Hearing protection is one area of PPE that will especially benefit from the explosive growth in infrastructure, commercial and residential construction in the huge Asia-Pacific market, which includes booming China. Construction sites are notorious for impact noise and overall high noise levels. Increasing numbers of HPDs include communications capabilities for high noise environments where team work is important, such as construction.
Technology developments will continue to drive demand for PPE since at the core, PPE has and will continue to remain functional and performance driven products. The rising consumer emphasis on style, fashion, design and aesthetic appeal are all apparent in today’s hearing protection product lines.