ENGINEERINGNET.EU -- Comasec, which is headquartered in Gennevilliers, just north of Paris, is a family-owned producer of industrial hand protection solutions and has the capacity to manufacture over 200 million pairs of gloves annually. It has manufacturing plants in Malaysia and Portugal, and employs over 1,200 people.
Pascal Berend, Comasec’s owner and CEO: “With China’s entry into the WTO and the acquisitions in recent years of many independent PPE players by major multinationals, I am pleased that Comasec is joining forces with Ansell, the recognized world leader in protective gloves."
Ansell’s CEO, Magnus Nicolin commented: “There are strong product portfolio synergies between both businesses that will be leveraged in emerging markets, in the US and to further strengthen our market position in EMEA.”
Both companies will also benefit from synergies in the area of Research and Development and 'Comasec’s superior IT platform will enhance the speed of response to customer orders across our own Industrial GBU', states Ansell in a press release.
The transaction is expected to close in the coming months, pending regulatory approval
BACKGROUND
Ansell is a producer of personal protective equipment and medical gloves. With operations in North America, Latin America/Caribbean, EMEA and Asia, Ansell employs more than 10,000 people worldwide.
