10 Leading Glove Manufacturers in Malaysia by Production Capacity (2026)
Malaysia's largest rubber glove manufacturers ranked by disclosed annual production capacity, the industry that made the country the world's top glove producer. Captured 30 August 2026.
Quick answer
Top Glove Corporation Bhd is Malaysia's largest rubber glove manufacturer by disclosed annual production capacity in 2026, at approximately 95 billion pieces a year from its Shah Alam base — more than three times its nearest disclosed rival. Kossan Rubber Industries (28 billion pieces/year), Hartalega Holdings (27 billion, expanding to 30 billion by end-2027), YTY Industry Holdings (25 billion+) and Riverstone Holdings (10.4-10.5 billion) round out the top five by disclosed capacity. Malaysia supplies roughly 60-65% of the world's rubber gloves, and Top Glove alone is the world's single largest rubber glove producer, listed on both Bursa Malaysia and the Singapore Exchange.
- Top Glove Corporation Bhd is the world's single largest rubber glove producer, with disclosed annual capacity of approximately 95 billion pieces — more than three times Kossan's, its nearest disclosed rival.
- Only 5 of the 10 companies reviewed publicly disclose a specific annual production-capacity figure; this ranking splits into a capacity-ranked top 5 and a second tier ordered by founding or Bursa-listing history, disclosed explicitly rather than estimated.
- Hartalega Holdings is Malaysia's largest nitrile glove specialist by disclosed capacity and is actively expanding from 27 billion to 30 billion pieces per year by end-2027.
- Two candidates — Riverstone Holdings and YTY Industry Holdings — are included on the strength of large-scale Malaysia manufacturing footprints, though neither's Bursa-listing or MARGMA membership status was independently confirmed this research cycle.
- Rubberex Corporation holds the deepest disclosed certification stack of any candidate reviewed (7 certifications, including ISO 13485 medical-device quality and CE marking under EU PPE Regulation 2016/425), despite not disclosing a specific capacity figure.
How this ranking was decided
A data ranking. 10 MARGMA-member or Bursa/SGX-listed Malaysia glove manufacturers were identified; the 5 with a disclosed annual production-capacity figure are ranked by that metric, and the remaining 5, for which no comparable figure was found, form a disclosed second tier ordered by founding or listing history, captured 30 August 2026.
Full details in How this ranking was produced below.
The ranking at a glance
| # | Name | Annual capacity | Best for | Main advantage | Main limitation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Top Glove Corporation Bhd | ~95 billion pieces/year (FY2025) | Buyers needing the largest available single-supplier capacity for the biggest institutional, hospital-network or government-tender orders. | Approximately 95 billion pieces of disclosed annual capacity, the largest of any candidate reviewed and more than three times its nearest rival. | No specific current revenue figure was part of the evidence reviewed for this ranking's capacity-focused screen. |
| 2 | Kossan Rubber Industries Bhd | ~28 billion pieces/year (FY2025) | Buyers wanting the clearest combined capacity-and-financial disclosure among Malaysia's mid-to-large glovemakers, for supplier due diligence. | Approximately 28 billion pieces of disclosed annual capacity, second only to Top Glove among candidates reviewed. | Considerably smaller disclosed capacity than Top Glove — roughly 30% of the market leader's figure. |
| 3 | Hartalega Holdings Berhad | ~27 billion pieces/year, expanding to 30bn by end-2027 | Buyers specifically sourcing nitrile gloves who want a supplier with disclosed, active capacity expansion rather than a static current figure. | Approximately 27 billion pieces of current disclosed capacity, expanding to 30 billion by end-2027. | No specific current revenue figure was part of the evidence reviewed for this ranking's capacity-focused screen. |
| 4 | YTY Industry Holdings | 25 billion+ pieces/year across 4 facilities | Buyers whose supply-chain planning benefits from a manufacturer with production facilities in both Malaysia and Indonesia. | More than 25 billion pieces of disclosed annual capacity across four facilities. | Bursa Malaysia listing status was not confirmed as completed this research cycle, and its only available revenue figure is a stale FY10 proforma number. |
