We're young but we've accomplished much
along the way
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2015Incorporation of HARPS Global Industry Sdn Bhd (now known as HARPS Holdings Bhd) by our foundersHARPS acquired Central Medicare, which was founded in 2004 and manufactured nitrile examination gloves, and Encompass Medical Supplies Sdn Bhd (now known as New Era Medicare Sdn Bhd) At the time of acquisition, Central Medicare operated a single manufacturing facility at Block A with a total of 6 production lines and an annual installed production capacity of 1.1 billion nitrile examination gloves |
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2017Commenced manufacturing at Block B with 8 production lines and an annual installed production capacity of 1.3 billion gloves, resulting in our manufacturing facility having a total of 14 production lines and an annual installed production capacity of 2.5 billion gloves |
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| 2018Received clearance from the U.S. Federal Drug Administration ("FDA") for marketing and distribution in the United States of gloves with high permeation resistance to chemotherapy chemicals (tested for use with 36 different chemotherapy drugs) known as "chemo gloves"Launched marketing of our eco-friendly glove, Malachite, for which we use a life cycle assessment ("LCA") approach to calculate the carbon footprint of its manufacturing process. We began development of Malachite in 2016 |
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2019Completed commissioning of Block E, with 10 production lines and an annual installed production capacity of 3.5 billion gloves, resulting in our manufacturing facility having a total annual installed production capacity of just under 7.0 billion glovesReceived ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016 accreditations Completed an environmental assessment of our Malachite gloves Received clearance from the FDA for marketing and distribution in the United States of 3-in-1 gloves (tested for use with 36 different chemotherapy drugs, resistant to fentanyl and with low dermatitis potential) |
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| 2020Launched our Learning and Development Program within HARPS to facilitate human capital developmentCommenced manufacturing at Block F with three operational production lines in September 2020 |
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2021HARPS Global Industry Sdn Bhd converted its company status to public company as HARPS Holdings BerhadExpect completion of construction of Block F in January 2021, which will total 10 production lines and an annual installed production capacity of 3.9 billion gloves, resulting in our manufacturing facility to have a total of 34 production lines and an annual installed production capacity of 11.6 billion Received ISO 14001:2015 accreditation in January 2021 |
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