Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), also called workplace safety equipment, is all protective gear and garments worn by workers, students, construction workers, or visitors to a workplace to prevent or reduce personal injury from falls, cuts, or other accidents on the job. A large variety of PPE is available, depending upon the level of risk for which the worker is required to work. Common examples of PPE are safety gloves, eye protection, ear protectors, masks, and boots. PPE is required in many industries, including construction, transportation, food service, and manufacturing. OSHA sets standards for PPE that must be followed, such as those for PPE for healthcare workers. These workers must wear long-sleeved shirts, disposable trousers with closed-fitting shoes, and gloves.
Adoption of the stringent regulatory framework is expected to drive growth of the global personal protective equipment market during the forecast period. Every country has a different regulatory framework that ensures rules and norms regarding the use of PPE kits. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, many regulatory agencies have structured new guidelines regarding the use of personal protection equipment. In the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides guidelines on the use of these kits. These kits have been mainly used by doctors and other healthcare workers while treating COVID-19 patients. Thus, these factors are expected to drive growth of the global personal protective equipment market during the forecast period. Furthermore, increasing the importance of safety & security at workplaces is expected to boost the global personal protective equipment market growth over the forecast period.
However, high raw material cost combined with increasing automation in end-use industries is expected to restrain growth of the global personal protective equipment market during the forecast period. Besides, rising demand for multipurpose equipment can present lucrative growth opportunities in the global personal protective equipment market. Among regions, Europe is expected to witness significant growth in the global personal protective equipment market during the forecast period. This is owing to rising demand for PPE across several industries including oil & gas, metal manufacturing, and automotive. Furthermore, North America is expected to register a robust growth rate over the forecast period, owing to the rapid growth of end-use including healthcare, chemicals, and manufacturing in the region.
Major companies operating in the global personal protective equipment market are Honeywell International Inc., DuPont, 3M, Polison Corp, Avon Rubber plc, Lakeland Industries, Inc., Delta Plus Group, BartelsRieger Atemschutztechnik GmbH, and Mine Safety Appliances (MSA) Company.
For instance, in November 2020, Avon Rubber plc, a provider of critical personal protection systems, acquired Team Wendy LLC, a major supplier of head protection systems for the military.
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