Domestic technical textiles Industry Segment-wise consumption of ...

The market of work gloves or industrial gloves is primarily driven by increased awareness,
international level of safety standard in industrial workplace and mandatory safety norms for
protection of workforce. Some of the key end-use applications are:
1. Iron and steel industry, where some of the big steel producers such as TISCO, SAIL, Ispat
Industries and Essar Steel have been investing further.
2. Welding applications
3. Oil Refineries
4. Construction
5. Pharmaceuticals and Chemical Industries
The awareness and usage level of these gloves in the Indian industry is limited compared to
International worker safety standards. Majority of the Indian production gets exported with little
demand from domestic market
Key manufacturers of gloves
The key manufacturers of industrial gloves are given below:
Company
Mallcom India Limited
Production (lakh pairs
per annum)
Leather gloves 90
Knitted gloves 36
Nitrile gloves 80
Rajda Industries and
Exports Pvt. Limited 70
Lumens India 36
KDM Impex Pvt. 35
These manufacturers account for more than 30 % of the market. The rest is covered by smaller
unorganized players located in leather goods clusters in/around Mumbai, Calcutta and Vellore.
Market size of and future forecast
The market for industrial gloves is driven by demand from few big players in Refining, Iron and Steel
and other heavy engineering sectors. Gloves are in the range from Rs. 16 (nitrile-pair) to Rs. 100