# Mercator Medical orders expansion of Thailand glove factory for PLN 36.6M

Mercator Medical has commissioned the expansion of its glove factory in Thailand for approximately PLN 36.6 million (309 million THB). Construction is expected to start in January 2017, and the expansion will increase total capacity to 3 billion gloves per year by the first half of 2018.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2016-12-06
- Where: Thailand, Thailand
- Value: $9.00M (36.6M PLN)
- Starts operating: Q3 2018
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 3 billion gloves per year
- Products: nitrile gloves, latex gloves
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Mercator Medical](https://endata.com/companies/20462.md)

## Sources

- [forsal.pl](https://forsal.pl/artykuly/999276,mercator-medical-zlecil-rozbudowe-fabryki-w-tajlandii-za-ok-3659-mln-zl.html), 2016-12-06: "Emitent przewiduje, że zawarcie umowy o roboty budowlane nastąpi w grudniu 2016 r., a rozpoczęcie prac budowlanych - w styczniu 2017 r."

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