| 5 | Riverstone Holdings Ltd | 10.4-10.5 billion pieces/year (post-Phase 6) | Buyers specifically sourcing cleanroom or healthcare-grade gloves from a specialist single-facility manufacturer rather than a general-purpose multi-site producer. | 10.4-10.5 billion pieces of disclosed annual capacity following its Phase 6 expansion. | Listed on the Singapore Exchange rather than Bursa Malaysia, and individual MARGMA membership was not independently confirmed this cycle. |
| 6 | Luster Industries Bhd | 1986 (incorporated) | Buyers comfortable with a diversified group structure who are tracking Luster's glove-segment capacity build-out as a forward indicator rather than requiring a current disclosed figure today. | Oldest founding year (1986) among this ranking's second tier of companies without a disclosed current capacity figure. | No consolidated current capacity or revenue figure specific to the glove segment was disclosed on the sources checked this cycle; Glove and Healthcare is one of several business segments within a diversified group. |
| 7 | Comfort Gloves Berhad | 1993 | Buyers evaluating a smaller, established Bursa-listed glovemaker with over three decades of operating history. | Established 1993, giving it over three decades of continuous operation. | No specific production-capacity figure was disclosed on the sources checked this cycle, and its revenue figure comes from a business-data aggregator rather than a primary company filing. |
| 8 | Rubberex Corporation (M) Berhad | 1997 | Buyers prioritising certification depth and export-market compliance (medical-device quality, EU PPE marking) over headline production volume. | Deepest disclosed certification stack of any candidate reviewed: 7 certifications including ISO 13485 medical-device quality and CE marking under EU PPE Regulation 2016/425. | No specific production-capacity figure or dated revenue figure is disclosed on the company's own site. |
| 9 | Careplus Group Berhad | RM98.93 million (+16.78% YoY) | Buyers interested in a mid-sized, internationally-operating manufacturer showing recent double-digit revenue growth. | 2025 revenue of RM98.93 million, up 16.78% year-on-year — a disclosed growth rate not available for most other candidates. | No specific production-capacity figure or founding year was disclosed on the sources checked this cycle. |
| 10 | Supermax Corporation Berhad | RM187.44 million (net loss RM58.44 million) | Buyers who have already screened the nine larger or better-documented candidates above and need a complete picture of every Bursa-listed main glovemaker, including the smallest. | Bursa Malaysia-listed with quarterly financial disclosure available, unlike several undated second-tier candidates. | Explicitly described in business press as the smallest of Malaysia's four main Bursa-listed glovemakers, and reported a net loss of RM58.44 million for the quarter ended December 2025. |
Malaysia manufactures roughly 60-65% of the world's rubber gloves, and its listed glovemakers range from a single producer larger than its next several rivals combined to smaller, more specialised players competing on certification depth rather than raw scale. This ranking answers a specific question: among companies confirmed as MARGMA (Malaysian Rubber Glove Manufacturers' Association) members or Bursa Malaysia-listed, which currently discloses the largest annual production capacity.
Why half this list has no disclosed capacity figure — and what that means for a buyer
Annual production capacity, measured in billions of pieces per year, is the industry's standard scale metric, published prominently by the largest players because it doubles as a competitive signal to investors and institutional buyers. But MARGMA's own member directory is a registration list, not a data source — it confirms a company manufactures gloves in Malaysia, not how many. For the five smaller or less internationally covered companies in this ranking (Comfort Gloves, Rubberex, Careplus, Luster Industries and Supermax's specific current figure), no comparably sourced capacity number could be found in business press or company disclosures within this research cycle, even though several of these are long-established, Bursa-listed manufacturers with real scale. This is a genuine reporting gap in the secondary sources available, not evidence that these companies are small — Rubberex, for instance, states a turnover exceeding USD 100 million and distributes to over 100 countries, but does not publish a capacity figure on its own site. A buyer evaluating any of these five should request a specific, current capacity figure directly rather than assume its absence here means it doesn't exist.
