We love the fact that our customers are not easily satisfied.
That has been one of AMMEX’s central tenets over our 35-plus years in business. It prevents taking anybody for granted and motivates us to do whatever it takes to keep customers happy.
In the food service industry, preventing cross-contamination of all kinds is Job One. When you’re preparing food for customers with allergies, it’s even more important.
Disposable gloves are critical, as they provide a barrier that helps ensure allergen-sensitive food preparation is uncontaminated. Allergens are always top of mind at AMMEX—and we have the right gloves for the job.
AMMEX has been importing disposable gloves for more than 35 years. We have established policies and procedures to ensure consistent quality that meets all required standards, but we take it one step further by performing in-person inspections of every shipment before it leaves the factory.
This isn’t a common practice in the disposable glove market, but at AMMEX we took the proactive approach of setting up a team of highly trained glove professionals to catch issues early in production.
Choosing the right disposable gloves for janitorial and sanitation jobs takes a bit of work—but in the long run it’s definitely worth it.
One would think it should be pretty straightforward. Find one you like (nice color? good fit?) and try a box. It either works or it doesn’t.
It’s the law of supply and demand: Workers in businesses across the industrial spectrum depend on disposable gloves to safely perform their daily tasks. They order, take delivery, and wear them on the job. Rinse and repeat. It’s commerce, the way it’s supposed to work.
Where the equation gets interesting is determining which vendors can always deliver the gloves needed, when they’re needed, at scale, without backorders or other roadblocks. That’s where fill rates come into play.
In medical use, double-gloving—wearing one pair of gloves over another—is commonplace.
Healthcare professionals, always looking for extra protection from bloodborne pathogens, germs, viruses, and bacteria, have long double-gloved when the fear of contamination is high. In the early days of the pandemic, even with widespread glove shortages, an extra pair of gloves was seen not as an extravagance but a necessity.
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Since 2020, China has significantly increased its prominence in the disposable glove industry, emerging as a pivotal player in the global market. This rise is attributable to the needs generated by the pandemic, of course, but also to robust manufacturing capabilities, strategic investments, and evolving global trade dynamics. It has enabled China to showcase aggressive pricing and ramped-up capacity to compete head-on with SE Asia manufacturers.
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Spot rates for ocean freight from SE Asia to the U.S. have been rising recently and are expected to continue that trend until Chinese New Year in early 2025. Rates popped between 36%-41% month over month, and ocean carriers increased additional charges, known as general rate increases, by roughly 140%.
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Disposable glove factories, especially in Southeast Asia, continue to optimize their production lines. Some of the world’s largest makers of disposable gloves are working to return to profitability and expect it will take well into 2025 to do so.
The current state of the disposable glove market is defined by several factors that have become common over the last few years.
On the surface, the market appears to be in good shape. Acute glove shortages are behind us, pricing has returned to favorable levels, the supply chain has seen many broken links repaired, and there is no longer a sense of emergency weighing heavily on the entire glove trade.
