17 Years manufacturer 32″ rubber glove with cotton linning-rough finish for Kenya Factory

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The Top Glove success story began 24 years ago in 1991.

Once a local business enterprise with a single factory and 3 production lines, it has since flourished into the world’s largest rubber glove manufacturer, owning and operating 27 factories, 484 production lines and with a capacity of approximately 45 billion gloves per annum.

Its outstanding achievements and global recognition are credited largely to its founder Tan Sri Dr. Lim Wee Chai, whose visionary stewardship has taken the company from strength to strength.

Further continuing its growth trajectory, it was listed on the Malaysian Bourse in March 2001 and has demonstrated steady growth with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25% for revenue and 29% for profit after tax over the past 15 years. It is also a component stock of the FTSE Bursa Malaysia (“FBM”) Mid 70 Index, FBM Top 100 Index, FBM Emas Index and FBM Emas Syariah Index, with a market capitalisation of RM5.9 billion as at 2nd November 2015.

As at 31 August 2015, it had a shareholder fund of RM1.6 billion with a turnover of about RM2.51 billion.

Renown for producing high quality gloves an efficient low cost based on its time-proven Business Direction, Top Glove offers a wide and diverse product range, fulfilling demand in both the healthcare and non-healthcare segment. It serves a network over 2,000 satisfied customers across more than 195 countries, and this number continues to grow.

With its eye on the next level of success, Top Glove now aspires to increase its global market share from 25% to 30% by 2020. It is also aggressively expanding its business scope and on the lookout for M&A opportunities in similar and related industries.

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- More information about Gloves:
The most common material used for making household gloves is latex, a form of rubber. Usually, the gloves have a cotton “flock” lining for easily taking them on and off. However, unlined gloves feel better on the skin and provide a greater ability to manipulate things. They are available in a wider range of colors and cuff lengths. Problems with latex rubber include allergic reactions and poor protection against such substances as solvents. Other materials used to alleviate this are PVC, nitrile, and neoprene. Natural rubber that has been chemically treated to reduce the amount of antibody generators, such as Vytex Natural Rubber Latex, can be used to produce a glove that retains the properties of traditional rubber while exposing the user to significantly reduced amounts of latex allergens.