Vertical: AutoBase Year: 2017
Market Size (2017)
$152.40M
Projected (2023)
$193.20M
CAGR (2016–2023)
4.1%
Key Players
15+
Glove box is an enclosed section, wherein the object can be loaded/unloaded through the side box and can be manipulated from the gloves. The gloves are used to provide excellent resistance to abrasion and chemicals. The glove box with the thick, clear, and durable acrylic shell allows optimum visibility and remains impermeable to ambient atmospheric conditions. The operator can vary or maintain the pressure inside the glove box by an automatic pressure controller.
In terms of value, the market is estimated to register a 4.14% CAGR during the forecast period, 2018–2023. In 2017, the market was led by Europe with a 36.77% share, followed by North America and Asia-Pacific with shares of 27.43% and 23.58%, respectively.
The global glove box market has been segmented on the basis of product type, END–USE, and region. On the basis of product type, stainless steel segment held the largest market share of 45.35% in 2017 and was valued at USD 69.10 million and is projected to exhibit a CAGR of 3.12% during the forecast period.
On the basis of END–USE, pharmaceutical & biotechnology segment held the largest market share of 38.07% in 2017 and was valued at USD 58.01 million and is projected to exhibit a CAGR of 3.19% during the forecast period.
Market Size
· 2017: USD 152.38 million
· 2023: USD 193.23 million
CAGR (2018–2023)
· 4.14%
Key Regions
· Europe: 36.77%
· North America: 27.43%
· Asia-Pacific: 23.58%
· South America: 7.48%
· Middle East & Africa: 4.75%
Key Countries
· US
· Germany
· China
· Japan
· France
Key Market Drivers
· Increasing awareness regarding laboratory safety
· Increase in research and development investments across industries
Key Market Opportunity
· Developments in lithium-ion batteries
Key Vendors
· MBRAUN
· Germfree Laboratories, Inc.
The Glove Box Market market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 4.1% from 2016 to 2023.
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View Subscription PlansGlove boxes provide a physical barrier to safeguard the sensitive materials from environmental contamination or to protect the operator from the hazardous materials. Furthermore, they are used to create a leak-tight inert environment in order to work with contamination-sensitive materials and limit accidental spillage of materials. This helps prevent contamination of biological materials when the experiment containers are opened for observations, sampling, and fixations.
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View Subscription PlansThis report applies a rigorous multi-stage research process combining primary interviews, secondary data sources, and bottom-up market modelling to ensure accuracy and completeness across all segments and geographies.
Base Year
2017
Historical Period
2016 – 2016
Forecast Period
2018 – 2023
Primary Interviews
150+
Historical data (2016–2017) and forecast period (2017–2023)
Our research process spans primary interviews with industry stakeholders combined with comprehensive secondary data analysis, validated through triangulation across multiple independent sources.
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View Subscription PlansThe global glove box market is characterized by the presence of many global and regional players. However, the presence of several medium and small players made the market fragmented in 2017. The global market is witnessing an increase in competition, owing to a massive increase in investments by companies related to the glove box systems. The increase in the demand for advanced glove boxes will improve the competition in the global market. Additionally, the manufacturers are adopting an expansion strategy to gain an edge over their peers and enhance their presence in the global glove box market. Furthermore, the manufacturers invest in collaborations and partnerships with the research and development department of various END–USE industries such as defense, pharmaceutical and biotechnology, chemical, and food.
The growth of the companies is dependent on the research and development expenditure, government regulations, and product development. Thus, the glove box market manufacturing companies should focus on product development and collaboration with research institutes. In 2017, Coy Laboratory Products, Inc. (US), Cole-Parmer Instrument Company, LLC (US), Glove Box Technology Limited (UK), Vacuum Atmospheres Company (US), MBRAUN (Germany), Inert Corporation (US), LC TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC (US), Banthrax Corporation (US), Germfree Laboratories, Inc. (US), Jacomex (France), GS GLOVEBOX Systemtechnik GmbH (Germany), Marine & Industrial Plastics Ltd (UK), Miwa Mfg. Co., Ltd (Japan), Changsha Deco Equipment Co., Ltd (China), and Bangalore Vacuum Technology (India) were some of the key companies in the global glove box market.
