Alabama Newscenter — Showa Glove Factory’s Growth Plans Find Perfect Fit in Rural Alabama

The complete article can be found at AlabamaNewsCenter.com.

By Jerry Underwood
Made in Alabama

For Mike Kimple, director of manufacturing at the Showa Group factory in Fayette, the mission is clear for the nation’s only domestic producer of single-use nitrile gloves.

“We’re just trying to get every single glove we can out the door to fight this pandemic,” Kimple said.

Every day, Showa’s Alabama facility produces about 1 million gloves made from a hypoallergenic synthetic rubber that is as an alternative to latex. Thanks to an expansion project nearing completion, that figure will double.

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