Magla Products

Magla Products is the leader in the household glove market producing 30 million household gloves and more than 200 million disposable gloves annually. Today we have a product in just about every major retailer in the U.S. reaching a base of 150,000 stores nationwide. Beginning nearly a half century ago with an idea to put a coating on ironing board... covers to make ironing easier and faster, Magla Products has evolved into one of the country's most innovative manufacturers of home, garden and work gloves and cleaning products. For almost 50 years, we have manufactured laundry products, namely ironing board covers, dominating the category with an 80% market share. In the early 1970s we first entered the household glove business and in 1993 purchased Ansell's United States distribution. In 1995 we decided to restructure the company, selling off our laundry business, to focus primarily on household and work gloves. As part of the restructuring, Magla moved a main part of its operation to Statesville, NC, where it maintains a 175,000 square foot warehouse. The company moved its corporate headquarters from Chatham to Morristown, NJ. In 1998, we capitalized on the fact that there wasn't a recognizable brand in the work glove category. By the end of that same year, we entered into a licensing deal with The Stanley Works of New Britain, CT to market our entire line of work and garden gloves under the Stanley brand name. Keeping with the company's strategy of supplying consumers with high quality products, in January of 2000 Magla entered into a licensing deal with consumer products giant Procter & Gamble to offer a complete line of household reusable and disposable gloves under the Mr. Clean brand name. Next we decided to turn our attention to the countries largest pastime which is gardening. During the first quarter of 2003 we entered into another licensing agreement with the W. Atlee Burpee Company for the rights to market a complete line of Burpee Garden Gloves. One of the fastest growing segments of our business is ...Read More