Of all the industry participants, the above companies are the major players in the development of the global glove box market. These players have strengthened their presence in the global market owing to product development with a focus on expansion and investments in terms of increasing manufacturing facilities and export product to other countries through dealers, distributors, and globally recognized retailers. The competitive environment in the market is likely to intensify further due to the increase in the research and development expenditure of countries, worldwide. Hence, it is expected that the increase in the expenditure will enhance the number of partnerships and collaborations of the glove box manufacturers with the research institutes and universities as wells as with government bodies during the forecast period.
Inert Corporation: The most active players in the GLOBAL Glove box market
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MBRAUN
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Inert Corporation
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Banthrax Corporation
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Germfree Laboratories, Inc.
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Jacomex
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GS GLOVEBOX Systemtechnik GmbH
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Marine & Industrial Plastics Ltd
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Miwa Mfg Co., Ltd
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Changsha Deco Equipment Co., Ltd
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Bangalore Vacuum Technology
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Michael Porter’s Five Forces Model is a framework for the global glove box market, which is influenced by five forces. The strategic business managers, trying to create an edge over competitive firms in the global glove box market, can utilize this model to comprehend the industry connection, in which the firm operates. The components of each of the forces and the degree of impact of each component in the context of global glove box market have been broken down and analyzed. Threat of New Entrants
The glove box industry is highly capital intensive. The level of technical expertise required for glove box development and manufacturing is highly specific. The presence of well-known glove box companies such as Germfree Laboratories, Inc., JACOMEX, GS GLOVEBOX Systemtechnik GmbH, Coy Laboratory Products, Inc., Cole-Parmer Instrument Company, LLC, and Vacuum Atmospheres Company (VAC) in the glove box market, with their strong brand recognition make it difficult for the new entrants to create a brand value and achieve economies of scale.
Moreover, the established companies are manufacturing glove boxes with high-quality materials using advanced technologies. Their high standards and manufacturing processes give them a competitive advantage over new entrants. Thus, the threat of new entrants in the global glove box market is low. Bargaining Power of Suppliers
The glove box manufacturers procure both raw materials and parts from suppliers. The raw materials include glass, acrylic, plastics, aluminum, rubber, and stainless steel while the parts include door piston (hydraulic pump, facilitates opening and closing the antechamber door), slide rails, vacuum gauge, filters, valves, gloves, seals, and flanges. There is a large number of raw material suppliers for materials such as glass, acrylic, rubber, and stainless steel in the market. The availability of part suppliers is limited as the parts are required to be produced while maintaining the highest manufacturing standards to achieve the required working efficiency in extreme END–USE applications.
Major glove box manufacturers procure these raw materials and parts in very high quantities, which reduces the bargaining power of suppliers up to a certain extent. However, the glove box manufacturing companies cannot easily switch suppliers due to the risks involved in not obtaining the required quantity and quality of materials and parts from new suppliers, on time, which in terms increases the switching cost. Hence, these manufacturers tend to have long term contracts with their suppliers. Thus, the bargaining power of suppliers in the glove box market is moderate. Bargaining Power of Buyers
Glove box buyers include manufacturing companies from pharmaceutical and biotechnology, semiconductor, electronic/lithium batteries, automotive, and defense industries. The number of buyers of glove boxes is moderate as the awareness about the use of glove boxes to complete critical operations is high in developed regions and low in developing regions. The buyers generally depend on the existing providers as the switching costs and the risks associated with the product quality, technical specifications, installation and replacement services of the new glove box manufacturers, are high.