Who this list is for
This ranking is for brand owners, distributors and institutional buyers comparing Malaysia's glove manufacturing sector by scale, and for anyone researching the structure of an industry that made Malaysia the world's largest single national glove producer.
Eligibility rules
To qualify, a company had to be either a confirmed MARGMA ordinary member or listed on Bursa Malaysia (or, for two candidates with large-scale Malaysia manufacturing footprints, the Singapore Exchange), with a verifiable Malaysia-based manufacturing operation, confirmed via company investor-relations pages, business press or stock-data aggregators, captured 30 August 2026. 10 companies cleared this screen, exactly meeting this ranking's 10-entry floor. Two candidates — Riverstone Holdings and YTY Industry Holdings — were included on the basis of large-scale, well-documented Malaysia manufacturing footprints, though individual MARGMA membership or (for YTY) completed Bursa-listing status could not be independently confirmed within this research cycle; this is disclosed here rather than silently assumed.
Malaysia's Top Ten also ranks the country's largest companies by revenue, its most valuable Bursa-listed companies, and its leading logistics and freight companies, all filed under our Business & Industry hub.
What separates them
The field splits sharply into two tiers. The top five — Top Glove, Kossan, Hartalega, YTY and Riverstone — all disclose a specific annual capacity figure, and the spread between them is enormous: Top Glove's 95 billion pieces is more than three times Kossan's 28 billion, and nearly ten times Riverstone's roughly 10.4 billion. Within that top tier, Hartalega stands out for capacity growth rather than current scale, actively expanding toward 30 billion pieces by end-2027, while Riverstone differentiates on cleanroom and healthcare-grade specialisation from a single Taiping, Perak facility rather than a multi-site national footprint. The second tier — Luster Industries, Comfort Gloves, Rubberex, Careplus and Supermax — all lack a disclosed current capacity figure but are not necessarily smaller in absolute terms; Rubberex in particular holds the deepest certification stack of any candidate here (seven certifications including ISO 13485 medical-device quality and CE marking), suggesting a company competing on compliance depth and export-market access rather than headline scale. Supermax, by contrast, is explicitly described in business press as "the smallest of the four main glovemakers on Bursa Malaysia," making its bottom-of-list position here consistent with independent reporting rather than an artefact of missing data alone.
The right pick for your brief
Choose Top Glove if the brief calls for the largest single-supplier capacity available from one Malaysian manufacturer, with the scale to support the biggest institutional or government-tender orders. Choose Hartalega if nitrile gloves specifically are the requirement — it is Malaysia's largest disclosed nitrile specialist and is actively expanding capacity. Choose Riverstone if the requirement is cleanroom or healthcare-grade gloves from a specialist rather than a general-purpose mass producer. Choose Rubberex if the priority is certification depth and export-market compliance (ISO 13485, CE marking under EU PPE Regulation 2016/425) over headline production volume. Choose Careplus if a mid-sized, Bursa-listed manufacturer with recently disclosed double-digit revenue growth (+16.78% year-on-year) fits the brief better than either the largest producers or the least-documented smaller players. Choose YTY Industry Holdings if a multi-facility footprint spanning both Malaysia and Indonesia is relevant to a buyer's regional supply-chain planning.
The full ranking
Top Glove Corporation Bhd
The world's single largest rubber glove producer, disclosing roughly 95 billion pieces of annual capacity from its Shah Alam base, listed on both Bursa Malaysia and the Singapore Exchange.
Why it was selected
Top Glove discloses approximately 95 billion pieces of annual production capacity for its financial year 2025 — more than three times Kossan's disclosed 28 billion and the largest figure among every candidate reviewed for this ranking. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Shah Alam, Selangor, it is listed on both Bursa Malaysia's Main Board (stock code 7113) and the Singapore Exchange Mainboard, making it Malaysia's only glove manufacturer with a genuine dual-exchange listing among the candidates reviewed. Its scale alone places it first regardless of the tie-break rule, since no other candidate approaches its disclosed capacity.
