American Premium Gloves

Employee Size

11-50

Organization Type

Partnership

Headquarters

Hagerstown, MD

Founded

2011

Based in Hagerstown, Maryland, American Premium Gloves manufactures disposable nitrile gloves on a fully automated, touchless production line built for U.S. medical and industrial supply. Its in-house lab controls milling and formulation, while inline sensors and robotic counting and packing support a stated capacity of 110 million gloves a year. The company’s FDA-cleared, ASTM-compliant gloves are made in the USA for uses ranging from patient care to demanding mechanical work.

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