ATG- Intelligent Glove Solutions

Name

ATG- Intelligent Glove Solutions

Legal name

ATG Hand Care (Pvt) Ltd.

Website

https://atg-glovesolutions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Hand Protection / Personal Protective Equipment

NAICS

Other Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing (3169)

SIC

Knit Outerwear Mills (2253)

akta.pro primary industry

Protective & Work Accessories Manufacturing (Safety Gloves/Hi-Vis Accessories) (IMAOAFAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Gloves & Mittens Manufacturing (IMAOAFAB)

Keywords

• Industrial gloves
• Hand protection
• PPE manufacturing
• Work gloves
• Safety gloves

Headquarters

HQ city

Katunayake

HQ country

Sri Lanka

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Protective Gloves Sales: Design, development and manufacturing of performance gloves sold to industrial and professional customers globally

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

ATG manufactures and sells a portfolio of intelligent glove solutions for industrial and professional hand protection. Its product family spans cut-resistant, oil/liquid-resistant, chemical-resistant, thermal, and general-purpose gloves sold under the MaxiFlex, MaxiCut, MaxiDry, MaxiChem, MaxiDex, and classicRange lines. Production is carried out in the company's own manufacturing facilities, primarily in Sri Lanka, and sold globally through a distributor and dealer network.

Product overview

ATG® Intelligent Glove Solutions is a privately-owned Sri Lankan company (formerly John Ward Ceylon) established in 1992 that designs, develops, and manufactures industrial hand and arm protection products. The company operates a platform-based approach, developing technology platforms (AD-APT®, AIRtech®, DURAtech®, TRItech™) that are incorporated across multiple glove families. The product portfolio consists of five core branded product lines: MaxiFlex® (precision handling for dry environments), MaxiCut® (cut-resistant protection), MaxiDry® (oil and liquid resistance), MaxiChem® (chemical protection), and MaxiDex® (hybrid applications). Each core line includes multiple sub-brands with variations such as Ultimate, Endurance, Elite, and AD-APT variants. Additionally, a classicRange includes legacy products like MaxiTherm®, MaxiFoam®, NBR-Lite®, and NovaTril®. Technology platforms center around three pillars: comfort (AIRtech® breathability, AD-APT® cooling), performance/durability (DURAtech® longevity, TRItech™), and cleanliness (HandCare™). The company operates fully integrated manufacturing in Sri Lanka with over 6,000 employees.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MaxiFlex A range of ultra-lightweight, breathable, coated work gloves designed to deliver dexterity, comfort, and grip in dry general-purpose and precision-handling applications for industrial workers.
• MaxiCut A line of cut-resistant coated gloves engineered for tasks involving sharp edges, offering EN/ANSI cut-level protection while preserving dexterity and wearer comfort.
• MaxiDry A range of coated gloves designed to provide grip, dexterity, and liquid/oil repellency in wet, oily, and slippery working conditions.
• MaxiChem

Quantifiable outcome

• MaxiFlex gloves tested to 18,000 abrasion cycles, double the requirement for Level 4 certification
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Direct peers

• Ansell Limited: Australian-listed global leader in protective gloves and PPE; directly competes with ATG across industrial, chemical, cut, and cleanroom glove segments and is the most natural publicly traded comparable for ATG.
• Showa Group: Japanese manufacturer of single-use and industrial protective gloves with a comparable focus on coated and cut-resistant hand protection; competes head-to-head with ATG in cut, chemical, and general-purpose industrial glove categories.
• Uvex Group: German-headquartered specialist in head-to-hand protection including coated industrial gloves; comparable to ATG in technical glove focus and direct overlap in precision handling and cut protection.
• Superior Glove Works: Canadian manufacturer specializing in industrial work gloves with cut, chemical, and impact resistance; closely comparable to ATG on product focus, B2B distribution model, and North American industrial end-market.
• Semperit AG Holding: Austrian rubber and polymer group with a protective gloves segment (Semperguard/Sempercare); competes with ATG in nitrile-coated and chemical-resistant glove categories with similar European industrial exposure.
• Hartalega Holdings: Malaysian nitrile glove manufacturer with global reach; competes with ATG in coated glove categories and represents the lower-cost Asian manufacturing benchmark that pressures ATG's premium positioning.
• Top Glove Corporation: World's largest glove manufacturer by volume, headquartered in Malaysia; competes with ATG across nitrile and industrial glove categories and sets the global price benchmark for coated gloves.

Broad incumbents

• Honeywell International (PPE division): Global diversified conglomerate with a substantial PPE business (including MAPA Professional gloves); competes with ATG via a much broader safety portfolio and deeper enterprise procurement relationships.
• 3M Company (Safety division): Diversified industrial giant with a sizeable worker safety segment including protective gloves; overlaps with ATG's industrial and chemical-handling glove categories but offers a far wider PPE range.

Emerging players

• Radians (Protective Equipment): US-based PPE distributor and manufacturer focused on hand protection and safety eyewear; comparable to ATG at the category-overlap level but operates more as a distributor/importer in gloves rather than a fully integrated manufacturer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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