Best for
Buyers needing the largest available single-supplier capacity for the biggest institutional, hospital-network or government-tender orders.
Advantages
- Approximately 95 billion pieces of disclosed annual capacity, the largest of any candidate reviewed and more than three times its nearest rival.
- Dual-listed on both Bursa Malaysia and the Singapore Exchange, unique among the candidates reviewed.
Limitations
- No specific current revenue figure was part of the evidence reviewed for this ranking's capacity-focused screen.
- Location:
- Shah Alam, Selangor
- Website:
- www.topglove.com
- Annual capacity:
- ~95 billion pieces/year (FY2025)
- Founded:
- 1991
- Listing:
- Bursa Malaysia (7113) & SGX Mainboard
Sources: Top Glove Corporation Bhd — source (captured per article methodology)
Kossan Rubber Industries Bhd
Malaysia's second-largest disclosed glove producer by capacity, reporting RM1.75 billion in FY2025 revenue and RM151.3 million net profit.
Why it was selected
Kossan discloses approximately 28 billion pieces of annual capacity, placing it second among the candidates reviewed, alongside FY2025 revenue of RM1.75 billion and net profit of RM151.3 million for the financial year ended 31 December 2025 — the most complete combined capacity-and-financial disclosure of any candidate here besides Top Glove. It is listed on Bursa Malaysia under stock code 7153.
Best for
Buyers wanting the clearest combined capacity-and-financial disclosure among Malaysia's mid-to-large glovemakers, for supplier due diligence.
Advantages
- Approximately 28 billion pieces of disclosed annual capacity, second only to Top Glove among candidates reviewed.
- FY2025 revenue of RM1.75 billion and net profit of RM151.3 million disclosed alongside its capacity figure.
Limitations
- Considerably smaller disclosed capacity than Top Glove — roughly 30% of the market leader's figure.
- Location:
- Malaysia
- Website:
- kossan.com.my
- Annual capacity:
- ~28 billion pieces/year (FY2025)
- FY2025 revenue:
- RM1.75 billion
- Listing:
- Bursa Malaysia (7153)
Sources: Kossan Rubber Industries Bhd — source (captured per article methodology)
Hartalega Holdings Berhad
Malaysia's largest disclosed nitrile glove specialist, holding an 18.18% share of the national healthcare-equipment sector and actively expanding capacity toward 30 billion pieces by end-2027.
Why it was selected
Hartalega discloses approximately 27 billion pieces of annual capacity, expanding to 30 billion by end-2027, and holds an 18.18% share of Malaysia's healthcare-equipment sector by market share per business press — the largest disclosed nitrile-specific specialisation among the candidates reviewed. Its active, publicly stated capacity-expansion plan distinguishes it from candidates disclosing only a static current figure.
Best for
Buyers specifically sourcing nitrile gloves who want a supplier with disclosed, active capacity expansion rather than a static current figure.
Advantages
- Approximately 27 billion pieces of current disclosed capacity, expanding to 30 billion by end-2027.
- 18.18% share of Malaysia's healthcare-equipment sector by market share per business press — the largest nitrile specialisation disclosed among candidates reviewed.
Limitations
- No specific current revenue figure was part of the evidence reviewed for this ranking's capacity-focused screen.
- Location:
- Malaysia
- Annual capacity:
- ~27 billion pieces/year, expanding to 30bn by end-2027
- Market share:
- 18.18% of Malaysia healthcare-equipment sector
- Listing:
- Bursa Malaysia
YTY Industry Holdings
A 20+ year nitrile-glove manufacturer with 25 billion+ pieces of disclosed annual capacity across four Malaysia and Indonesia facilities, with Bursa listing reported as pending.
