GLOVE MARKET UPDATE

September 2021 Infitec Inc. strives to keep you updated with the current nitrile and latex glove market. Covid-19 impact:  Overseas shipping cost has increased 20x since the beginning of the pandemic Oakland Port and Los Angeles Port is suffering with weeks of long delays Demand for gloves 3x pre-pandemic rates Raw material shortages in Nitrile…

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Latex or Nitrile: Finding the Glove That Fits the Job

By Aimee. Posted on September 24, 2020 Why the need for disposable gloves? Whether it’s prepping food in the kitchen, wrenching bolts in an auto shop, or handing sensitive chemicals in a lab, proper hand protection plays a critical role in job effectiveness as well as workplace health and safety . As such, for many industries, disposable gloves…

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Nitrile Gloves for Fentanyl Protection: A Guide for First Responders

By Aimee. Posted on October 7, 2020 Since the late 1990s, one of the most critical issues facing America has been an ongoing opioid epidemic that has taken hundreds of thousands of American lives.  From 1998 to 2018, the CDC reports that almost 450,000 people have died of an opioid overdose. In fact, the rates of opioid related deaths…

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