# Showa Group breaks ground on glove manufacturing plant in Guatemala

Showa Group broke ground on a new glove manufacturing facility in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala. The $12 million investment will more than double glove production capacity by 2024 and create approximately 300 jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-10-01
- Where: Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, Guatemala
- Value: $12.0M
- Jobs: 300
- Starts operating: 2024
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: more than double existing capacity (currently nearly 50 million gloves)
- Products: industrial and household PPE gloves, unsupported gloves
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [process-worldwide.com](https://www.process-worldwide.com/showa-breaks-ground-for-new-glove-manufacturing-unit-a-979400/), 2020-11-12: "The ground-breaking ceremony was held in the presence of Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei, Minister of Economy Antonio Malouf as well as other high-ranking officials and Showa Group executives."

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