# SHOWA Group to triple glove production capacity in Fayette, Alabama

SHOWA Group announced plans to triple production capacity at its Fayette, Alabama facility, adding two new facilities. Annual capacity will reach 1.2 billion gloves by end of 2022 and 2.8 billion gloves once buildout is complete, supported by $81.3 million in U.S. DHHS contracts.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2022-02-02
- Where: Fayette, Alabama, United States
- Value: $81.3M
- Starts operating: Jun 2023
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 2.8 billion gloves annually
- Products: nitrile gloves
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [businessalabama.com](https://businessalabama.com/showa-set-to-triple-glove-production-in-u-s/), 2022-02-02: "SHOWA is the first company to produce a PPE nitrile glove on a line built before and during the pandemic."

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