Thus, the overall power of bargaining in glove box market is moderate. Threat of Substitutes
Glove boxes have no direct substitutes that can match their technical specifications and features while performing critical operations. However, the high prices of glove boxes, lack of government focus on occupant safety at workplace and awareness related to their use are some of the factors negatively impacting the adoption of glove boxes in small and medium-sized industries operating in the END–USE industries, especially in developing regions. Thus, the threat of substitutes ranges between low to moderate in the glove box market. Rivalry
Product differentiation within glove box market is very high as the glove box manufacturing companies are developing various materials, technologies, and product designs, as per the requirements of the END–USE industries, to improve the performance and technical capabilities of a glove box. Hence, they are investing in the extensive research and development of this system. The market is led by some top players, which are competing continuously to increase their respective market shares, while the rest have an intense rivalry, owing to their presence in the unorganized market sector, primarily in developing regions.
The low threat of new entrants, moderate threat of substitutes, moderate bargaining power of buyers, and moderate bargaining power of suppliers are the factors contributing to the moderate intensity of rivalry in the global glove box market.
Market estimates by geography (2023)
InsightEurope leads with $67.10M by 2023, while Asia Pacific is projected to grow fastest at a 5.6% CAGR.
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View Subscription Plans| REGION | 2016 | 2017 | 2023 | CAGR | SHARE |
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| Asia Pacific | $34.00M | $41.90M | $49.80M | 5.6% | 26% |
| South America | $10.80M | $13.10M | $15.30M | 5.1% | 8% |
| Europe | $54.30M | $60.80M | $67.10M | 3.1% | 35% |
| North America | $40.30M | $46.10M | $51.60M | 3.6% | 27% |
| Middle East and Africa | $6.90M | $8.20M | $9.40M | 4.5% | 5% |
| Total | $146.30M | $170.10M | $193.20M | 4.1% | 100% |
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View Subscription PlansTotal Market Size
$193.20M
| APPLICATION | REVENUE ($B) | GROWTH RATE | MARKET PENETRATION |
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| Stainless Steel | $82.73M | 2.9% | 43% |
| Plastic | $69.49M | 5.4% | 36% |
| Aluminum | $25.64M | 4.5% | 13% |
| Others | $15.34M | 4.2% | 8% |
* Revenue projections based on 2025 estimates. Growth rates represent CAGR 2024–2030. Market penetration indicates current adoption rate within addressable market segments.
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Analytical insights on Glove Box Market covering market dynamics, competitive landscape, and strategic outlook.
The Glove Box Market market is projected to reach $193.20M by 2023, growing at 4.1% CAGR. The Stainless Steel segment holds the largest share.
The global market for glove box is growing rapidly due to Increasing awareness regarding laboratory safety and increase in research and development investments across industries. However, the growth of the market may be hindered by the high prices of glove box.
The awareness about operator safety while working in laboratory, is continuously increasing. The operators perform in negative and positive pressure applications, combined with highly toxic gases and handles substances, which can adversely affect human health. The substances include, materials containing bacteria, poisonous fumes, high pressure, viruses, parasites, toxic, infectious or allergenic matter. These factors driving the demand for technology or system to avoid direct contact of operators with such substances.
Thus, various government and non-government organizations, especially in developed regions are continuously working to encourage the use of glove box in industrial applications. According to the New Jersey Open Public Records Act, Asbestos Standard for Construction, 29 CFR 1926.1101, the glove box can be used to remove asbestos-containing or presumed asbestos-containing materials from straight runs of piping, asbestos or presumed asbestos-containing materials from piping, and asbestos or presumed asbestos-containing materials from pipe runs.
The glove box can be used to protect the worker from substances inside the box to limit the potential exposure of hazardous materials to users. Hence, the increasing awareness about laboratory safety is expected to increase the demand for glove box during the forecast period.
However, limited focus on operator safety, lack of awareness among the operators, lack of regulatory framework about workplace safety are the factors that limit the safety awareness in developing regions, such as Asia-Pacific and the Middle East & Africa. However, the government focus on decreasing the industrial accidents is expected to positively affect the demand for glove box during the forecast period. Thus, the impact of increasing awareness about laboratory safety, is expected to shift from moderate to high over the forecast period.
