Being a necessity item, especially in the healthcare and food industry, the demand for rubber gloves remained robust in 2012 despite the Euro-zone debt crisis. Other major factors that boosted this demand include growing healthcare awareness, healthcare reforms with more stringent regulations following H1N1 scare and decreasing raw material costs worldwide. The emerging economies offer huge growth potential to the rubber glove manufacturers given the low penetration of gloves in these regions. With the substantial rise in the prices of natural rubber latex over the past 2 years, there has been a shift in the demand towards nitrile gloves. As a result, the majority of gloves manufacturers are either building up new nitrile glove production capacity or switching existing production capacity from natural rubber to nitrile rubber. Malaysia dominates the global glove market as the largest producer and exporter of rubber gloves. It has the major advantage of raw material availability, infrastructure, R&D, development of supporting industries and support from government agencies over other countries by its side which further solidify its position on the global front. Other leading nations that produce rubber gloves include Thailand and Indonesia. The four topmost rubber gloves manufacturers include Top Glove, Supermax, Kossan and Hartalega. All these companies have rolled out their production plans to supply better products and to meet the increasing demand globally. Although the industry has maintained its growth momentum, the major bottlenecks are labor shortage, fluctuating NBR prices, imposition of minimum wage by Malaysia, shortage of natural gas and hikes in gas tariffs.

1. Global Rubber Gloves Market Report
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2. Executive Summary
Being a necessity item, especially in the healthcare and food industry, the demand for rubber gloves remained robust in 2012
despite the Euro-zone debt crisis. Other major factors that boosted this demand include growing healthcare awareness, healthcare
reforms with more stringent regulations following H1N1 scare and decreasing raw material costs worldwide. The emerging
economies offer huge growth potential to the rubber glove manufacturers given the low penetration of gloves in these regions. With
the substantial rise in the prices of natural rubber latex over the past 2 years, there has been a shift in the demand towards nitrile
gloves. As a result, the majority of gloves manufacturers are either building up new nitrile glove production capacity or switching
existing production capacity from natural rubber to nitrile rubber.
Malaysia dominates the global glove market as the largest producer and exporter of rubber gloves. It has the major advantage of
raw material availability, infrastructure, R&D, development of supporting industries and support from government agencies over
other countries by its side which further solidify its position on the global front. Other leading nations that produce rubber gloves
include Thailand and Indonesia.
The four topmost rubber gloves manufacturers include Top Glove, Supermax, Kossan and Hartalega. All these companies have
rolled out their production plans to supply better products and to meet the increasing demand globally. Although the industry has
maintained its growth momentum, the major bottlenecks are labor shortage, fluctuating NBR prices, imposition of minimum wage by
Malaysia, shortage of natural gas and hikes in gas tariffs.
The report provides an analysis of the global rubber gloves market. It also discusses major trends, growth drivers and potential
markets. It also presents the competitive structure of the industry and profiles major players with a discussion of their key business
strategies.
By combining SPSS Inc.’s data integration and analysis capabilities with our relevant findings, we have predicted the future growth
of the industry. We employed various significant variables that have an impact on this industry and created regression models with
SPSS Base to determine the future direction of the industry. Before deploying the regression model, the relationship between
several independent or predictor variables and the dependent variable was analyzed using standard SPSS output, including charts,
tables and tests.
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3. Various types of rubber gloves are used in multiple fields. The major categories are latex or natural rubber
(NR) and nitrile or synthetic rubber (SR). ..
..
Total global production of natural rubber (NR) reached ……
million tonnes in 2012, an increase of …….% over the previous
year of 2011. However, consumption of the same declined from
……million tonnes in 2011 to ………. million tonnes in 2012.
During the same year, the volume of exports were …… million
tonnes and imports were……….million tonnes.
Asia-Pacific is the largest NR producer totaling ……. million
tonnes of the global production as of the year end 2012. In terms
of NR consumption, Asia is the leader mainly because of its
growing tyre sector and the increasing demand of other rubber
products including footwear, surgical goods and rubberized
clothes. The plantation of natural rubber in Asia increased at the
rate of at…….% and …….% in 2011 and 2012, respectively.
Globally, the leading NR producing countries are Thailand,
Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam. All these four nations
collectively accounted for around …………% of the global
production in 2012. The leading consumers of NR are China, the
US, India, Japan and Malaysia with ……….%, ………….%,
………..% and ………..%, respectively.
China is the…………producer and consumer of synthetic rubber
globally. The country is expected to witness an increase in the
demand of SR as it owns large production plants of tyres and
other rubber products. Other major consumers of SR include the
US, Japan, Korea and Germany. The leading companies to
manufacture synthetic rubber in the world include Dow
Chemicals, Sinopec, Versalis, Asahi, Kasei and Synthos.
Asia Pacific EMEA (EU-27) EMEA (excl.
EU- 27)
Americas
‘000Tonnes
Production Consumption
Regional Production and Consumption of Natural Rubber
by Volume (2012)
Regional Consumption and Production of Synthetic Rubber (2012)
Asia Pacific EMEA Americas
‘000Tonnes
Production Consumption

