Top Glove wants to buy Aspion for RM1.3bil to boost profits

Top Glove executive chairman Tan Sri Dr Lim Wee Chai (left), Top Glove executive director Eric Hoo Saw Ho (fourth from right), Top Glove independent non-executive director Datuk Lim Han Boon (third from right), Tourism and Culture Ministry China and Chinese Community Affairs advisor Datuk Andy Chuah (second from right), and Mah Sing Group executive director Datuk Steven Ng (right) at the the art installations at the Arts and Lights exhibition at Icon City here in Petaling Jaya on Sunday, Nov 26, 2017. Tourism Malaysia senior director (international promotion division) Datuk Musa Yusuf (third from left) and Mah Sing Group group managing director Tan Sri Leong Hoy Kum (second from left) were also there. - Loh Lay Phoon/The Star

SHAH ALAM: Top Glove Corp Bhd says the plan to buy surgical glove maker Aspion Sdn Bhd for at least RM1.3bil will boost the group’s profits by a fifth in the financial year ending Aug 31, 2018 (FY18) and accelerate the group’s expansion into the highly lucrative segment of the market.

As it is, Aspion commands a healthy 30% gross profit margin on its business, while Top Glove’s own smaller surgical glove unit generates about 20% gross profit from sales.