Currency performance was mixed at the end of last year and the start of 2024. The Malaysian ringgit, the Singapore dollar, and the Thai baht declined against the U.S. dollar. The ringgit specifically is close to its lowest level to the U.S. dollar since the Asian financial crisis in January 1998.
Disposable glove factories, especially in SE Asia, continue to optimize their production lines and face issues with labor availability. Some of the world’s largest manufacturers of disposable gloves are working to return to profitability and have stated that it will take well into 2025 to do so.
In a unique way, the disposable glove market continues to work through an interesting set of circumstances initiated by the pandemic. The devil is always in the details and involves looking at operational factors beyond simple price comparisons.
How much does customer service matter in the disposable glove industry?
To be honest, some folks likely don’t rate it as a prerequisite to doing business. Disposable gloves are a commodity operating in what can be a purely transactional universe. How much for the gloves? Great. Here’s your money. Next?
Cleaning products make our workplaces and homes safer by removing potentially hazardous dirt, grime, germs, and assorted detritus from the environment. But what about the people doing the cleaning?
Hazards are part of the daily routine for janitorial and sanitation workers, who must deal with potentially harmful chemicals that can be found in cleaners for glass, metal, and other substances, including hydrofluoric acid, nitrilotriacetate, and phosphoric acid.
In today’s marketplace, measuring the quality of products is inescapable.
Buy something online? Oh, look—you got a survey email. Send in a product registration card? You, too, are the lucky recipient of a survey. Go to your doctor? A survey is not uncommon. Simply have lunch at your favorite fast-food establishment? Guess what—they want your opinion too.
If you’ve used Gloveworks Black Nitrile (GPNB) disposable gloves, you know that they are the perfect combination of strength, dexterity, and comfort.
Now these versatile and dependable gloves can claim another important benefit: They are also free of silicone, which means the gloves will not transfer silicone residue and contaminate a project.
You probably hear the word “sustainability” a lot these days. That’s a good thing: Sustainability is about creating an equilibrium where we live within the limits of what Earth can provide, to ensure a balanced and healthy planet.
AMMEX is focused on delivering products and solutions through sustainable processes for our customers and operating our business in a responsible way. In 2024, we are committed to an agenda of achieving measurable targets.