According to the 2024 Japanese domestic glove sales volume statistics compiled by the Japan Glove Manufacturers Association, household glove sales reached 73.253 million pairs, down 1% year-on-year, nearly flat. Nitrile gloves alone grew by 14%, but cautious buying due to a sluggish market continued to suppress demand post-COVID. Ultra-thin gloves (excluding medical use) totaled 5.405 billion pieces, up 6% and...
Towa Corporation has launched the Magnex 538, a work glove that employs NanoFinish, a new anti-slip technology that took the company about 10 years to develop. NanoFinish is a rubber material with numerous small holes, each of which acts like a suction cup and provides a high level of gripping power. Compared to the company’s conventional MicroFinish anti-slip technology, the...
Dunlop Home Products, a Sumitomo Rubber Group company selling household, nursing, and medical products, launched on Dec. 1 a new line of rubber gloves for home use made from natural rubber. The gloves are marketed under the slogan of “Gloves Born From Trees: Simple Colors.” They are available in two colors, Monotone White and Monotone Black, to easily blend with...
Utsunomiya Seisaku, a glove manufacturer paying attention to the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), has launched an initiative that aims to eliminate glove waste. In order to provide safer, higher quality gloves to customers, Utsunomiya Seisaku inspects samples of its products not only at overseas plants but also at its in-house domestic facilities. And this is where the new initiative...
The lockdown implemented in Shanghai, China’s largest economic city, had a significant impact on the lives of citizens and supply chains. The impact on the supply chain was particularly large, and the future situation is uncertain. Although the number of infected people has been decreasing due to the Chinese government’s Zero Corona Policy, some are concerned that the lockdown may...
Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (TYO:5110) is planning to increase its production capacity for nitrile gloves, which are used by medical institutions, food manufacturers and more. Demand for these gloves is on the rise amid the novel coronavirus, and current production is unable to keep up with demand. Responding then to a request from the government, Sumitomo Rubber intends to deal...
