ANSELL LTD Overview
Company Headquarter: Australia
Founded: 1888
Workforce: ~12,500
Company Working:
Ansell Ltd designs, develops, and manufactures wide range of protection solutions. It operates through two business segments- industrial and healthcare. The industrial business segment offers foot, hand, and body protection solutions for various industries including automotive, chemical, food processing, life sciences, machinery, and equipment. The healthcare business segment provides various examination and surgical gloves, healthcare safety devices, and active infection protection products. Its product portfolio under this segment includes medical exam gloves, general disposable gloves, surgical gloves, event protection and sharps safety products, medical specialty gloves, safety essentials, and fluid and trip management products. The company offers its products through its Microtouch, Medi-Grip, Hyflex, Ansell Medical, and Gammex brands. It has seven manufacturing facilities and distribution facilities located in North America, Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East & Africa.
Ringers Gloves, Inc., Nucleus Ltd, Comasec SAS, Mates Healthcare Ltd, Midas Corporation, Ansell Hawkeye Inc., and Hands International Pvt Ltd are some of the subsidiaries of the company.
Strategy
Ansell Ltd focuses on new product development as its primary strategy. It is working on development of different types of gloves for use in a wide variety of industries. For instance, in February 2018, Ansell Ltd introduced Gammex series gloves, which have a pre-donned double gloving system. It is also focusing on developing stronger channel partnership, build strong brand, and increase its market share in emerging markets. The company is concentrating on acquisitions to enhance its product portfolio and expand into emerging markets. For instance, in February 2019, Ansell Ltd acquired Ringers Gloves, an industrial hand glove manufacturing company to offer its clients a full range of industrial hand protection products.



