Top Glove aims to be world No. 1 nitrile glove maker

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 19): Top Glove Corp, which aims to achieve an annual sales growth of 10%, is ramping up its nitrile glove output which would enable it to emerge as the world’s largest producer of the product in two years.

“We are building three new factories in Klang, which have a combined 100 production lines with a total production capacity of 10.8 billion pieces of gloves per annum,” said executive chairman Tan Sri Lim Wee Chai.

The first factory with 44 production lines (4.8 billion pieces) is targeted for operation in April 2017, the second with 14 lines (1.5 billion pieces) by August 2017, and the third with 42 lines (4.5 billion pieces) by May 2018.

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