Market of Specialty Gloves in the US and EU (April 2022)

72 pages. Specialty gloves, either in medical or non medical application are used for various purposes including in chemical handling, specific medical procedures, food safety compliances, hygiene management, janitorial services and beauty industry. It is essential for us to understand which gloves are task fit as they provide the correct first level protection against possible harmful materials such as chemicals, drugs and other forms of cross contamination when in workplace. Following the studies carried out on industrial and surgical gloves, MRC has embarked on a new journey to explore this glove segment- specialty gloves. The healthcare services sector in the United States (US) and the major European Union (EU) countries- Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy and Spain; are among potential target markets for our Malaysian exporters to penetrate especially in dental and chemotherapy medical sectors. This report identifies issues and challenges for gloves used in each sectors; dental, chemotherapy, gynaecology and radiation attenuation, and subsequently propose several market entry strategies from marketing as well as supply chain perspective for our exporters to focus upon doing business with the suppliers/ distributors in the target markets.