Some business leaders, however, disagree, arguing that scale and efficiency in US operations will eventually result in lower prices.
To keep up with the growing demand, Louisiana-based SafeSource Direct, a maker of medical products, has rapidly expanded.
More than 20,000 rubber gloves may be produced every hour on each of the company’s eight new production lines, which were previously only two.
The company’s executives hope that increased domestic production will allow them to drastically lower pricing.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Steve Mott, a partner at SafeSource, stated, “We think we can get extremely close to Asian prices.”
