Protecting Clothing Market Driven by Stringent Government Regulations for Workplace Safety

Global Protective Clothing Market: Demand Analysis and Growth Forecast

Protective clothing is specialty clothing comprising a variety of garments with several designs. It is essential for employees who are exposed to hazardous materials such as corrosive chemicals, electrical, heat, biohazards, and airborne matter. It is used to provide protection to workers under a dangerous work environment or in extreme environmental conditions. Protective clothing can be of several kinds including headgear, gloves, goggles, earplugs, and life preservers. It provides good working environment along with employee safety. Based on the benefits of these products, IndustryARC report projects profitable progression in the protective clothing market during the forecast period of 2018-2023.    

Global Protective Clothing Market: Disruptive Drivers

·         Excellent durability offered by different materials such as fiber and polyethylene to the workers, which encourages employers to invest in long-term causes

·         The prosperity of construction industry, oil & gas industry, and chemical industry, which are primary end users of these clothing, are boosting the market growth

·         Grow concerns regarding life-threatening diseases such as AIDS virus and hepatitis are influencing the growth of bacterial protective clothing in the medical field

·         New product inventions and manufacturing technologies are opening new revenue avenues for the players operating in this market

Global Protective Clothing Market: key segments

The protective clothing market can be segmented based on material type, application, and end-user industries. Based on the material type, it can be segmented into polyamide, aramid and blends, ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene, polyolefin and blends, cotton fibers, polybenzimidazole others. On the basis of application, it can be bifurcated into thermal, chemical, biological, mechanical, visibility and others. Based on end-use industries, the market can be further classified into manufacturing & construction, healthcare, mining, oil & gas, military, chemical, and others. North America is the dominant region in terms of demand as protective clothing is mandatory in the U.S.

Global Protective clothing market: Competitive Landscape

E.I. Du Pont De Nemours (DuPont), Bulwark Protective Apparel, Workrite Uniform Company Inc., W.L. Gore and Associates Inc., Lakeland Industries Co., and 3M Company are some of the key companies operating in this market. Among these, Dupont is a science company which aimed in solving challenging global problems. It deals with the industrial protective clothing in which it offers products such as Nomex, Kevlar, Tyvek, Tychem, and ProShield. Tychem is an item of chemical protective clothing prepared and tested for a variety of hazardous chemicals to protect workers in various industries.

Conclusion

Protective clothing is essential for individuals at the workplace to refrain from harmful injuries. Increasing concern regarding employee safety, stringent government regulations, technological advancements, and incremented usage of advantageous protective clothing in different end-use industries are providing significant opportunities for growth in the protective clothing market.