About Us – SHOWA Gloves

100% Gloves Manufacturers & Innovator

Manufacturing Facilities

Production Lines

6000

Employees

2.2

Billion Single Use Gloves Produced Annually

450

Millions Pairs Reusable Gloves Produced Annually

Distribution Centres
Worldwide

VERTICALLY INTEGRATED GLOBAL MANUFACTURER = SYNERGY ACROSS THE GLOBE FOR REGIONAL MARKETS BENEFITS

Showa’s Factories

SHOWA GLOVES Japan

Founded in 1954

Employee: 200

SHOWA GLOVES VIETNAM CO., LTD.

Founded in 2003

Employees: 1800

SHOWA GLOVES MALAYSIA

Founded in 1989

Employees: 2200

SHOWA GLOVES GUATEMALA CITY

Founded in 1995

Employees: 334

SHOWA GLOVES GUATEMALA, PUERTO BARRIOS

Founded in 1985

Employees: 239

SHOWA GLOVES USA, ALABAMA

Founded 1971

Employees: 300

SHOWA GLOVES USA, GEORGIA

Founded 1951

Employees: 220

SHOWA GLOVES Myanmar

Founded 2015

Employees: 700

We Are SHOWA

SHOWA is a fully industrial hand protection integrated manufacturer. We fully control our industrial ecosystem by creating all our own machinery, yarns, coatings, polymers, designs and hand formers, we control every step of our process, every step of the way – for 100% quality control at every level.

SHOWA make protective gloves for all industries and applications/usage for hand protection. Our glove PPE solutions are grouped into seven major product families or Clusters:

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General Purpose protection Gloves

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Anti-Cut protection gloves

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Chemical protection gloves

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Insulated protection gloves

Heat / Cold

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Single-use gloves

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Antistatic protection gloves (ESD)

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Impact protection gloves

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SHOWA: A PERFECT BALANCE

SHOWA literally means “finding a balance between different elements” in Japanese. This principle is much more than just a formula; it is at the heart of our approach and requires full control of all stages.

SHOWA revolutionized Personal hand protection equipment with the introduction of the world’s first PVC glove in 1953. SHOWA leads the world in innovation with the introduction of industry-firsts such as fully coated, very flexible PVC, flat-dip innovation with natural rubber, cut-resistant gloves with unmatched protection and comfort, crinkle finish natural rubber gloves that provide puncture and cut resistance over the past 70+ years.

Most notably, SHOWA developed the world’s first disposable nitrile glove, and the industry’s first biodegradable product line with our Eco Best Technology (EBT) in the glove industry across single-use and reusable product offerings.

Mr. Tanaka, the founder of SHOWA in 1954, embedded the following key elements in his founding philosophy and vision:

“Corporate strength is gained with our respect for harmony, by taking responsibility for our actions and by focusing on being the best person we can possibly be within our individual capabilities.“

“Each member of the SHOWA family must have integrity and the empowerment to build trusting relationships within our company and, equally important, with our customers.”

This business philosophy, when diligently practiced, inspires mutually prosperous connections with our customers.

Today, SHOWA is renowned for both quality and innovation. Our technology has forever changed our industry, what our hands are capable of and the impact we make on our environment. We have achieved this by utilizing the latest resources in technology, understanding PPE standards, and assuring our customers that we will not settle for anything less than the highest level of quality hand protection, every time.

This foundational belief is one of the major reasons that SHOWA’s products are well-known, respected and worn by millions of people around the world. We pioneer the quality, performance and protection to give ordinary hands extraordinary abilities.

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

THE JOURNEY OF PERFECTION: ALWAYS A GLOVE AHEAD
As our tagline states: “Always Innovating. Never Imitating”. Our investment in research and product development is to adapt to users’ needs and the shifts in global demand for new and innovative products. Over 100 researchers, designers and engineers devote their energy to developing new models in close synergy with production sites and customer needs. We have technical support (globally) with the expertise of our chemists, lab technicians, and R&D ownership of 58 patents.