{"id":7128,"date":"2025-04-23T12:56:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T16:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/?page_id=7128"},"modified":"2025-05-19T12:02:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T16:02:04","slug":"the-ast-story-60-years-of-innovation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/the-ast-story-60-years-of-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"The AST Story \u2013 60 years of Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7128\" class=\"elementor elementor-7128\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ebfcb28 e-con-full solution-pages e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6ebfcb28\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-226451d5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"226451d5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-192dbc97 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"192dbc97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ABOUT<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55a9bb7d elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"55a9bb7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The AST Story: <strong>Excellence in Innovation <\/strong><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cf15e10 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7cf15e10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:600}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>AST opened in 1965 as an American company dedicated to delivering quality machine and automation design for manufacturing. AST\u2019s expertise in automatic processing equipment would soon gain a global reputation as customers sought our services to develop innovative first-generation technologies, many of which would become industry standards. Driven by a customer-focused philosophy, AST has been at the forefront of intuitive, advanced solutions for manufacturing applications for over 60 years. Since 2004, AST has revolutionized the life sciences industry with groundbreaking, flexible solutions that anticipate the processing and regulatory demands of the next generation of aseptic pharmaceutical products.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Today, AST is a leading provider of American-made drug product manufacturing technology for the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical industries. \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3b7121 elementor-align-left elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-tablet-align-center elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d3b7121\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:800}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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Throughout the late &#8217;60s and &#8217;70s, AST excelled at problem-solving on behalf of customers, which led to innovative first-generation technologies in the timber and paper processing industries.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed5e0fd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ed5e0fd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1895938 elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"1895938\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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src=\"https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Early-plywood-processing-solution-1968.jpeg\" alt=\"Early plywood processing solution, 1968\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Early plywood processing solution, 1968<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Early-lumber-manufacturing-prototype-machine-designed-by-AST-002.jpg\" alt=\"Early lumber manufacturing prototype machine designed by AST\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Early lumber manufacturing prototype machine designed by AST<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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AST machinery would find locations all over the globe, serving customers like Boeing, Cardinal Health, and Weyerhaeuser, and include carbon fiber, hygiene, timber, and paper manufacturing solutions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d24238 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2d24238\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0a2d91 elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"d0a2d91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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}\n\n#uc_vertical_curve_timeline_elementor_270ce1c .ue-card:nth-child(odd) > .ue-slno{\n  \tmargin-left:2px;\n  }\n\n#uc_vertical_curve_timeline_elementor_270ce1c .ue-card:nth-child(1)::before{\n    height: 50%;\n    top: auto;\n  }\n\n#uc_vertical_curve_timeline_elementor_270ce1c .ue-card:last-child::before{\n    height: 50%;\n  }\n\n#uc_vertical_curve_timeline_elementor_270ce1c .ue-button-link{\n\twidth:fit-content;\n  \tz-index: 100;\n}\n\n#uc_vertical_curve_timeline_elementor_270ce1c .ue-card:nth-child(even) .ue-button-link {\n    margin-left:auto;\n  }\n\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"ue-container\" id=\"uc_vertical_curve_timeline_elementor_270ce1c\">\n        <div class=\"ue-timeline\">\n            <div class=\"ue-outer\">\n              \n               <div class=\"ue-card elementor-repeater-item-9a2ea2a\">\n  \n\t<div class=\"ue-slno\">\n                  <i class='fas fa-calendar'><\/i>      \n  \t<\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue-info\">\n      \n      \t      \t\n      \t<h3 class=\"ue-title\">2010 \u2013 Imagination becomes reality: The release of the ASEPTiCell\u00ae<\/h3>      \t        <div class=\"ue-description\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7149 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ASEPTiCell-render-OG-1024x590.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ASEPTiCell-render-OG-1024x590.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ASEPTiCell-render-OG-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ASEPTiCell-render-OG-768x443.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ASEPTiCell-render-OG-1536x885.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ASEPTiCell-render-OG.jpg 1676w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7206 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/OG-Asepticell-Crop-1024x590.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/OG-Asepticell-Crop-1024x590.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/OG-Asepticell-Crop-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/OG-Asepticell-Crop-768x443.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/OG-Asepticell-Crop-1536x885.