The Li-ion batteries offer improved energy densities compared to lead-acid batteries or nickel-metal hydride batteries, to make the battery size smaller than others while retaining the same storage capacity. Such batteries are considered the standard for modern battery electric vehicles, as they offer excellent specific energy (up to 140 Wh/kg) and energy density. The ongoing developments within Li-ion batteries are expected to provide growth opportunities for glove box market during the forecast period.
The continuously increase in sales of electric vehicles by 775% in 2017, compared to 2013 is expected to offer growth opportunities for the demand and development of Li-ion batteries.
The battery manufacturing companies continuously function to meet the rapidly increasing demand of Li-ion batteries. For instance, in 2019, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. launched the LEAF e+. This battery adopts a new module structure that allows the flexibility to customize the number of cells for the first time and allows for optimal battery module shape and height to best fit the vehicle platform and customer needs.
Glove boxes are required to have a moisture free inert atmosphere maintained, which is a primary requisite for lithium-ion battery assembly unit and allows monitor and maintenance of the production environment for enhanced quality control. Therefore, the ongoing developments within lithium-ion batteries, serve as an opportunity in the global market for glove boxes.
The manufacturing process of glove box depends on the parameters of design, product development, manufacturing method, material, size/dimensions, technological specification and weight, which contribute to the production cost of the glove box.
The glove box manufacturing companies have continuously been developing glove boxes that work with high natural abundance, prevent unwanted chemical reactions, such as oxidation and hydrolysis, as well as it prevents contamination into the glove box and minimizes the operational cost. Additionally, glove box manufacturing companies are working on optimizing the overall glove box performance. For instance, in 2018, Inert Corporation partnered with Siemens AG to create a new glovebox for 3d printing, welding & other production processes. This glove box is made out of steel and can handle 550 pounds on each of its four or six casters.
Thriving in the highly competitive environment by continuous advancements in the glove box design technologies, involve high investments. Therefore, most initiatives planned with the aim to improve the product, increase the cost of manufacturing a glove box. This increases the overall price of the glove box in the end market.
Currently, the high costs associated with producing glove box has a high impact on the demand for glove box in many price-sensitive countries and small and mid -sized industries. However, the growing spending capacity of the END–USE industries, increasing government concentration on encouraging the use of glove box, and product development strategies to minimize costs, are expected to decrease the impact of the high prices on the adoption of glove box in during the forecast period. Therefore, the impact of the high prices of glove box on the glove box market is expected to shift from high to low over the forecast period.
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Profiles of 109 companies operating in the Glove Box Market market, including revenue, employee count, and market positioning where available.
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Company Headquarters: India Founded: 2004 Company Working: Bangalore Vacuum Technology is involved in the designing, manufacturing, supplying, and trading of vacuum furnaces and vessels. Its product portfolio primarily includes vacuum furnaces, drying ovens, vacuum pumps, vacuum chambers, impregnation system, thin film coating systems, gas distribution systems, laboratory glove boxes, vacuum components, vacuum measuring gauges, vacuum flanges, ultra-high vacuum chamber, vacuum heat treatment services, vacuum valves, biotechnology equipment, pharmaceutical processing equipment, and vaccine heating vessel. Some of the key customers of the company are BARC, Siddiganga institute of technology Tumkur, ISRO, CMTI Bangalore, and Microvac, Bangalore. It operates and provides services in the US, France, Germany, and India. The company handles and generates more than half of its sales from India.
