- CEO
- Nathalie Ahlström
- Full Time Employees
- 15,409
- Sector
- Producer manufacturing
- Industry
- Miscellaneous manufacturing
- Address
- 678 Victoria Street Richmond VIC Australia 3121
- IPO Date
- Jan 2, 1981
- Business
- Ansell Limited, a global leader in protection solutions listed on the ASX as ANN.AX, designs, develops, manufactures, distributes and sells hand and body protective equipment primarily through its Healthcare and Industrial segments; Healthcare offers surgical gloves including GAMMEX non-latex and GAMMEX gamma-sterilized disposable surgeons gloves, single-use and examination gloves, cleanroom and sterile gloves and garments under brands such as BioClean, MICROFLEX and consumables for hospitals, surgical centers, dental practices, veterinary clinics, laboratories, life sciences and pharmaceutical companies; Industrial provides hand protection gloves such as HyFlex Precision Comfort Series with AEROFIT Technology, chemical protective clothing and solutions for automotive, chemical processing, metal fabrication, machinery, food processing, construction, mining, oil and gas applications and first responders. Founded in 1893 through Eric Norman Ansell's acquisition of condom machinery from Dunlop with roots tracing to 1929 Dunlop operations and formerly known as Pacific Dunlop Limited until its 2002 name change, the company maintains headquarters in Richmond, Victoria, Australia, with operational headquarters in Red Bank, New Jersey, USA, and employs over 15,000 people across more than 100 countries spanning Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East, Africa, North America and Latin America/Caribbean. Ansell targets industrial workers, healthcare professionals, laboratories and cleanroom environments with a focus on innovation, sustainability via Ansell Earth recycled PPE and initiatives like the RightCycle program for non-hazardous waste disposal. In recent developments, Ansell completes the 2024 acquisition of Kimberly-Clark's Personal Protective Equipment business adding Kimtech, KleenGuard brands and RightCycle capabilities with sales expansion into North America and Europe in 2025, launches the HyFlex Precision Comfort Series industrial gloves, acquires Sandel Medical Industries and RINGERS to bolster medical and industrial portfolios, acquires BioClean for cleanroom expansion, divests its sexual wellness business to streamline as a focused safety solutions provider, expands supplier management in Malaysia, doubles medical sales force in India post-record $2 billion sales during COVID-19 and transitions to a customer-centric growth structure on its 130th anniversary while earning Frost & Sullivan's 2025 Global Sustainable Hospital Supplies Company of the Year award.