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/OG-Asepticell-Crop.jpg 1676w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7207 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Inside-Original-Asepticell-Crop-1024x590.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Inside-Original-Asepticell-Crop-1024x590.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Inside-Original-Asepticell-Crop-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Inside-Original-Asepticell-Crop-768x443.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Inside-Original-Asepticell-Crop-1536x885.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Inside-Original-Asepticell-Crop.jpg 1676w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/div>      \t    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ue-card elementor-repeater-item-1f1b6dd\">\n  \n\t<div class=\"ue-slno\">\n                  <i class='fas fa-calendar'><\/i>      \n  \t<\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue-info\">\n      \n      \t      \t\n      \t<h3 class=\"ue-title\">2016 \u2013 Prototype of the tabletop GENiSYS <\/h3>      \t        <div class=\"ue-description\"><table><tbody><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/prototype-genisys-2016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7151 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/prototype-genisys-2016.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"603\" height=\"348\" \/><\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>      \t    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ue-card elementor-repeater-item-c918ed2\">\n  \n\t<div class=\"ue-slno\">\n                  <i class='fas fa-calendar'><\/i>      \n  \t<\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue-info\">\n      \n      \t      \t\n      \t<h3 class=\"ue-title\">2016 \u2013 The Tabletop GENiSYS\u00ae  is released <\/h3>      \t        <div class=\"ue-description\"><table><tbody><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GEN-C-v1-FCM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7154 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GEN-C-v1-FCM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GEN-C-v1-FCM.jpg 1728w, https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GEN-C-v1-FCM-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GEN-C-v1-FCM-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GEN-C-v1-FCM-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GEN-C-v1-FCM-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>      \t    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ue-card elementor-repeater-item-4b5e2e1\">\n  \n\t<div class=\"ue-slno\">\n                  <i class='fas fa-calendar'><\/i>      \n  \t<\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue-info\">\n      \n      \t      \t\n      \t<h3 class=\"ue-title\">2017 \u2013 AST\u2019s advanced automation arrives at the laboratory with the introduction of the GENiSYS Lab series <\/h3>      \t        <div class=\"ue-description\"><table><tbody><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/introduction-of-the-GENiSYS-Lab-series-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7156\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/introduction-of-the-GENiSYS-Lab-series-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"606\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/introduction-of-the-GENiSYS-Lab-series-.jpg 1728w, https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/introduction-of-the-GENiSYS-Lab-series--300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/introduction-of-the-GENiSYS-Lab-series--1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/introduction-of-the-GENiSYS-Lab-series--768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/introduction-of-the-GENiSYS-Lab-series--1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>      \t    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ue-card elementor-repeater-item-942b8aa\">\n  \n\t<div class=\"ue-slno\">\n                  <i class='fas fa-calendar'><\/i>      \n  \t<\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue-info\">\n      \n      \t      \t\n      \t<h3 class=\"ue-title\">Later in 2017, the second Generation GENiSYS would be converted to a cart, a legacy configuration still in use today as the GENiSYS C <\/h3>      \t        <div class=\"ue-description\"><table><tbody><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GENiSYS-Cart-1st-Gen-1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7161\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GENiSYS-Cart-1st-Gen-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GENiSYS-Cart-1st-Gen-1-1.jpg 1758w, https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GENiSYS-Cart-1st-Gen-1-1-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GENiSYS-Cart-1st-Gen-1-1-1024x795.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GENiSYS-Cart-1st-Gen-1-1-768x596.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GENiSYS-Cart-1st-Gen-1-1-1536x1193.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>      \t    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ue-card elementor-repeater-item-3850b34\">\n  \n\t<div class=\"ue-slno\">\n                  <i class='fas fa-calendar'><\/i>      \n  \t<\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue-info\">\n      \n      \t      \t\n      \t<h3 class=\"ue-title\">2018 \u2013 AST provides an advanced tool for targeted, high-value liquid pharmaceuticals in the GENiSYS R 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https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Cropped-VSM-C-768x673.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>      \t    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<!-- end Vertical Curved Timeline -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c32c01 animated-slow e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0c32c01\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8d1624 e-con-full animated-slow e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f8d1624\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:500,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;arrow&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 700 10\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M350,10L340,0h20L350,10z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a38f7aa elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a38f7aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2019 \u2013 2024 - Generational Improvement and Modular Advancements 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