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Genuine company updates and technical insights, proof that Innovative is active and continually developing.

Anniversary

Celebrating 25 Years of Innovative Gloves

This September marks 25 years since Innovative Gloves began, from a single family-owned factory in southern Thailand to a specialist manufacturer running 14 lines around the clock.

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Certification

SMETA 4-Pillar: Renewed Again

In March 2026 we renewed our SMETA 4-Pillar audit once more, carrying our ethical-manufacturing standards into our 25th year.

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Patent

Zig Grip Earns Its Patent

Patented in April 2025, Zig Grip is the evolution of our Gripper glove: our best dry grip yet, proven in lab testing, with dedicated thumb texturing.

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Certification

SMETA 4-Pillar: Renewed

Two years on, we renewed our SMETA 4-Pillar audit in March 2024, re-verifying our standards across labour, safety, environment and ethics.

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Certification

We Pass Our First SMETA 4-Pillar Audit

In March 2022 we passed a full SMETA 4-Pillar ethical audit, an independent check of labour standards, health & safety, environment and business ethics.

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Patent

Micro Diamond: The Patented Successor to the Raised Diamond

Patented in December 2019, Micro Diamond shrinks the diamond and packs far more grip points into the same area, our strongest hold yet in oily conditions.

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Product

Launching Biodegradable Nitrile

In May 2019 we introduced a biodegradable nitrile engineered to break down far faster at end of life, with no compromise on grip or protection.

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Manufacturing

From 12 to 14: Two New State-of-the-Art Lines

In September 2018 we expanded from 12 to 14 dipping lines, with the two new lines built to the latest production technology: more capacity, tighter consistency.

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Patent

Our First Patent: The Gripper Glove

Inspired by the way tyres grip a wet road, the Gripper (Tyre Tread) glove became the first Innovative technology we protected with a patent.

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Heritage

We Invented the Raised Diamond

In 2011 we made the first raised diamond glove on the market, a grip texture the whole industry would go on to copy, and the foundation of every patent that followed.

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