

Stellenbosch University

In the field.

The first facility. Analytical, grow and the multipurpose unit joining them, built and running at Stellenbosch University.

Lights onNight photography, facility lit · to follow

WalkthroughFootage shot inside the unit · to follow

01Stellenbosch UniversitySouth AfricaAnalytical · grow · multipurpose3 unitsWorking facility · 2026

Green.

Arrives complete.
Runs on its own.
Leaves nothing behind.

Built and tested in the factory, placed on padstones. It makes and stores its own power and carries its own water. When the work moves, the facility moves with it, and the site goes back to what it was.

Solar powered.
Solar panels over every module, with battery, grid or generator behind them as the site is configured.
Off grid when it needs to be.
A Power and Energy module of its own: battery bank, generator and fold-out solar wings. Production runs on any supply, or none.
Insulated envelope.
An insulated panel envelope around a small, sealed volume. Holding a room at set point takes far less energy than holding a building.
Water on board.
Purification, storage and waste management inside the unit.
No foundations.
Four concrete padstones under every module, no slab, nothing poured. Nothing to demolish when the facility moves on.
Built in the factory.
Standardised and repeatable. Built and tested before it ships, then placed. Little to no impact on site.
Grows to demand.
Start with three units and add modules as demand grows, instead of building for a future the business may never need.
Never written off.
Relocated if the business needs it, not demolished. The building keeps its value.

GenerateSolar array on the roof
StoreLiFePO4 battery per module
PrioritiseGMP-critical loads first
Back upGrid or generator, only when needed

Specifications

Zone logic, flows
and the base specification.

The unit as built. Full equipment schedules per module on request.

Three unit facility360°

Zones stay separate. People and product still move.

Each module is its own environmental zone. Product crosses through a pass box. People cross through an airlock and air shower.

Zone separationDefined environmental zones per module
Separation methodSealed structural connections and controlled access points
CleanroomDesigned to comply with standardised cleanrooms
Product transferPass box for product transfer between zones. Material moves without compromising zone separation.
Personnel flowDefined entry and transition zones. Airlock and air shower between units at critical points.
ScalabilityModules can be added, removed or reconfigured

EU GMP from inception.

Designed against European GMP. That shapes the control system, the records and every decision that follows.

Annex 1
Sterile manufacture. Cleanroom conditions monitored continuously and demonstrated. Pressure cascade, air change rate, filter condition and particulate count recorded while production runs.
Annex 11
Computerised systems. Audit trail, access control, electronic records and change control as requirements. The system shows who changed what and when.
ALCOA+
Data integrity. Records attributable, legible, contemporaneous, original and accurate, and kept complete, consistent, enduring and available for as long as the regulator requires.

Against a traditional build.

The same facility, two ways of getting there.

	Traditional	Coppertec MBU
Construction time	Slow	Rapid deployment
GMP compliance	Built manually and validated	EU GMP from inception
Design	Bespoke, every time	Standardised and repeatable
Capital	High upfront investment	Lower upfront investment, reduced project risk
Flexibility	Fixed in place	Modular, scalable, relocatable
Regulatory	Long approvals	Fast-track via J&K Consulting

From URS to PQ.

Six phases, jointly defined at the start and validated under real operating conditions at the end.

Contract, URS and project foundation

Jointly define the technical, regulatory and functional requirements. Develop the URS, clarify the GMP framework, capacity, process needs, interfaces, budget, risks and timeline.

Ask for a configuration

J&K ConsultingValidation and regulatory approval, in partnership.
COMOSThe digital twin, built with the unit and current for its life.

CoppertecMBUs.

The Mobile Business Unit.

The MBU in motion.

A modular system.Five module types.

Start with three.Grow to eighteen.

Every systemon one screen.

COMOS.Every unit will carryits own twin.

Analytical. Grow room.Multipurpose across the end.