Report Overview

Global Personal Protective Equipment Market – Market Forecast & Trends

The Global Personal Protective Equipment Market was prized at USD 44.0 billion in 2019, and it is predictable to reach USD 72.1 billion by 2026, at a CAGR of 7.3 %, over the forecast period.

The growing blue-collar workforce, in line with an increasing number of construction and manufacturing projects, is probable to increase the danger of occupational hazards unavoidably. This has bound companies to surge the level of mindfulness relating to health hazards and adhere to professional fitness and safety rules. This is predictable to limb the request for personal protective equipment over the prediction period. Growing essential for breathing gear in mining, emergency response, military, and law implementation, healthcare, and fire services, coupled with increasing examples of wounds at the workplace, is expected to push the market over the coming years.

Global Personal Protective Equipment Market – Overview

Personal Protective Equipment is a security gear that defends the user beside injury dangers at workplace.  Personal Protective Equipment contains of range of products eminent to protect different parts of human body that are unprotected to thoughtful injuries at workplace. Employers are vigorously looking for Personal Protective Equipment for their employees as it aids them to protect extra expenditures on lost manufacture time, workers recompense and medical expenditures.

Workers can bear wounds from contact with physical, radiological, electrical, chemical, mechanical or other workplace hazards. Individual defensive gear reduces the influence of these hazards by presenting a fence between user and the working environment. Individual defensive equipment stand last in the line of ladder of danger control. This policy outline covers systematic error elimination techniques to stop damages at workplace. In hierarchal order, the framework contains removal, replacement, industrial & managerial control methods and Personal Protective Equipment gears.

Growth Drivers

Increasing awareness about importance of workplace safety

Increasing blue-collar workforce in line with growing number of construction and manufacturing projects is expected to inevitably raise the risk of occupational hazards. This has compelled companies to increase the level of awareness pertaining to health hazards and adhere to occupational health and safety regulations. This is projected to spur the demand for personal protective equipment over the forecast period.

High growth in developing economies

Rising number of industrial fatalities in emerging economies of Asia Pacific, due to lack of appropriate protective gear and low awareness regarding employee safety is anticipated to propel market growth. In addition, technological innovation and changing consumer preference for personal protective equipment that combines safety and fashion are expected to augment market growth.

Adoption of stringent regulatory framework

The Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) has teamed up with various health and safety organizations for unique ideas and solutions through the Workplace Innovator Award campaign. Such initiatives by agencies in collaboration with market players to improve safety standards is anticipated to stimulate demand for personal safety equipment growth over the coming years.

Stringent regulatory guidelines have made mandatory for employers to provide its employees with certified protective gears. For instance, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have issued certain regulations that mandates employers to protect their employees from various workplace hazards. Additionally, new upgraded safety standards issued by ANSI and EU have urged manufacturers to improve ergonomics as it will improve dexterity and reduce discomforts.

Global Personal Protective Equipment Market: Segmentation

In terms of type, the personal protective equipment market is categorized into Hands & Arm Protection, Protective Clothing, Foot & Leg Protection, Respiratory Protection, Head Protection. Growing concern regarding employee safety and initiatives for reducing injury rates in industrial and commercial sectors is expected to drive the demand for personal protective gloves over the forecast period.

In terms of end-use industry, the market for personal safety equipment is categorized into Manufacturing, Construction, Oil & Gas, and Healthcare. Demand for personal protective equipment in the oil and gas industry is projected to grow at a significant rate owing to increasing popularity of natural gas, rising deals by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), and landmark shale oil discovery over the forecast period.

Global Personal Protective Equipment Market: Regional insights

Europe has been the leading consumer of PPE and is predictable to see cognitive development over the prediction period.  There has been a rising need for extremely real wear-and-tear-hardy and high-utility personal protective equipment in most core industries such as metal manufacturing, purifying, oil and gas, automotive. This, coupled with the increasing number of occupational injuries, is expected to augment the acceptance of personal protective equipment in the area over the prediction period.

The rising number of manufacturing mortalities in developing economies of Asia Pacific, due to lack of appropriate protective gear and low consciousness regarding employee safety is expected to push market growth. Besides, technological novelty and changing consumer preference for personal protective equipment that syndicates safety and fashion are predictable to supplement market growth.

Competitive Landscape

3M Co. (US), MSA Safety Inc. (US), Ansell Limited (US), Honeywell International Inc. (US), E I DuPont de Nemours and Co. (US), Kimberly-Clark Corporation (US), Lakeland Industries, Inc. (US), Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. (Canada), Sioen Industries NV (Belgium), and Radians, Inc. (US), among others.

Recent Development

Ø  In May 2016, Honeywell International Inc. hurled a variety of single use, moulded masks. The product is used in over-all manufacturing and construction industries.

Ø  In October 2015, 3M folded its care gloves portfolio with the totaling of three new gloves. The products are used in construction and electrical productions.

Ø  In September 2014, Kimberly-Clark Health Care, a secondary of Kimberly-Clark, launched ground-breaking AERO BLUE performance surgical gown. AERO BLUE features a proprietary fabric with groundbreaking core skill that helps to bring the highest fluid defense.

Ø  By Type

ü  Hands & Arm Protection

ü  Protective Clothing

ü  Foot & Leg Protection

ü  Respiratory Protection

ü  Eye & Face Protection

ü  Head Protection

ü  Others

Ø  By End Use

ü  Manufacturing

ü  Construction

ü  Oil & Gas

ü  Healthcare

Ø  By Region

ü North America

ü Europe

ü Asia Pacific

ü South America

ü Middle East & Africa

The objective of the Study:

·         To analyze and forecast the Global personal protective equipment Market size of the market in terms of value.

·         To examine the careful market segmentation and forecast the market size, in terms of value, based on the region by segmenting.

·         The Global personal protective equipment Market segmented into five regions, namely, North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East, South America, and their leading countries.

·         To outline, categorized, and forecast the Global personal protective equipment Market based on the Type, By End Use and Regional.

·         To examine competitive developments like by Type, By End use, Regional within the Global personal protective equipment Market.

·         To highlight the impact analysis of the factors affecting the market dynamics such as growth drivers.

·         To strategically profile the key players and comprehensively analyze their market shares along with detailing the competitive landscape for market leaders.

Business Questions Answer by the Report

Ø  How will the market drivers, restraints, and opportunities affect the market dynamics?

Ø  What will be the market size in terms of value and volume and market statistics with a detailed classification?

Ø  Which segment dominates the market or region, and one will be the fastest - growing, and why?

Ø  A comprehensive survey of the competitive landscape and the market participant players

Ø  Analysis of strategy adopted by the key player and their impact on other players.

Customization Scope for the Client

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Additional Company Information

Ø  With five additional company detail analysis

Ø  Additional country analysis

Ø  Detailed segment analysis