Towa's first export business began in 1963 and has been expanding its overseas trades in the recent years. With the global expansion program in the 1980's, Towa began its overseas production in 1985. Production facilities in China and Malaysia as well as Japan supply both domestic and overseas markets. High quality gloves offered by Towa Corporation have been sold in over thirty countries in five continents.
Since its establishment in 1947, Towa Corporation has been an innovative creator of both household and industrial gloves. Towa, known as a natural rubber dipping expert, has been introducing a variety of high standard gloves for many industries, including automotive, construction, fishing, farming, shipping & handling, and etc. The quality of Towa gloves was soon recognized widely in Japan, and its reputation has spread to other parts of the globe. Since then, Towa gloves are sold in over thirty countries in five continents. It is the challenge that Towa maintains its commitment in creating high quality gloves for a variety of industries.
Towa believes the most important stage of manufacturing gloves is creating formers, and Towa sets it as a first priority when developing new products. Towa has personnel specializing the shapes of human hands for making better formers. The extensive experiences in the research and development make it possible to create ergonomic formers for a variety of gloves. Towa believes that offering ergonomically designed gloves to fit human hands is what differentiates Towa from other glove manufacturers who provide similar gloves without the concept of human hands.
Towa Corporation has long been providing a complete line of hand protection for virtually any applications. Towa Corporation has committed to a high quality, recognized around the world, making safety and comfort as a top priority in the innovation. The commitment to safety makes it possible to achieve extra protection for thumb area of PowerGrab®series. N-Spector XRT offers 3 times stronger abrasion resistance than similar gloves. PowerGrab®KEV, the highest standard level 5 of cut resistant in European standards for hand protection is another example. That is Towa's Commitment.
Towa Corporation believes that a high quality control system creates a good relationship with its customers. Committing itself to high quality control, Towa Corporation became the first Japanese glove manufacturer obtaining ISO 9002: 1994 in January 1999 and obtained ISO 9001: 2000 in February 2002 for its quality control. Towa's overseas factory in Shanghai also maintains ISO 9001 for its quality control assurance.
Recycling: Towa Corporation believes its responsibility to global concerns in two areas: reducing the consumption of the natural resources and preserving the environment. As the first movement for such commitment, Towa Corporation has started recycling business in 2000, transforming used gloves to a variety of products, including pallets, packing crate, gardening products, and others.
