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Um den Green Glove her-
zustellen, wird zunächst der
Rohstoff Nitrillatex mit Farbe,
Stabilisatoren und anderen
Zusatzstoffen gemischt. Dann
werden die zuvor gereinigten,
handförmigen Keramikformen
eingetaucht. Der in diesem
Prozess gebildete Film aus
Nitril wird getrocknet und
vulkanisiert, anschließend
gewaschen. Statt sie zum
Abschluss in einem Chlorbad
zu behandeln, werden die
Handschuhe mit einem
Polymer beschichtet. Danach
werden sie automatisch von
der Form gezogen, wobei
der Handschuh auf links
umgestülpt wird – die äußerlich
aufgetragene Beschichtung ist
nun also innen und erleichtert
so dem Nutzer später auch
das Anziehen.
For Green Glove production,
Sempermed first mixes the
nitrile latex with colouring
agents, stabilisers, and other
ingredients. Then the clean
hand forms are dipped
into the solution. The
coated forms are then dried,
vulcanised, and rinsed. Instead
of chlorinating the finished
gloves, Sempermed applies a
polymer coating to the gloves.
When the gloves are pulled
from the form the coating will
be on the inside and make
them slip on smoothly.
High social standards
Consumers’ sustainability demands are by no means
limited to ecology but also include social criteria like
work conditions at the manufacturing and resource
ends. “Sempermed is a stellar example on the social end,
too, with its BSCI certification,” explains Udo Dürholt.
The Business Social Compliance Initiative certificate for
sustainable management is only issued to companies
that not merely once met high social standards in work
safety, working hours, living wages, and such but main-
tain them and have this regularly checked by external
auditors. “The retail industry demands from us and our
suppliers absolute transparency so they can verify that
the entire supply chain is clean.”
Green Glove production meets the highest industry
standards at all levels. “Actually, it even goes beyond
that in terms of environmental issues,” expands Udo
Dürholt. “Cutting out accelerators and chlorine should
put us by far at the leading edge in the upcoming offi-
cial environmental safety tests; at least our comparative
tests have shown this.”That is music in the retail indus-
try’s ears. The Green Glove will be offered in a cheerful
mint green as typical for medical and professional
hygiene applications as well as in the typical white for
home use. The Green Glove will thus offer a new colour
option on the supermarket shelves.
With the Green Glove, Sempermed has thus again ex-
ceeded its own and its customers’ standards for being
the most sustainable and innovative glove manufacturer
on the market. That is not just good for the environment
and consumer health but also for the company itself. It
helps the company build up its market lead, reach new
market segments, and creates new sales potential going
forward. Sempermed has applied for two patents on the
innovative curing process alone. ••
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