Demand and prices for medical, surgical rubber gloves expected to rise
BY DANNI HAIZAL DANIAL DONALD KUALA LUMPUR: The demand for medical and surgical rubber gloves picked up last month despite the prevailing oversupply situation which is expected to be in equilibrium by 2025. Malaysia Rubber Glove Association’s (MARGMA) former president Denis Low Jau Foo told Bernama recently that the uptick in demand was due to […]
Govt will continue to assist rubber glove industry
IPOH: The government will continue to assist the manufacturing sector, especially the rubber glove industry to maintain Malaysia’s position as a main player in the supply of rubber gloves for the global health industry. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Special Functions) Datuk Seri Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof said this was also in line with […]
Rubber price, rubber gloves demand to go up
KUALA LUMPUR: The Covid-19 pandemic will drive up the rubber price in the market to a higher level as well as increase the demand for Malaysian rubber gloves this year, said the Malaysian Rubber Board (MRB). Director-general Datuk Dr Zairossani Mohd Nor said economic experts had projected that Malaysia would control 65 per cent of the […]
Bright future for rubber gloves export
KUCHING: Malaysia’s export of rubber gloves is expected to increase to 225 billion units this year. The increase will generate exports earnings of over RM20 billion as compared to 170 billion units with export earnings valued at RM17.3 billion last year. Plantation Industries and Commodities Deputy Minister Willie Mongin disclosed this after receiving donation of […]
A tale of rubber gloves, condoms & palm oil
KUALA LUMPUR: Rubber is a blessed word in these difficult times as its transformation into gloves has proved life-saving with even the world’s largest economy singing praises of Malaysia’s gloves. The US Embassy here via its official twitter handle trumpeted the fact that 65 per cent or 225 billion pieces of the gloves used by its heroes — scientists, […]
