Medical Supply Company To Bring 2,000 Jobs To Baltimore County

BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD —A medical supply company said it plans to bring more than 2,000 jobs to Baltimore County.

United Safety Technology Inc. said it plans to build a $350 million medical manufacturing plant at Tradepoint Atlantic in Baltimore County.

“This investment will help meet the needs of our nation's healthcare heroes, support the
Baltimore community, and strengthen the country,” said Dan Izhaky, CEO, United Safety
Technology Inc.

“Our facility joins other projects around the country to bolster the resiliency of
our healthcare supply chain, ensuring that medical essentials are available, affordable, and
accessible no matter what forces or emergencies may influence global markets in the future," he continued.

UST said it plans to renovate more than 735,000 square feet of warehouse space at Tradepoint Atlantic to install and operate advanced production lines to produce medical-grade nitrile exam gloves.

According to the company, demand for disposable synthetic nitrile gloves, used in hospitals, doctors' offices, labs, and virtually all health care settings to maintain hygiene and protect workers and patients, skyrocketed when the pandemic struck in 2020. However, the U.S., the world's largest market for nitrile gloves, today produces less than one percent of the world's output.

UST's new production facility will produce 375 million units per month by the end of Phase 1, with initial production set to begin in the first quarter of 2023, company representatives said.

have taught us, it is critical to our national security,” said Kerry Doyle, Managing Director of
Tradepoint Atlantic.

By the fourth quarter of 2024, UST said it expects to have created more than 2,000 jobs in
engineering, manufacturing, operations, logistics, and other functions at the site.

According to the company, Maryland-area residents who fill those jobs will help the United States become less reliant on the foreign market, which currently accounts for more than 90 percent of the world's nitrile glove production.