Showa Glove has released No.8810 Nitrile New Fit 100-pack as a new addition to its lineup of nitrile gloves for single-use. These gloves are approximately 2.5 mils (0.06 mm) thick, soft, and easy to work with, allowing users to make use of the bare hand feeling. With the release of this product, the Nitrist series lineup now includes a total...
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Showa Glove will in September release the Nitrist Pink 100-pack as a new addition to its Nitrist series of nitrile rubber use-up gloves. The thickness is a versatile 0.08 mm, and four sizes (SS, S, M, L, LL) will be available. The new product is being launched in response to the fact that color-coded zoning is often used to prevent...
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Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (TYO:5110) is planning to increase its production capacity for nitrile gloves, which are used by medical institutions, food manufacturers and more. Demand for these gloves is on the rise amid the novel coronavirus, and current production is unable to keep up with demand. Responding then to a request from the government, Sumitomo Rubber intends to deal...
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Glove manufacturer Towa Corporation Ltd. is rolling out Robo Glove, a series of gloves made specifically to be used on industrial robots. The Robo Glove line can be fitted to the hands of industrial robots used in the likes of factories, serving to protect them from water, oil and other foreign substances while also maintaining their grip. To achieve this,...
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Major synthetic rubber firm JSR Corp. (TYO:4185) announced on Oct. 1 that it will be increasing prices for a range of its synthetic rubbers, emulsions and other products from Oct. 21 onward. For synthetic rubbers, the company will raise its per-kilogram prices by at least 15 yen ($0.13) for styrene–butadiene rubber; 16 yen for butadiene rubber; 16 yen for isoprene...
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Rubber glove manufacturer Showa Glove Co. has developed an impact protection glove, marketed as Power Shield, that reduces the impact on fingers during work. The newly developed glove uses nitrile rubber, which is highly resistant to oil and abrasion. The structure consists of three layers in which nitrile rubber is double-coated on a glove that features finely woven 13-gauge seamless...
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