# 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.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-09-03
- Where: Fayette, Alabama, United States
- Value: $81.3M
- Starts operating: 2022
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 2.8 billion gloves annually
- Products: nitrile single-use gloves
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Showa Group](https://endata.com/companies/41800.md)

## Sources

- [wwd.com](https://wwd.com/sourcing-journal/industry-news/showa-group-alabama-ppe-glove-maker-capacity-cbp-wro-forced-labor-1238790222/), 2019-09-03: "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."

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