# U.S. Medical Glove to build largest nitrile glove factory in Montgomery, Illinois

U.S. Medical Glove Company signed a 15-year lease on a former Caterpillar factory in Montgomery, Illinois, to establish a nitrile glove machine fabrication and glove production facility. The factory will house up to 80 glove machines and 12 chemotherapy glove lines, with annual capacity of 8.1 billion gloves and 1 billion chemotherapy gloves, creating over 3,000 direct jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-08-26
- Where: Montgomery, Illinois, United States
- Jobs: 3,000
- Starts operating: 2021
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 8.1 billion gloves annually, 1 billion chemotherapy gloves annually
- Products: nitrile gloves, chemotherapy gloves, nitrile glove machines
- Sectors: [Medical Devices](https://endata.com/sectors/medical-devices.md)

## Companies

- [U.S. Medical Glove Company](https://endata.com/companies/52559.md)

## Sources

- [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/us-medical-glove-leases-almost-1-million-sq-feet-for-nitrile-glove-factory-301363781.html), 2021-08-26: "American customer service, reliability and quality control can only be delivered by eliminating dependence on foreign made machines, not just foreign made gloves."

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