Supplier profile: SHOWA: “We are simplifying to strengthen”
Showa Best Glove was the result of the successful acquisition in 2007 of Best Manufacturing, founded in 1951, by Showa Glove Japan, which began in 1954. Since then, Showa Best Glove sold exclusively through its worldwide distributor network to end users in every industrial, medical and retail sector.
Now under our new name, SHOWA continues our legacy of innovation to distinguish the company as a global leader in hand protection. With 58 patents owned and more than 100 researchers dedicated to developing new, environmentally sustainable ways to protect hands at work, we continue to be recognized for our portfolio of more than 1,800 specialized gloves for the industrial, professional and homecare categories. And we still remain the only glove company that manufactures nitrile disposable gloves in the United States.