Why it was selected
YTY discloses more than 25 billion pieces of annual capacity across four facilities spanning both Malaysia and Indonesia — a multi-country footprint unique among the top-five candidates by capacity. Historically reported as Malaysia's fifth-largest glovemaker by sales, its Bursa Malaysia listing has been reported as pending in business press, but was not confirmed as completed within this research cycle; its most recent disclosed revenue figure (RM347.96 million) is an outdated FY10 proforma figure, explicitly flagged here as stale rather than presented as current.
Best for
Buyers whose supply-chain planning benefits from a manufacturer with production facilities in both Malaysia and Indonesia.
Advantages
- More than 25 billion pieces of disclosed annual capacity across four facilities.
- Multi-country manufacturing footprint spanning both Malaysia and Indonesia, unique among the top-five candidates by capacity.
Limitations
- Bursa Malaysia listing status was not confirmed as completed this research cycle, and its only available revenue figure is a stale FY10 proforma number.
- Location:
- Sitiawan / Kuala Lumpur
- Website:
- ytygroup.com.my
- Annual capacity:
- 25 billion+ pieces/year across 4 facilities
- Facilities:
- Malaysia and Indonesia
- Listing status:
- Reported pending, not confirmed complete
Sources: YTY Industry Holdings — source (captured per article methodology)
Riverstone Holdings Ltd
A cleanroom and healthcare-glove specialist manufacturing 10.4-10.5 billion pieces annually from a single Taiping, Perak facility, listed on the Singapore Exchange.
Why it was selected
Riverstone discloses 10.4-10.5 billion pieces of annual capacity following its Phase 6 expansion, manufactured from a single cleanroom/healthcare-glove specialist facility at Kamunting Raya Industrial Estate, Taiping, Perak. Unlike the four larger candidates above it, Riverstone is listed on the Singapore Exchange rather than Bursa Malaysia, and was included on the strength of its large-scale Malaysia manufacturing footprint, though individual MARGMA membership was not independently confirmed this cycle.
Best for
Buyers specifically sourcing cleanroom or healthcare-grade gloves from a specialist single-facility manufacturer rather than a general-purpose multi-site producer.
Advantages
- 10.4-10.5 billion pieces of disclosed annual capacity following its Phase 6 expansion.
- Cleanroom and healthcare-glove specialisation from a single, well-documented Taiping, Perak facility.
Limitations
- Listed on the Singapore Exchange rather than Bursa Malaysia, and individual MARGMA membership was not independently confirmed this cycle.
- Location:
- Taiping, Perak
- Website:
- www.riverstone.com.my
- Annual capacity:
- 10.4-10.5 billion pieces/year (post-Phase 6)
- Specialisation:
- Cleanroom / healthcare gloves
- Listing:
- Singapore Exchange
Sources: Riverstone Holdings Ltd — source (captured per article methodology)
Luster Industries Bhd
Incorporated in 1986, Luster is a diversified Bursa-listed group whose Glovmaster subsidiary secured a RM1 billion-plus contract for up to 84 glove production lines.
Why it was selected
Incorporated in 1986, Luster is the oldest company among this ranking's second tier by disclosed founding year, placing it sixth overall once the capacity-ranked top five are set aside. Glove and Healthcare is one of several business segments alongside property/construction and gaming/leisure, and its Glovmaster subsidiary secured an EPCC contract worth over RM1 billion to build up to 84 glove production lines — a strong forward capacity signal — but no consolidated current capacity or revenue figure specific to the glove segment was disclosed on the sources checked this cycle.
Best for
Buyers comfortable with a diversified group structure who are tracking Luster's glove-segment capacity build-out as a forward indicator rather than requiring a current disclosed figure today.
Advantages
- Oldest founding year (1986) among this ranking's second tier of companies without a disclosed current capacity figure.
- Glovmaster subsidiary secured a RM1 billion-plus contract for up to 84 new glove production lines, a strong forward capacity signal.
Limitations
- No consolidated current capacity or revenue figure specific to the glove segment was disclosed on the sources checked this cycle; Glove and Healthcare is one of several business segments within a diversified group.
