Kossan Rubber Industries Bhd Overview
Company Headquarter: Malaysia
Founded: 1979
Workforce: ~6,000
Company Working:
Kossan Rubber Industries Bhd designs, manufactures, and sells latex disposable gloves, globally. It operates through four business segments, which are Technical Rubber Products, Gloves, Cleanroom Products, and Others. The company’s product portfolio includes nitrile powder examination gloves, industrial gloves, natural rubber latex examination gloves, cleanroom facemask, gloves, industrial personal protective equipment. It also offers molded rubber products for automotive, pipe seals and gaskets, and industrial/general applications and rubber rolls for printing, transferring, laminating, coating, coiling, beading creasing, pressure, slitting, winding applications. The company exports its products to over 195 countries, worldwide, and has offices in Malaysia, China, and the US.
Kossan Latex Industries (M) Sdn. Bhd., Premium Medical Products Sdn. Bhd., Normandin Pacific Holdings Corp., Doshin Rubber Products (M) Sdn. Bhd, Quality Profile Sdn. Bhd., Top Calibre Sdn. Bhd., and Normandin Pacific Holdings Corp. are some of its subsidiaries.
Strategy
Kossan Rubber Industries Bhd mainly focuses on expansion as a growth strategy by acquiring manufacturing facility. For instance, it has acquired a piece of industrial land measuring 98 acres in the district of Kuala Langat for the future development of its glove manufacturing activities. The company is also focusing on enhancing its production capacity and automating its manufacturing processes. For instance, its state-of-the-art plant has an annual capacity of 3 billion pieces, will focus on producing nitrile gloves by incorporating the latest technologies in glove manufacturing, including highspeed dipping machines with a high-degree of automation.
