Ansell (ASX: ANN) — Stock Profile

Ansell Limited designs, develops, manufactures, and distributes hand and body protection solutions across the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and North America. The company operates through two segments, Healthcare and Industrial, serving a broad range of end markets from hospitals and surgical centres to chemical plants, mining operations, and food processing facilities.

The Healthcare segment covers surgical gloves, single-use and examination gloves, and clean and sterile gloves and garments for customers including hospitals, dental surgeries, veterinary clinics, laboratories, and life sciences and pharmaceutical companies. The Industrial segment focuses on hand and chemical protective clothing for applications spanning automotive, metal fabrication, construction, oil and gas, utilities, and logistics. Products are sold under a portfolio of brands including ActivArmr, AlphaTec, BioClean, EDGE, ENCORE, GAMMEX, HyFlex, MICROFLEX, MICRO-TOUCH, RINGERS, SANDEL, TouchNTuff, and VIKING, among others. Formerly known as Pacific Dunlop Limited, the company adopted the Ansell name in 2002 and traces its origins to its founding in 1893. Ansell is headquartered in Richmond, Australia.