- Location:
- Sungai Petani, Kedah
- Founded:
- 1986 (incorporated)
- Listing:
- Bursa Malaysia (5068)
- Forward signal:
- RM1bn+ contract for up to 84 new lines
Comfort Gloves Berhad
Bursa-listed since its 1993 establishment, Comfort Gloves reports approximately USD 64.4 million in revenue through its Comfort Rubber Gloves Industries subsidiary.
Why it was selected
Established in 1993, Comfort Gloves ranks seventh in this ranking's founding-year-ordered second tier. It is Bursa Malaysia-listed (KLSE:COMFORT) through its manufacturing subsidiary Comfort Rubber Gloves Industries Sdn Bhd, with a business-data aggregator reporting approximately USD 64.4 million in revenue for its most recent available period. No specific production-capacity figure was disclosed on the sources checked this cycle.
Best for
Buyers evaluating a smaller, established Bursa-listed glovemaker with over three decades of operating history.
Advantages
- Established 1993, giving it over three decades of continuous operation.
- Bursa Malaysia-listed with a disclosed revenue figure, unlike several other second-tier candidates.
Limitations
- No specific production-capacity figure was disclosed on the sources checked this cycle, and its revenue figure comes from a business-data aggregator rather than a primary company filing.
- Location:
- Malaysia
- Website:
- comfortrubber.com
- Founded:
- 1993
- Revenue:
- ~USD 64.4 million (most recent available)
- Listing:
- Bursa Malaysia (KLSE:COMFORT)
Sources: Comfort Gloves Berhad — source (captured per article methodology)
Rubberex Corporation (M) Berhad
Bursa-listed since 1997 with the deepest certification stack of any candidate reviewed — seven certifications spanning ISO, CE and quality-management standards — distributing to over 100 countries.
Why it was selected
Rubberex has been Bursa Malaysia Main Market-listed since 1997 (stock code 7803, confirmed directly on the company's own site) and ranks eighth in this ranking's founding/listing-ordered second tier. It holds the deepest disclosed certification stack of any candidate reviewed — seven certifications including ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, EN ISO 13485:2016 medical-device quality, CE marking under EU PPE Regulation 2016/425, ISEGA, ISO 45001:2018 and SEDEX — with over 30 years of glove manufacturing experience and distribution to more than 100 countries. No specific production-capacity figure is disclosed, though the company states turnover exceeding USD 100 million.
Best for
Buyers prioritising certification depth and export-market compliance (medical-device quality, EU PPE marking) over headline production volume.
Advantages
- Deepest disclosed certification stack of any candidate reviewed: 7 certifications including ISO 13485 medical-device quality and CE marking under EU PPE Regulation 2016/425.
- Distributes to more than 100 countries with turnover stated as exceeding USD 100 million.
Limitations
- No specific production-capacity figure or dated revenue figure is disclosed on the company's own site.
- Location:
- Malaysia
- Website:
- www.rubberex.com.my/about
- Bursa-listed since:
- 1997
- Certifications:
- 7 (incl. ISO 13485, CE / EU PPE 2016/425)
- Revenue:
- Stated exceeding USD 100 million (no year disclosed)
Sources: Rubberex Corporation (M) Berhad — source (captured per article methodology)
Careplus Group Berhad
A Bursa-listed manufacturer of latex, nitrile and surgical gloves reporting RM98.93 million revenue for 2025, up 16.78% year-on-year.
Why it was selected
Careplus is Bursa Malaysia-listed (KLSE:CAREPLS) and ranks ninth in this ranking's second tier, ordered after the founding-year-disclosed candidates since no founding year was found on the sources checked this cycle. It manufactures latex exam, nitrile exam and surgical gloves with operations spanning Malaysia, North and South America and Asia Pacific, and reported 2025 revenue of RM98.93 million, up 16.78% from RM84.72 million the prior year — a disclosed growth rate not available for most other candidates in this ranking.
Best for
Buyers interested in a mid-sized, internationally-operating manufacturer showing recent double-digit revenue growth.