4. Malaysia holds 9th position globally in the consumption of rubber and 7th position in the consumption of
NR. ..
The worldwide consumption of rubber gloves reached ……….billion
pieces in 2012, an increase of …..% from 2011. The demand of gloves
suddenly surged to ….. billion pieces in 2010 because of H1N1 flu
pandemic which started in China and killed approximately ……people
globally. For the year 2012, the demand was higher for all market
segments with powdered latex gloves being the most popular among
developing countries.
In China, the per capita consumption of gloves per annum was as low
as ……given its high population. Similarly in Africa, per capita
consumption of gloves was …….
Globally, Malaysia is the largest country to produce rubber gloves. The
total value of Malaysian rubber gloves market increased from US$.......
billion (MYR……… billion) in 2011 to US$......... billion (MYR …..billion)
in 2012.
Malaysia Rubber Gloves Output by Value (2007-2012)Comparison of Per Capita Consumption of Rubber Gloves (2012)
)
Global Consumption of Rubber Gloves (2004-2013F)
Asia(ex
China)
China Africa Middle
East
S.
America
Europe N.
America
GlovesperCapitapa
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
BillionPieces
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
US$Billion

5. Emerging markets in the Asian region like China, India, along with Africa and Middle East present huge
growth potential given the low penetration of glove usage in their healthcare industry. ..
Malaysia’s exports of SR gloves registered a gradual increase as
compared to NR gloves during the period of 2009 to 2012. The SR gloves
comprise ………..% of rubber glove exports in 2012, which is more than
double from ……..% in 2009.
In 2012, US imports of SR gloves reached as high as ………… billion
gloves whereas, while the same for NR gloves have been declining year
after year and reached………billion units in 2012.
The top four Malaysian rubber gloves manufacturers, namely, Top Glove,
Hartalega, Kossan and Supermax, are projected to register a CAGR of
……% in next three years. Among all the glove manufacturers, Top Glove
has the highest capacity of……..billion pieces as of 2012 and also the
highest expected capacity of ……. billion pieces. While other
manufacturers like Supermax, Kossan and Hartalega will have expected
production capacities at ………. billion pieces, ……. billion pieces and
…….. billion pieces, respectively, at the end of 2013.
Capacity Expansion Plan of Big Glove Manufacturers (2012- 2013)The US Glove Imports (2006- 2012)
)
Break-up of Malaysian Rubber Gloves Exports by Material
(2008-2012)
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
BillionGloves
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
%
Top Glove Supermax Kossan Hartalega
BillionPieces
Capacity as at 2012
Expansion in 2013
Expected Capacity by the end of 2013

6. Over the past years, there has been a notable rise in the demand of gloves whenever there is an outbreak
of flu or viral diseases. ..
In terms of production capacity, Top Glove was the market leader with a share of ………..% in 2011. Supermax had the
second largest production capacity with a share of ……….%, followed by Kossan, Hartelega, Latex Partners having
shares of ………..%, ……..% and ……….% respectively at the end of year 2011
The rubber gloves market has positive outlook for the period of 2012 to 2017, chiefly on the back of increasing healthcare
expenditure, hygiene awareness, and health threats across the globe. The demand for rubber gloves is forecasted to
increase at a CAGR of ………..% during 2012 to 2017 reaching 213 billion pieces by the end of this period. This demand
will be further driven by other factors including the possibility of governments in developing countries where the use of
gloves in the healthcare sector is being made compulsory; recovering global economy and consequent rise in the living
standards, among others. Given the price advantage of nitrile over latex, the share of nitrile gloves will continue to
increase in the years ahead; however the demand for gloves made by natural rubber, especially powdered gloves, which
are the cheapest and entry-level medical grade gloves, will remain high in the developing countries.
Note: Market attractiveness is inverse of penetration. Low penetration means high attractiveness and vice-versa
2012
2013F
2014F
2015F
2016F
2017F
Billion Pieces
Global Rubber Gloves Demand Forecast (2012-2017F)

7. Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1.1 Types of Rubber Gloves
2. Global Rubber Market
2.1 Natural Rubber Market
-Consumption & Production
-Exports & Imports
-Regional Breakdown
2.2 Synthetic Rubber Market
-Consumption & Production
-Exports & Imports
-Regional Breakdown
3. Global Rubber Gloves Market
3.1 Global Demand
-Growth in Consumption
-Cost Breakdown of Manufacturers
3.2 Comparison of Per Capita Consumption
-Per Capita Consumption by Country
-Regional Market Share
4. Regional Analysis
4.1 Malaysian Rubber Gloves Market
-Production Value Growth
-Exports by Volume
-Breakdown by Material
-Exports by Usage
-Major Export Destinations
List of Charts & Tables
List of Charts
Regional Production and Consumption of Natural Rubber by Volume (2012)
Regional Consumption and Production of Synthetic Rubber (2012)
Global Consumption of Rubber Gloves (2004-2013F)
Average Cost Breakdowns of Rubber Gloves Manufacturers (2012)
Comparison of Per Capita Consumption of Rubber Gloves (2012)
Market Share of Major Rubber Glove Producing Countries (2012)
Malaysia Rubber Gloves Output by Value (2007-2012)
Total Malaysian Gloves Exports (2009- 2012)
Breakdown of Malaysian Rubber Gloves Export by Material (2008-2012)
Malaysia’s Rubber Gloves Exports to Other Nations (2012)
Top Ten Destinations of NR Gloves in Volume Sales (2012)
Top Ten Destinations of SR Gloves in Volume Sales (2012)
US Glove Imports 2006- 2012
US Glove Imports, Product Mix 2012
Annual Average MYR/USD Exchange Rate (2008-2012)
Consolidation of Rubber Glove Industry (1990-2012)
Global Population over 65 and Above (2006-2012)
Global Per capita Healthcare Expenditure (2006-2012)
NBR Price Fluctuations (2012-2013)
Impact of Minimum Wage on Glove Stocks
Capacity Expansion Plan of Big Glove Manufacturers (2012- 2013)
Share of Production Capacity of Glove Manufacturers (2011)
Top Glove Turnover and Profit after Tax (2008- 2012)
Hartalega Revenue (2008- 2012)
Kossan Revenue (2008- 2012)
Global Rubber Gloves Demand Forecast (2012- 2017F)
List of Tables
Glove Application
Global Production and Consumption of Natural Rubber by Volume (2006-
2012)

8. 4.2 The US Rubber Gloves Market
-Market Overview
-Imports by Volume
-Product Mix
5. Market Trends
5.1 Shifting Demand from NR to Nitrile Rubber Gloves
5.2 Stronger USD
5.3 Combined Expansion Plans of Rubber Gloves Companies
5.4 New Growth Markets
5.5 Industry Consolidation
6. Growth Drivers
6.1 Escalating Hygiene Awareness and Healthcare
Regulations
6.2 Rising Ageing Population
6.3 Health Threats
6.4 Increasing Global Healthcare Expenditure
7. Key Issues
7.1 Fluctuations in NBR (SR) Prices
7.2 Changes in Minimum Wage Policy in Malaysia
7.3 Gas Shortage and Tariff Hikes
8. Competitive Landscape
-Competitive Overview
-Market Share
9. Company Profiles
9.1 Top Glove Corporation
9.1.1 Business Description
9.1.2 Financial Highlights
9.1.3 Business Strategies
-Expand Production Capacity
-Maintain Balanced Product Mix
List of Tables
Global Imports and Export of Natural Rubber by Volume (2006-2012)
Productions and Consumption of World Synthetic Rubber by Volume (2006-
2012)
Import and Export of World Synthetic Rubber by Volume (2006-2012)
Malaysia’s Consumption, Production and Trade of Rubber in (2006- 2012)
Comparison of Average Selling Prices of Gloves in (2011 and 2012)
Malaysia - Export of Rubber Gloves by Usage (2010-2012)
Comparison between Properties of NR and NBR Gloves
Details of the Combined Expansion Plans of Companies
Disease Outbreak during 2000-2012
Product Mix for Top glove Manufacturers
Dependent & Independent Variables (2006–2012)
Correlation Matrix
Model Summary – Coefficient of Determination
Regression Coefficients Output

9. 9.2 Hartalega
9.2.1 Business Description
9.2.2 Financial Highlights
9.2.3 Business Strategies
-Building New Production Lines
-Focus on Research and Development
9.3 Kossan Rubber Industries
9.3.1 Business Description
9.3.2 Financial Highlights
9.3.3 Business Strategies
-Expanding Production Facilities
-Expansion into Non Rubber Products
10. Industry Outlook
10.1 Market Forecast
10.2 Forecast Methodology
10.2.1 Dependent and Independent Variables
10.2.2 Correlation Analysis
10.2.3 Regression Analysis

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