Malaysian Rubber Glove Industry

Malaysia produces about 65 per cent of the world s supply for rubber gloves.

Malaysian rubber glove industry.

In televisory s previous blog on an analysis of malaysian rubber glove industry it was analysed that the growth in the healthcare industry worldwide is one of the key drivers for the rubber gloves industry. Of the 65 000 employed in the rubber glove industry in 2015 about 42 000 were foreign workers. Malaysia s rubber glove industry is highly reliant on foreign workers to provide low cost manual labor. Malaysia remains the world s leading supplier of medical gloves examination and surgical gloves supplying more than 50 of the global.

Malaysia s low key rubber industry or more precisely glove making has became one of the hottest on the planet. Malaysia also faces competition from lower cost countries such as indonesia and thailand as labor and operating costs rise. A worker removes a latex glove from a hand shaped model on a production line.