Advantages
- 2025 revenue of RM98.93 million, up 16.78% year-on-year — a disclosed growth rate not available for most other candidates.
- Operations spanning Malaysia, North and South America and Asia Pacific.
Limitations
- No specific production-capacity figure or founding year was disclosed on the sources checked this cycle.
- Location:
- Malaysia
- Website:
- careplus.com
- 2025 revenue:
- RM98.93 million (+16.78% YoY)
- Listing:
- Bursa Malaysia (KLSE:CAREPLS)
- Operations:
- Malaysia, Americas, Asia Pacific
Sources: Careplus Group Berhad — source (captured per article methodology)
Supermax Corporation Berhad
Bursa-listed and explicitly described by business press as the smallest of Malaysia's four main glovemakers, reporting a net loss for the quarter ended December 2025.
Why it was selected
Supermax is Bursa Malaysia-listed and explicitly described in business press as 'the smallest of the four main glovemakers on Bursa Malaysia,' placing it tenth and last in this ranking, consistent with independent reporting rather than an artefact of missing data alone. For the quarter ended 31 December 2025, it reported revenue of RM187.44 million against a net loss of RM58.44 million. No current annual production-capacity figure was found on the sources checked this cycle.
Best for
Buyers who have already screened the nine larger or better-documented candidates above and need a complete picture of every Bursa-listed main glovemaker, including the smallest.
Advantages
- Bursa Malaysia-listed with quarterly financial disclosure available, unlike several undated second-tier candidates.
Limitations
- Explicitly described in business press as the smallest of Malaysia's four main Bursa-listed glovemakers, and reported a net loss of RM58.44 million for the quarter ended December 2025.
- Location:
- Malaysia
- Q2FY2026 revenue:
- RM187.44 million (net loss RM58.44 million)
- Market position:
- Smallest of the 4 main Bursa-listed glovemakers (press)
- Listing:
- Bursa Malaysia
Frequently asked questions
Which company is Malaysia's largest glove manufacturer in 2026?
Top Glove Corporation Bhd is Malaysia's largest rubber glove manufacturer by disclosed annual production capacity in 2026, at approximately 95 billion pieces a year from its Shah Alam, Selangor base. It is the world's single largest rubber glove producer and is listed on both Bursa Malaysia (stock code 7113) and the Singapore Exchange. Kossan Rubber Industries follows at a disclosed 28 billion pieces a year.
What percentage of the world's rubber gloves does Malaysia produce?
Malaysia manufactures roughly 60-65% of the world's rubber gloves as of 2026, a position built on a cluster of large, export-oriented Bursa Malaysia-listed manufacturers led by Top Glove, the world's single largest producer. This concentration reflects decades of investment in nitrile and natural-rubber glove capacity, accelerated further during the COVID-19 pandemic's global demand surge.
Which Malaysian glove manufacturer specialises in nitrile gloves?
Hartalega Holdings Berhad is Malaysia's largest disclosed nitrile glove specialist as of 2026, holding an 18.18% share of the national healthcare-equipment sector by market share per business press. It discloses approximately 27 billion pieces of annual capacity and has stated plans to expand to 30 billion pieces per year by the end of 2027.
Why don't all Malaysian glove manufacturers disclose their production capacity?
Annual production capacity is a competitive scale signal typically published by the largest, most internationally covered manufacturers to attract institutional investors and buyers. Among the 10 companies reviewed for this 2026 ranking, only the 5 largest — Top Glove, Kossan, Hartalega, YTY Industry Holdings and Riverstone — disclose a specific current capacity figure in business press or company filings; the remaining 5 may have comparable real-world scale but simply were not found to publish the figure in the sources checked this cycle.
Is Riverstone Holdings a Malaysian company?
