Microflex

Microflex is an American manufacturer and brand of disposable gloves and related protective products. The company was founded in San Francisco in 1987 and later relocated its headquarters to Reno, Nevada, in 1995. Its product applications span environments where users require single-use hand protection, contamination control, barrier protection, or improved handling safety. The brand serves a broad customer base rather than being limited to one professional specialty. Its stated application areas include healthcare, laboratories, dental practices, automotive work, emergency medical services, and food service. This range places Microflex within the professional personal-protective-equipment market, with its disposable-glove portfolio addressing routine examination, clinical, laboratory, industrial, and service tasks. Product selection in this category is commonly differentiated by material, thickness, dexterity, chemical resistance, tactile sensitivity, durability, and suitability for particular workplace environments, although specific Microflex product specifications are not detailed in the available reference material. Microflex became part of a larger corporate structure through its acquisition by Ansell in 2013. The brand is identified as a subsidiary of BarrierSafe Solutions International, an Ansell group company. The acquisition connected Microflex with a multinational protective-solutions portfolio while preserving the brand's identity in disposable gloves. Available references do not provide sufficient information to establish the current legal operating entity, detailed ownership arrangements beyond the stated group relationship, executive leadership, revenue, manufacturing footprint, or the precise geographic markets in which each product line is sold. Microflex's positioning is therefore best understood as professional-grade, application-oriented disposable hand protection. Its relevance comes from serving multiple occupational settings that depend on consistent glove supply and appropriate barrier performance, including clinical care, diagnostics, dental treatment, emergency response, vehicle maintenance, food handling, and laboratory work. Publicly available information supplied for this entry does not document a separate consumer-facing product strategy, major advertising campaigns, financial results, or notable controversies. The brand remains active in the protective-products sector under the Ansell group structure.

Microflex was established in San Francisco in 1987 as an American manufacturer focused on disposable gloves. From its early development, the business operated in a category centered on single-use hand protection for professional users. Disposable gloves are used to reduce contact between hands and substances, products, equipment, and patients, making them important in clinical, laboratory, industrial, food-handling, and emergency-response environments. In 1995, Microflex moved its headquarters from San Francisco to Reno, Nevada. The relocation marked an organizational change in the company's development, although the available reference material does not provide details about the reasons for the move, production facilities, workforce, or changes in ownership at that time. The company subsequently developed a broad application profile. Its gloves were used in healthcare, laboratory, dental, automotive, emergency medical services, and food-service settings, allowing the brand to address several occupational markets rather than relying on a single end-use category. Microflex's business has been associated primarily with disposable gloves and protective products. In professional settings, glove requirements can vary substantially: healthcare and dental users may prioritize fit, tactile control, and barrier protection; laboratory users may require resistance to particular substances; automotive and industrial workers may place greater emphasis on durability and contamination control; and food-service operators may prioritize handling hygiene and suitability for repeated task changes. The available sources do not identify individual product families, technical specifications, materials, certifications, or launch dates, so the historical record supports describing the portfolio at category level rather than attributing unverified features to particular products. A major corporate turning point came in 2013, when Ansell acquired Microflex. Ansell is an international protective-solutions company, and the acquisition placed Microflex within a larger group operating in hand and body protection. The available reference material identifies Microflex as a subsidiary of BarrierSafe Solutions International, linking the brand to the Ansell group structure. It does not establish whether Microflex continues as a standalone legal company, nor does it provide a detailed account of post-acquisition management, manufacturing integration, distribution changes, or product rationalization. The brand's current identity is consequently that of an active professional disposable-glove business associated with BarrierSafe Solutions International and Ansell. It continues to be relevant across healthcare, diagnostics, dental care, emergency response, laboratories, automotive work, and food service. Publicly supplied sources contain no reliable information about founding personnel, named executives, revenues, stock-market status, formal advertising campaigns, litigation, recalls, or other major controversies. Those areas are left undocumented rather than inferred.

• 2013

  Acquired by Ansell

  [1]Microflexen.wikipedia.org

  Ansell acquired Microflex, integrating the disposable-glove business into its broader protective-products group.

• 1995

  Headquarters moved to Reno

  [1]Microflexen.wikipedia.org

  The company relocated its headquarters from San Francisco to Reno, Nevada.

• 1987

  Microflex founded in San Francisco

  [1]Microflexen.wikipedia.org

  Microflex was established in San Francisco as an American manufacturer of disposable gloves.

Professional disposable hand protection for healthcare, laboratory, dental, industrial, emergency medical, automotive, and food-service applications.

• Disposable protective gloves

  Microflex disposable gloves

  Microflex's core offering is a range of disposable gloves intended for professional environments where single-use hand protection and contamination control are required. The brand's documented application areas include healthcare, laboratories, dental practices, automotive work, emergency medical services, and food service. The available reference does not specify individual materials, technical ratings, or named product families.

• Personal protective equipment

  Professional protective products

  In addition to its principal disposable-glove business, Microflex is described as producing protective products for occupational users. These products support work settings that require disposable barriers or hygiene-oriented protection, but the supplied sources do not identify specific non-glove products or provide enough detail to catalog them individually.

• 2013

  Ansell acquisition of MicroflexM&A

  Background

  Microflex was an established disposable-glove manufacturer serving several professional and industrial application areas.

  Action taken

  Ansell acquired the company and incorporated the brand into its protective-solutions group. Microflex is identified as a subsidiary of BarrierSafe Solutions International.

  Aftermath

  The acquisition placed Microflex within the Ansell group structure. The available source does not document subsequent management, operational, or product-portfolio changes.

  Source

• 2013

  Ansell acquired Microflex[1]Microflexen.wikipedia.org

  M&A

  Ansell acquired Microflex, bringing the American disposable-glove business into the Ansell group. Microflex is subsequently identified as a subsidiary of BarrierSafe Solutions International.

1. 1Microflexen.wikipedia.org