Western European Disposable Gloves Market

Frost & Sullivan, August 2011, Pages: 146

Technological Advancements Drive Sales in the Western European Disposable Gloves Market

Indispensable Nature of Disposable Gloves in the Healthcare Industry Ensures Steady Market Growth

The Western European disposable gloves market is poised to grow at a compound annual growth rate of (CAGR) of 4.0 per cent from 2010 to 2017. The medical segment will remain the largest market sector during this period. Factors spearheading growth in this market include growing end-user awareness, standards and regulations and technological advancements in the materials used for gloves. The high growth areas in the non-medical segments are cleanroom and the food industry. High demand for powder-free and non-latex alternatives has driven growth in revenues. Although the healthcare industry was adversely affected during the economic crisis, the disposable medical gloves market did not suffer much. This can be attributed to the indispensable nature of disposable gloves in the healthcare industry. “The western European disposable gloves market is well established and has reached a stage of maturity,” notes the analyst of this research service. “It is primarily dependent on the recurring need for disposable gloves and compliance to safety standards.”

Natural rubber latex (NRL) disposable gloves continue to hold a dominant share of the disposable glove market. However, extreme volatility in prices of NRL and concerns of allergy and advancements in nitrile glove technology have encouraged the conversion of many users from NRL disposable gloves to nitrile disposable gloves. Innovation in the synthetic glove industry has resulted in gloves that feel as comfortable as latex. Concerns surrounding latex allergy remain a factor that drives the growth of synthetic gloves. There are also hectic R&D activities taking place in the development of new materials by combining polymers to improve acceptable quality level (AQL), comfort and durability. Suppliers of raw materials have been unable to commit to multi-month pricing to manufacturers and manufacturers, in turn, are unable to commit to the same to their customers. Due to these factors, market participants find it challenging to operate in this environment.

In an extremely price-sensitive market and in times of extreme budgetary pressures, disposable glove companies need to price their products competitively. “As the market is in the mature stage of product cycle, product differentiation is a crucial factor for success,” says the analyst. “Value-added services such as training and on-site support programs are crucial to win bulk orders from companies.” Interactive means of Internet marketing is vital as it will enhance product visibility. End users are becoming increasingly particular about being able to choose from a variety of products online.

Market Sectors

Expert Frost & Sullivan analysts thoroughly examine the following market sectors in this research:

- Medical
- Non-medical

This Frost & Sullivan research service titled Western European Disposable Gloves Market provides an in-depth analysis of the market drivers and restraints, industry trends and competitive environment in addition to the challenges and issues faced by market participants. In this research, Frost & Sullivan’s expert analysts thoroughly examine the following segments: medical and non-medical.

1. Executive Summary
- 1.1 Introduction and Overview
- 1.2 Market Overview
- 1.3 Industry Challenges, Market Drivers and Market Restraints
- 1.4 Summary of Major Findings
- 1.5 Total Disposable Gloves Market - Percent of Revenues and Volumes by Market Segments
- 1.6 Conclusion

2. Research Scope and Definitions
- 2.1 Research Aims and Objectives
- 2.2 Definitions and Scope of Research

3. Industry Standards
- 3.1 Standards and Certifications
- 3.2 Gloves Selection
- 3.3 Conclusion

4. Total Western European Disposable Gloves Market
- 4.1 Introduction and Market Overview
- 4.2 Western European Disposable Gloves Market – A Snapshot

5. Market Dynamics
- 5.1 Market Engineering Measurements
- 5.2 Percent Breakdown of Unit Shipment and Revenues
- 5.3 Unit Shipment and Revenue Breakdown
- 5.4 Industry Challenges
- 5.5 Force Field Analysis of Market Drivers and Restraints
- 5.6 Market Drivers
- 5.7 Market Restraints
- 5.8 Total Disposable Gloves Market Revenue Forecast
- 5.9 Total Disposable Gloves Market- Revenue Forecast by Market Segment
- 5.10 Total Disposable Gloves Market- Revenue Forecast by Market Segment
- 5.11 Total Disposable Gloves Market- Revenue Growth Rate Forecast by Market Segment
- 5.12 Total Disposable Gloves Market- Revenue Forecast by Product Segment
- 5.13 Total Disposable Gloves Market Revenue Forecast - Conclusion
- 5.14 Trends by Region
- 5.15 Trends by Region - Unit Shipment by Region
- 5.16 Trends by Region – Percent of Volumes by Market Segment
- 5.17 Trends by Material Type
- 5.18 Competitive Structure
- 5.19 Competitive Analysis

6. Western European Medical Disposable Gloves Market
- 6.1 Introduction and Market Overview
- 6.2 Market Engineering Measurements
- 6.3 Western European Medical Disposable Gloves Market – A Snapshot
- 6.4 Percent Breakdown of Unit Shipment and Revenue- Medical Disposable Gloves
- 6.5 Market Revenues and Growth Rates Summary
- 6.6 Force Field Analysis of Market Drivers and Restraints
- 6.7 Market Drivers
- 6.8 Market Restraints
- 6.9 Medical Disposable Gloves Market – Overview
- 6.10 Revenue Forecast – Medical Disposable Gloves Market
- 6.11 Surgical Gloves Market – Overview
- 6.12 Revenue Forecast – Surgical Gloves Market
- 6.13 Medical Examination Gloves Market – Overview
- 6.14 Revenue Forecast – Medical Examination Gloves Market
- 6.15 Pricing Analysis
- 6.16 Competitive Structure
- 6.17 Competitive Analysis

