# Blue Star NBR and AGI break ground on medical glove facility in Wythe County

Blue Star NBR and American Glove Innovations (AGI) broke ground on a medical glove manufacturing facility in Wythe County, Virginia. The facility is expected to create about 2,500 jobs and produce more than 60 billion gloves per year.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-11-22
- Where: Wythe County, Virginia, United States
- Value: $700.0M
- Jobs: 2,500
- Starts operating: Q3 2022
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 60 billion gloves per year
- Products: nitrile medical gloves
- Sectors: [Medical Devices](https://endata.com/sectors/medical-devices.md)

## Companies

- [Blue Star NBR](https://endata.com/companies/58152.md)
- [American Glove Innovations](https://endata.com/companies/58153.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [wdbj7.com](https://www.wdbj7.com/2021/11/22/medical-glove-facility-breaks-ground-wythe-county/), 2021-11-22: "It’s always been my dream to produce products in this wonderful country and I never could quite understand why we can’t do this."
- [european-rubber-journal.com](https://www.european-rubber-journal.com/article/2090804/us-manufacturer-breaks-ground-on-700m-nitrile-glove-project), 2021-12-08: "We’ve seen strong growth in the nitrile glove industry for years, even pre-Covid."

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