Malaysian firm Meditech Gloves will begin production of natural gloves that can biodegrade 100 times faster than synthetic, petroleum-based options KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – ...
Personal protective equipment shortages raged on at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic last year as demand for masks, gloves, gowns and more surged alongside efforts to slow the spread of the highly ...
Rubber gloves, including nitrile and latex, have been around for just over a hundred years. Over that period of time, the applications for protection have grown from surgical and medical uses to ...
Top Glove, the world’s largest rubber glove maker, has enjoyed record profits in the pandemic, even as thousands of its low-paid workers in Malaysia suffer from a large outbreak of Covid-19. By Hannah ...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—Natural rubber gloves are poised to make a comeback "once buyers' mindset and concerns are appropriately addressed," according to Supramaniam Shanmugam, president of Malaysian ...