Showa Group to triple PPE glove capacity in Alabama with $81.3M federal contract

Showa Group announced a major expansion of its Fayette, Alabama facility to triple production capacity of nitrile single-use gloves, aided by $81.3 million in contracts from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. The phased buildout will increase annual capacity to 1.2 billion gloves by end of 2022 and 2.8 billion gloves once complete.

“The growing U.S. prioritization of re-shoring PPE demands industry partners that not only talk the talk, but who have truly walked the walk.”wwd.com

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• wwd.comAlabama PPE Glove Firm to Triple Capacity, Aided by $81M Fed ContractArthur FriedmanSep 3, 2019

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