Commitment to Service, Quality: AMMEX Earns Partners’ Accolades

Awards from The United Group and Distributor Partners of America

The last two years have been a challenging time in the disposable glove industry. AMMEX, like most international companies, faced significant obstacles due to the pandemic.

While obviously not perfect—and we have taken our share of lumps—the AMMEX team has devoted itself to ensuring we live up to customer expectations. While we haven’t always been able to deliver everything they wanted, at the same time, AMMEX’s honesty and commitment to excellence have been appreciated and acknowledged by our customer base.

Continue reading

Find the Opportunities to Help Your Company Sell RDT Gloves

A hand wearing a Gloveworks orange nitrile glove works on an engine.

You won’t find oversaturation in the disposable glove marketplace. There is always an untapped need, if you look in the right places.

One of our distributors, it turns out, didn’t have to look far. He saw potential in selling gloves, convinced his management that AMMEX was the company to work with, and has seen excellent results—all in a relatively short time frame.

Continue reading

No-Cost Net Terms Available for Distributors in the AMMEX Portal

Gloved hands holding a knife slice a lime.

Would Net 30 terms from AMMEX make it easier for your business to buy and sell gloves?  It is now easier than ever in the AMMEX portal. We’ve partnered with Resolve to provide no-cost Net 30 terms, higher spending limits, and an easy way to track and pay your invoices online.

Getting started is simple. Click here and provide basic business information: location, time in business, annual revenue, and business credit (no personal credit info is required). The simple one-time setup will take less than 2 minutes. The accounts payable contact for your business can complete it.

Continue reading

Lightweight Nitrile Gloves Deliver Comfort, Protection at a Great Price

A baker slices biscuit dough while wearing X3 blue nitrile gloves from AMMEX.

For the last couple years, nitrile industrial-grade disposable gloves have not always been easy to come by.

With the onset of the pandemic, manufacturers were forced to ramp up production quickly. They turned their immediate focus to exam-grade product to meet the overwhelming need in medical applications. For industrial nitrile, prices went up and availability went down.

Continue reading

Rising Oil Costs Will Likely Impact Prices of Disposable Gloves

Image of an oil rig by Zbynek Burival via Unsplash.

Economies around the globe are in turmoil. High demand, market pressures—and the conflict in eastern Europe and its consequent political instability—are driving gas and oil prices higher, and countless industries are feeling the pain.

Last week oil reached $130 a barrel and may go even higher (although the price came down a bit as the week began). The worst-case forecast has been raised to $240 a barrel, and the high prices could lead to a global recession as soon as this year.

Continue reading

Raised Diamond Texture Continues to Provide Superior Value

Gloveworks Industrial Green Nitrile Gloves with Raised Diamond Texture

Here’s a 2022 trend that’s worth sharing: We’re seeing more and more customers who love Gloveworks Industrial Black Nitrile gloves taking a step up to Gloveworks with Raised Diamond Texture (RDT).

Those black nitrile gloves (product code: GPNB) have for years been a mainstay of AMMEX’s product line. At 5 mils thick, they deliver all the barrier protection customers need for a variety of chemicals while also featuring the best traits nitrile has to offer (excellent fit and feel, puncture resistance, tactile sensitivity).

Continue reading

Tips for Distributors from an Expert: How to Sell Raised Diamond Texture Gloves

Gloveworks orange nitrile gloves with raised diamond texture

If you sell disposable gloves for a living, you should be excited about the return of Gloveworks Nitrile with Raised Diamond Texture (RDT). They present an awesome opportunity for distributors because they drive more revenue than standard gloves.

Our top-of-the-line gloves—a favorite with end-users for the better part of a decade—were largely out of stock for the last two years because of supply complications from COVID-19.

Continue reading

Great Opportunity for Distributors: The Return of Raised Diamond Texture

Gloveworks Industrial Orange Nitrile Gloves with Raised Diamond Texture

If you could use a dose of good news, try this: The return of Gloveworks Orange Nitrile Gloves (product code: GWON) with Raised Diamond Texture (RDT) is revving up both glove distributors and their customers.

“We love your gloves, and our customers love your gloves,” says distributor Manny M. “We couldn’t get what we needed for a good while, so I’m glad you guys have them again.

Continue reading

Product Samples Are a Key Component to Closing Glove Deals

Gloveworks Industrial Orange Nitrile Gloves come in sample packs.

The AMMEX Online Portal is much more than just a convenient way to order disposable gloves. It also offers resources to help you manage your business, content to engage and connect with your customers, and training materials for your team to sell more gloves.

The Sales Support page contains such valuable tools as a glove sizing chart, chemical resistance chart, glove chart and glove flyer templates, top product flyers—and in an exciting development, glove samples.

Continue reading

Supply Chain Issues Persist, but Glove Market’s Outlook Is Bright

Containers stack up in port awaiting distribution.

If you thought that 2022 would bring quick resolution to the worldwide supply chain disruption, you’ll want to rethink that position.

Havoc at ports is showing no signs of declining. Prices for a vast array of goods continue to rise. Any real progress will require investment, technology and a refashioning of incentives across global business. It will take more ships, additional warehouses, and an influx of truck drivers.

Continue reading

What glove-related topics are you interested in?