Riverstone Holdings Ltd manufactures cleanroom and healthcare-grade rubber gloves entirely from a single large-scale facility at Kamunting Raya Industrial Estate in Taiping, Perak, Malaysia, but the company itself is listed on the Singapore Exchange rather than Bursa Malaysia. It was included in this 2026 Malaysia glove-manufacturer ranking on the strength of its Malaysia-based manufacturing footprint, with disclosed capacity of 10.4-10.5 billion pieces a year following its Phase 6 expansion.
How this ranking was produced
- Question: among Malaysia's MARGMA-member or Bursa Malaysia-listed rubber glove manufacturers, which currently discloses the largest annual production capacity, as of September 2026.
- Ranking type: data. The top 5 entries are ordered by one disclosed metric — annual production capacity in pieces per year. The remaining 5 entries, for which no comparably sourced capacity figure could be found this cycle, are ordered as a disclosed second tier by founding or Bursa-listing year where available, oldest first, with genuinely undated companies placed last per available secondary business-press evidence.
- Screen: confirmed MARGMA ordinary member or Bursa Malaysia/Singapore Exchange-listed, with a verifiable Malaysia-based glove manufacturing operation.
- Tie-break: where no capacity or founding-year figure was available (Careplus, Supermax), companies were ordered using the best available secondary evidence — disclosed revenue and, for Supermax, an explicit business-press statement of relative market scale.
- Source rule: the MARGMA member directory (registration confirmation only, not capacity data), company investor-relations and About pages, and business-press/stock-data aggregators (theedgemalaysia.com, klsescreener.com, stockanalysis.com, mykayaplus.com), captured 30 August 2026.
- Data-completeness note: individual page-by-page confirmation of MARGMA ordinary-member status was not completed for every candidate within this research cycle's time budget, and is flagged as a follow-up for a future refresh.
- No editorial override: final order follows the disclosed metric and tier structure only. No company was moved for any other reason.
Notable exclusions
Candidates considered but not ranked, and why:
- Smaller, unlisted Malaysia glove manufacturers not confirmed as MARGMA members — MARGMA's directory lists roughly 72 ordinary members across 12 paginated pages; only the 10 largest and most publicly documented (by capacity, revenue or business-press coverage) were individually researched and verified within this cycle's time budget. Smaller or less internationally covered members were not individually confirmed and are not included here, rather than assumed eligible without verification.
Sources & references
- MARGMA (Malaysian Rubber Glove Manufacturers' Association) — ordinary-member directory
- MyKayaPlus — Malaysia Big 4 glove-maker capacity comparison (Top Glove, Kossan, Hartalega, YTY)
- KLSE Screener — Kossan and Supermax financial disclosures, glove-sector business press
- The Edge Malaysia — YTY Industry Holdings pending Bursa listing coverage
- Riverstone Holdings — investor announcement, Phase 6 capacity expansion
- StockAnalysis.com — Careplus Group Berhad financial data
- ZoomInfo — Comfort Gloves Berhad company profile and revenue estimate
- Rubberex Corporation (M) Berhad — official About page, certifications and Bursa-listing history
- Malay Mail — Luster Industries' Glovmaster RM1 billion-plus production-line contract
- Top Glove Corporation Bhd — official company website
Limitations
This is a data ranking; the top 5 entries are ordered strictly by disclosed annual production capacity, but 5 of the 10 candidates do not publicly disclose a comparable capacity figure and are instead ordered by founding/listing history as a disclosed second tier — this should not be read as a claim that the second tier is necessarily smaller in absolute production terms, only that a comparable figure was not found in the sources checked this cycle. Riverstone Holdings and YTY Industry Holdings were included on the strength of large-scale Malaysia manufacturing footprints without individually confirmed MARGMA membership. Revenue figures cited come from a mix of company filings, investor-relations disclosures and business-data aggregators covering different financial periods and are not directly comparable to one another. This ranking covers MARGMA-member or Bursa/SGX-listed manufacturers only and is not a census of every rubber glove factory operating in Malaysia.
Update history
| Date | Update |
|---|---|
| 8 Sept 2026 | Published. All 10 entries' capacity, revenue and listing figures captured 30 August 2026. |
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