Canada and Ontario contribute $72M to secure local supply chain for medical-grade gloves

Canada’s First Nitrile Glove Factory Reaches Milestone (CNW Group/AMD Medicom Inc.)

LONDON — Medicom Group, an infection prevention and control solutions company, announced the construction of Canada’s first medical-grade nitrile glove plant will proceed thanks to a contribution of $42 million from the Strategic Innovation Fund of Canada’s Ministry of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, and $30 million from the Ontario government. The plant represents a total investment of $165 million and will create 135 jobs in London, Ontario.

“Medicom was founded 35 years ago to meet a need for medical gloves at the height of the HIV crisis. Today, we’re taking a major step towards producing our own gloves, right here in Canada. Green, ethical, innovative gloves, Canadian gloves.” said Guillaume Laverdure, CEO of Medicom. “Our governments were there to support people during the last pandemic, and now they are showing that they’re getting ready for the next one. Medicom is proud of this partnership and we will deliver in the name of protection.”

Once fully operational, Manikheir Canada will produce over one billion medical-grade nitrile gloves per year. From this production, the Ontario government has committed to procuring 500 million gloves annually for its healthcare network.

“Since the pandemic, Medicom has been on a mission to build medical supply chain resilience in Canada and around the world. Following our newly constructed mask and N95 plant in Montreal, and our meltblown media plant in Saint-Eustache, we are very proud to build the first nitrile glove plant in Canada. We are thus securing locally the most critical PPE for our frontline caregivers while ensuring the availability of low-carbon footprint products across the country,” noted Ronald Reuben, Executive Chairman and Founder of Medicom.