World’s largest glove maker expects product shortage

The world’s largest glove maker, Malaysia’s Top Glove Corporation Bhd, which makes one in every five gloves globally, expects a product shortage as demand from Europe and the United States is exceeding its capacity.

Reuters reported that The company has extended shipping times to cope with the demand surge, according to executive chairman Lim Wee Chai.

Lim said orders received in the past few weeks, mainly from Europe and the United States, were almost double the company’s production capacity. Top Glove can produce 200 million natural and synthetic rubber gloves a day.