The supply chain has received a lot of attention the last few years, and for good reason. The pandemic forever changed the way people thought about where their products come from.
As we’ve said about the disposable glove market in our Q1 2025 report over the last month, we can report on the most prominent trends—but the timing of what will happen in 2025 remains uncertain.
Regardless, our team continues to focus on areas that can create the most value for our clients and partners when it comes to disposable gloves: fill rates, quality, compliance, and customer service. Specifically:
We often get questions about whether currency exchange rate fluctuations will affect glove prices. The answer is maybe—but the reality is other factors figure more prominently. Even if fluctuations do have an effect, it’s not definitive—and it takes a long time to happen.
Geopolitical tensions, rising transportation expenses, higher labor costs, and seasonal impacts are all causing more volatility in the disposable glove supply chain.
We are as always excited to share the latest updates on the trends impacting the disposable glove industry. We’ll provide the typical details, but here is the short version:
How compliance relates to disposable glove suppliers is largely not talked about until it’s a problem. But maybe your shipments don’t get released, or your manufacturer gets shut down, and suddenly it’s a hot topic.
Most modern disposable glove factories produce a high percentage of products without defects. It could even be as high as 99 percent—but even a 1% failure rate is too much when you are sourcing thousands of containers a year.
AMMEX has been in business for more than 35 years. During that time, except for a few divergences, we have been intensely focused on disposable gloves. We think about them all the time—and not many companies can say that.