Health CareTop Thai medical gloves maker files IPO as pandemic spurs demand
Sri Trang Gloves aims to ramp up production capacity
Sri Trang Gloves is aiming to be among the world's top three producers of rubber gloves over the next few years, challenging the world's biggest producer, Malaysia-based Top Gloves. © Reuters
APORNRATH PHOONPHONGPHIPHAT, Nikkei staff writer
BANGKOK -- Sri Trang Gloves Thailand, the country's biggest producer of medical gloves, has filed for an initial public offering on the Stock Exchange of Thailand to raise funds to increase production capacity, with the company seeing substantially increased demand for its products as a result of the new coronavirus pandemic.