July 13, 2021 – Honeywell and Premier Inc. (Charlotte, NC) announced a new commercial relationship dedicated to expanding the domestic production of nitrile exam gloves.
Premier says the new collaboration is expected to produce at least 750 million domestically made nitrile exam gloves in the first year alone.
The collaboration between Premier and Honeywell is expected to expand access to domestically manufactured exam gloves for U.S. hospitals, clinics and other healthcare providers. More than 80 participating Premier member health systems have committed to purchase a certain percentage of the Honeywell gloves for a period of five years.
Honeywell will provide additional gloves to S2S Global, Premier’s direct sourcing subsidiary, enabling the sale of domestically produced gloves to other health systems and hospitals across the country.
Premier says that the collaboration with Honeywell is part of it’s long-term strategy to drive U.S. private sector manufacturing innovation and build greater supply chain resiliency – working with members to pursue partnerships with domestic companies that specialize in critical product categories.
Honeywell and Premier are also collaborating to expand access to other healthcare PPE and are including these additional items in Premier’s product offerings for its members.
The financial terms of the collaboration were not disclosed.