7. Western European Non-medical Disposable Gloves Market
- 7.1 Market Overview and Definitions
- 7.2 Market Engineering Measurements
- 7.3 Western European Non-medical Disposable Gloves Market – A Snapshot
- 7.4 Percent Breakdown of Unit Shipment and Revenue- Non-medical Disposable Gloves
- 7.5 Market Revenues and Growth Rates Summary
- 7.6 Force Field Analysis of Market Drivers and Restraints
- 7.7 Market Drivers
- 7.8 Market Restraints
- 7.9 Non-medical Disposable Gloves Market - Overview
- 7.10 Revenue Forecast - Non-medical Disposable Gloves Market
- 7.11 Automotive Disposable Gloves Market – Overview
- 7.12 Revenue Forecast – Automotive Disposable Gloves Market
- 7.13 Cleanroom Disposable Gloves Market – Overview
- 7.14 Revenue Forecast – Cleanroom Disposable Gloves Market
- 7.15 Food Industry Disposable Gloves Market – Overview
- 7.16 Revenue Forecast – Food Industry Disposable Gloves Market
- 7.17 Industrial Disposable Gloves Market – Overview
- 7.18 Revenue Forecast – Industrial Disposable Gloves Market
- 7.19 Retail Disposable Gloves Market – Overview
- 7.20 Revenue Forecast – Retail Disposable Gloves Market
- 7.21 Pricing Analysis
- 7.22 Competitive Structure
- 7.23 Competitive Analysis

8. Strategic Recommendations
- 8.1 Strategic Recommendations

9. Company Profiles
- 9.1 Ansell Limited
- 9.2 B M Polyco Limited
- 9.3 Cardinal Health, Inc
- 9.4 Comasec International Group
- 9.5 Kimberly-Clark
- 9.6 Mölnlycke Health Care
- 9.7 Sempermed
- 9.8 Showa Best

10. Other Market Participants

- 11. About Frost & Sullivan

List of Figures

- Total Disposable Gloves Market: CAGR by Segment Types (Western Europe), 2010-2017
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: EN Standards by Level of Risk (Western Europe), 2010
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Comparison of Major Disposable Glove Materials (Western Europe), 2010
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Impact of Top Four Industry Challenges (Western Europe), 2011-2017
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Market Drivers Ranked in Order of Impact (Western Europe), 2011-2017
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Market Restraints Ranked in Order of Impact (Western Europe), 2011-2017
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Revenue Forecast (Western Europe), 2007-2017
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Revenue Forecast by Market Segment (Western Europe), 2007-2017
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Unit Shipment Breakdown by Region (Western Europe), 2010
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Competitive Structure (Western Europe), 2010
- Medical Disposable Gloves Market: Market Drivers Ranked in Order of Impact (Western Europe), 2011-2017
- Medical Disposable Gloves Market: Market Restraints Ranked in Order of Impact (Western Europe), 2011-2017
- Medical Disposable Gloves Market: Revenue Forecast (Western Europe), 2007-2017
- Medical Disposable Gloves Market: Revenue Forecast for Surgical Gloves (Western Europe), 2007-2017
- Medical Disposable Gloves Market: Revenue Forecast for Medical Examination Gloves (Western Europe), 2007-2017
- Medical Disposable Gloves Market: Competitive Structure (Western Europe), 2010
- Non-medical Disposable Gloves Market: Market Drivers Ranked in Order of Impact (Western Europe), 2011-2017
- Non-medical Disposable Gloves Market: Market Restraints Ranked in Order of Impact (Western Europe), 2011-2017
- Non-medical Disposable Gloves Market: Revenue Forecast (Western Europe), 2007-2017
- Non-medical Disposable Gloves Market: Revenue Forecast for Automotive Disposable Gloves (Western Europe), 2007-2017
- Non-medical Disposable Gloves Market: Revenue Forecast for Cleanroom Disposable Gloves (Western Europe), 2007-2017
- Non-medical Disposable Gloves Market: Revenue Forecast for Food Industry Disposable Gloves (Western Europe), 2007-2017
- Non-medical Disposable Gloves Market: Revenue Forecast for Industrial Disposable Gloves (Western Europe), 2007-2017
- Non-medical Disposable Gloves Market: Revenue Forecast for Retail Disposable Gloves (Western Europe), 2007-2017
- Non-medical Disposable Gloves Market: Competitive Structure (Western Europe), 2010

LOC:

- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Market Overview (Western Europe), 2010
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Industry Challenges, Market Drivers and Restraints (Western Europe), 2011-2017
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Percent of Volumes by Market Segment (Western Europe), 2010
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Percent of Revenues by Market Segment (Western Europe), 2010
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Segmentation Categories (Western Europe), 2010
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Market Segmentation (Western Europe), 2010
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Geographic Scope (Western Europe), 2010
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: EN Standards for Medical and Non-medical Gloves (Western Europe), 2010
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Medical Versus Non-medical Glove Volumes (Western Europe), 2010
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Market Life Cycle Analysis (Western Europe), 2010
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Unit Shipment Forecast (Western Europe), 2010 and 2017
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Revenue Forecast (Western Europe), 2010 and 2017
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Market Engineering Measurements (Western Europe), 2010
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Percent of Unit Shipment by End User (Western Europe), 2010
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Percent of Revenues by End User (Western Europe), 2010
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Market Segmentation by End User (Western Europe), 2010
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Unit Shipment and Revenue Breakdown (Western Europe), 2010
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Key Industry Challenges (Western Europe), 2011-2017
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Key Market Drivers and Restraints (Western Europe), 2011-2017
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Revenue Forecast (Western Europe), 2007-2017
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Revenue Forecast by Market Segment (Western Europe), 2007-2017
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Revenue Growth Rate Forecast by Market Segment (Western Europe), 2007-2017
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Revenue Forecast by Product Segment (Western Europe), 2007-2017
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Percent of Volumes by Region (Western Europe), 2010
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Percent of Volumes by Market Segment (Western Europe), 2010
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Percent of Volumes by Material Type (Western Europe), 2010
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Percent of Volumes by Material Type (Western Europe), 2017
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Product Life Cycle Analysis (Western Europe), 2010
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Types of Manufacturers (Western Europe), 2010
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Supply Chain (Western Europe), 2010
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Competitive Structure (Western Europe), 2010
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Company Market Share by Revenues (Western Europe), 2010
- Medical Disposable Gloves Market: Market Engineering Measurements (Western Europe), 2010
- Medical Disposable Gloves Market: Unit Shipment Forecast (Western Europe), 2010 and 2017
- Medical Disposable Gloves Market: Revenue Forecast (Western Europe), 2010 and 2017
- Medical Disposable Gloves Market: Percent of Unit Shipment by End User (Western Europe), 2010
- Medical Disposable Gloves Market: Percent of Revenues by End User (Western Europe), 2010
- Medical Disposable Gloves Market: Key Market Drivers and Restraints (Western Europe), 2011-2017
- Medical Disposable Gloves Market: Revenue Forecast (Western Europe), 2007-2017
- Medical Disposable Gloves Market: Revenue Forecast for Surgical Gloves (Western Europe), 2007-2017
- Medical Disposable Gloves Market: Revenue Forecast for Medical Examination Gloves (Western Europe), 2007-2017
- Medical Disposable Gloves Market: Price Range by Product Type (Europe), 2010
- Medical Disposable Gloves Market: Company Market Share by Revenues (Western Europe), 2010
- Non-medical Disposable Gloves Market: Market Engineering Measurements (Western Europe), 2010
- Non-medical Disposable Gloves Market: Unit Shipment Forecast (Western Europe), 2010 and 2017
- Non-medical Disposable Gloves Market: Revenue Forecast (Western Europe), 2010 and 2017
- Non-medical Disposable Gloves Market: Percent of Unit Shipment by End User (Western Europe), 2010
- Non-medical Disposable Gloves Market: Percent of Revenues by End User (Western Europe), 2010
- Non-medical Disposable Gloves Market: Key Market Drivers and Restraints (Western Europe), 2011-2017
- Non-medical Disposable Gloves Market: Revenue Forecast (Western Europe), 2007-2017
- Non-medical Disposable Gloves Market: Percent of Volume by Automotive Disposable Gloves (Western Europe), 2010
- Non-medical Disposable Gloves Market: Revenue Forecast for Automotive Disposable Gloves (Western Europe), 2007-2017
- Non-medical Disposable Gloves Market: Percent of Volume by Cleanroom Disposable Gloves (Western Europe), 2010
- Non-medical Disposable Gloves Market: Revenue Forecast for Cleanroom Disposable Gloves (Western Europe), 2007-2017
- Non-medical Disposable Gloves Market: Percent of Volume by Food Industry Disposable Gloves (Western Europe), 2010
- Non-medical Disposable Gloves Market: Revenue Forecast for Food Industry Disposable Gloves (Western Europe), 2007-2017
- Non-medical Disposable Gloves Market: Percent of Volume by Industrial Disposable Gloves (Western Europe), 2010
- Non-medical Disposable Gloves Market: Revenue Forecast for Industrial Disposable Gloves (Western Europe), 2007-2017
- Non-medical Disposable Gloves Market: Percent of Volume by Retail Disposable Gloves (Western Europe), 2010
- Non-medical Disposable Gloves Market: Revenue Forecast for Retail Disposable Gloves (Western Europe), 2007-2017
- Non-medical Disposable Gloves Market: Price Range by Product Type (Europe), 2010
- Non-medical Disposable Gloves Market: Company Market Share by Revenues (Western Europe), 2010
- Total Disposable Gloves Market: Strategic Recommendations (Western Europe), 2010

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