Company Headquarters: US Founded: 2001 Company Working: Banthrax Corporation is the manufacturer and distributor of the glove box containers, mainly in the US. It primarily caters to military, biotechnology, medical, hazmat, and industrial customers. The company also caters to the requirements of museums, schools, and universities. It offers glove boxes for END–USE applications in the research and development, medical, veterinary, laboratory, and military industries. Its product portfolio comprises isolation kit, I-box DS, basic drybox kit, I-box L, professional IV preparation vacuum glove box, self-contained positive pressure glove box cabinet, economy model self-contained pressurized special atmosphere glove box isolation cabinet, basic iv preparation vacuum glove box cabinet, and mobile glove box cabinet. Banthrax Corporation offers its glove boxes under its trademarks Safe-T-Dome and Posi-Dome. It distributes its products through its network of dealers, distributors, and shipping companies.
Company Headquarters: US Founded: 1981 Company Working: Inert Corporation primarily offers glove boxes and solvent purification systems for research and development, manufacturing, and university researchers, globally. Its product portfolio includes power shield, glove box systems, gas management systems, solvent purification systems, and custom systems. It also includes replacement parts and supplies gloves, glovebox parts, and solvent purification parts, across the operating areas. The company produces glove boxes and solvent purification systems for various END–USE markets such as additive manufacturing/3D printing, OLED & PLED, ALD (atomic layer deposition), chemical synthesis, laser welding, lithium-ion battery development, organic photovoltaic, pharmaceutical, chemicals and materials, surgical & medical devices, TIG welding & resistance welding, and semiconductors and microelectronics. Inert Corporation offers its glove boxes under the trademark name of PureLab, I-Lab, and ClearLab. It has an extensive network of distributors in Europe, North America, South America, Asia, and Australia. The company has a number of distributors in the US, China, Japan, and South Korea.
Company Headquarters: Germany Founded: 1976 Company Working: MBRAUN is a wholly owned subsidiary of INDUS Holding AG, which is an investment company. It specializes in manufacturing, supplying, and distributing gloveboxes, thin-film technology, isolators, inert gas purification, and custom system solutions. The company’s product portfolio covers glovebox workstations, custom enclosures, isolators, loadlocks and antechambers, gas purification, ovens and hotplates coating equipment, encapsulation equipment, solvent purification, and related accessories. MBRAUN offers a wide range of glove boxes that are equipped with many silent features including lithium batteries, chemical components, and OLED/P-OLED. It provides glove boxes to universities, industrial research facilities, and pharmaceutical laboratories. The company has a presence across Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific. It has manufacturing facilities in the US, Germany, and China. CreaPhys, the major subsidiary of the company, designs and manufactures glove boxes. It also has sales offices in Germany, the US, China, South Korea, the UK, and France.
Company Headquarters: US Founded: 1960 Company Working: Vacuum Atmospheres Company is a division of WEMS, Inc. for manufacturing scientific and industrial instruments. It primarily offers gloveboxes, gas purification, solvent purification system, glove box accessories, and custom glove boxes for various applications. The company offers glove boxes under its trademarks Genesis, OMNI-LAB, NexGen, and NEXUS II. It provides a wide range of glove boxes for oxygen-free, moisture-free, particle-free, and laminar flow applications. The company has a manufacturing facility in the US and operates globally through its network of dealers, distributors, and partnered companies. VAC has delivered more than 8,000 high-quality glove box systems, across the world, to the scientific community, which includes universities, industry, and national laboratories.
Company Headquarters: UK Founded: 1994 Company Working: Glove Box Technology Limited specializes in designing and manufacturing inert gas glove boxes and gas purification system for the research industry. Its product portfolio comprises glove box, oxygen meters, inert gas cooling refrigerators, gas generators, desiccators, custom designed systems, moisture meters, standalone gas purifiers, and glove box gauntlets. The company primarily offers its products to aircraft engine manufacturers, aerospace facilities, lamp manufacturers, display panel manufacturers (TFD), defense industries, food production companies, nuclear power stations, petrochemical facilities, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and research and academic institutions. Glove Box Technology Limited also offers installation, consultation, training, after sales, and maintenance services for End–Users. It's after sales services includes glove box installation and maintenance services. The company manages its business from the UK. It operates in the global market through a network of traders and dealers. The company operates in the retail industry through The Glove Box Technology Shop, which is its main subsidiary.
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