( Update: 06/10/2014 )
In recent years, industry gloves have a tendency to merge to form a small number of production companies but stronger. As a result, the industry has achieved a growth rate at a constant.
Malaysia is a producer of rubber gloves largest in the world, accounting for approximately 50-55% global market share. An estimated 100 billion annually on a pair of gloves or 50 billion are consumed worldwide. Every industry in the world Gloves 10-12% growth.
According to analysts, the demand for gloves is high and steady growth will because there is little practical items and reasonable prices instead. Because human life has been raised, an understanding of hygiene and higher, the threat of biological terrorism and stricter regulation of health care (such as the SARS virus, human influenza, and more recently, avian flu), so more and more people use gloves, leading to increased demand.
The main production company
So far Malaysia has about 60 gloves factories and large-sized active. In recent years, most of the manufacturing companies are listed on the stock market, this is an industry particularly attractive.
Top Glove Corporation Berhad is a multinational manufacturing latex gloves of a global popular at this time in terms of production, sales and profits, accounting for 14-15% of global market share, approximately 14-15 billion a specialized gloves used for medical and food processing industries. Executive Chairman Dr Lim Wee Chai is his.
According to analysts' forecasts, the capacity of this group have the ability to continuously improve the production and curb rising prices, products dominate the market led to increasing income.
Top Glove plans to increase production capacity by 35% at 3 years. In fact the group's capacity has grown over 100% since 2002.
Top Glove has 12 factories, including two in Thailand and one in China, and also several facilities under construction, so the production line to be raised from the current 180 to 350 passed ball in the future. Top Glove's target of achieving 25% global market share by the end of 2007 thanks to 16 enterprises producing 29 billion units of their gloves.
Most of Top Glove enterprises are self-constructed (though there is a factory in Thailand is received) because it is best to invest in new factories and machinery rather than receive units exist, that is the comment of an officer of the corporation. The company also is looking or building centrifuges to control quality latex and latex providing a best way for member firms.
A company "3 in 1" Supermax Corporation Berhad that is, the start of production on its main brands (Original Brand Manufacturing) recently achieved the market share controlled by APL Industries Berhad Company (APLI) and Seal Polymer Industries Berhad, both 2 Gloves manufacturers are listed on the stock market.
Supermax, APLI and Seal Polymer with, has raised production capacity to 24 billion units Gloves / year to control 24% of global market share next year. The three entities have 12 manufacturing units, one of which is located in Vietnam (APLI).
According to Supermax, they focus on serving Gloves dental field and medicine, while ALPI conquer the market with price-sensitive products in the field of food and household. Seal is focused on high-end rubber gloves market serving the health sector and health care.
As a large enterprise, Supermax has the ability to understand the market that is critical healthcare market in the United States, outside the group can gather to buy latex and chemicals into the same focal supplier level. Supermax also entice new investors Dubai Invesment Group (DIG), investment agency owned state holds 10% stake in the company and their collaborators, Seal Polymer.
Kossan Rubber Industries Berhad is a company producing Gloves Malaysia's third largest in terms of volume, is planning to further increase production in the next three years, taking into account the increase in demand. Kossan also produces technical rubber (TRP) for the maritime industry, machinery and construction vehicles, has 3 factories with 49 production lines Gloves have a total capacity of 3.9 billion pair of gloves / year type used 1 times.
Increased demand for high-end gloves
The company also wants to increase the number of production lines more than doubled, reaching 101 passed in 2008 by building two more plants 26 lines to reach 9.5 billion units gloves. They are also planning more production type gloves are not breaded to increase sales and reduce price fluctuations. What kind of gloves high quality and great demand in developed countries are less price volatility than other types of low-grade powdered gloves.
Kossan produces two types of gloves above. Their plans to expand the types of gloves Nitrile rubber derived upper limits are factors exist and bring more profit. "We have grown with our customers because they always expect us to provide the kind of gloves for them," chairman and CEO Mr Lim Kuang Sia said.
Integrated Rubber Corp. Bhd., Comfort Rubber Gloves Industries alongside Sdn. Bhd. have factory Gloves with 18 major production lines, is planning to add six more lines to be completed in order to increase capacity from 50 million units / month to 180 million units.
Integrated Rubber is also planning to shift from powdered gloves to powder coated gloves do not demand better. That makes the company more profitable.
Terang Nusa Sdn. Bhd. is a production company Anatomic gloves (SGs) and tested Gloves (EGS), a new generation has passed 13, capable of producing 720 million and 252 million test Gloves Gloves surgery / year.
Terang recently added 2 pass surgical gloves. Their products are marketed dental and health care, as well as outside the medical market (Industry, Food Processing...)
Mr. Low Chin Guan, Founder - Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the strongest points of Terang said to be capable of developing a new product line that they are leading the market as hypoallergenic gloves most . He cited the award-winning Maxitex Duplex, "Number 1 in the world", as evidence of that possibility.
Terang also manufacturers Glove second major surgery in Malaysia, the hospital provides domestic and exported to 90 other countries. The surgical gloves brands of the company are accepted worldwide.
Riverstone Resources Sdn. Bhd,. is a production company Gloves and Mittens toes toilet, hoping to expand its customer in the field of biotechnology and the pharmaceutical industry. Their products are often used in industrial drive, semiconductor and microelectronics.
Founded in 1992, Riverstone has an annual production capacity of 360 million gloves. Two factory hygiene and gloves finger gloves low ionic content. In-house laboratory is equipped with the most advanced facilities to carry out tests in the rigorous environment. They export more than 85% of all its products to countries with high technology.
Along with the production to replace the hygienic bag, Riverstone will continue to diversify product lines and product areas. To overcome "The disadvantage of low interest rates," the company will thoroughly implement cost reduction programs, and will also set up satellite factories abroad.
Raising awareness about industrial safety by promoting annual demand for industrial latex gloves (IGS) up 20% over the next 5 years, as Mr. Ping Kok Koh, Chief Executive Officer of Rubberx Corp (M) Bhd. one of the manufacturers and Household Gloves IGS largest the world has ever expressed. Many industries need to own many types of gloves in accordance with their requirements.
The demand for latex gloves increased not only because of the hand to protect workers but also make them feel more comfortable than leather gloves or use plastic gloves. Currently the demand for global industrial gloves is at 1 billion units / year.
The trend of consolidation
The push for the scale and potential business strategies have led to the trend of consolidation in the industry and gloves are the climax in recent years led to some companies produce less but more powerful and more efficient, while 50-60 versus current 1990 is 200.
Now the construction of power plants is an important part of the manufacturing sector Gloves Malaysia. After passing through a period of consolidation, the industry is experiencing steady growth period.
Each local can, but the market for dominance in the industry are the same gloves. One analyst said, "It is a battle in volume. In this sector, the consumption is the decisive factor because of the profit margin is not high once the gloves. As the number 1 as a large market share that way of course have a higher sales ".
Indeed, gloves production is now a battleground in volume. The production company to make large quantities to have affordable and competitive.
According www.vra.com.vn