CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION... 1 SCOPE OF REPORT... 1 METHODOLOGY AND INFORMATION SOURCES... 1 ANALYST S CREDENTIALS... 2 RELATED BCC RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS... 2 BCC ON-LINE SERVICES... 2 DISCLAIMER... 3 CHAPTER TWO: SUMMARY... 4 SUMMARY... 4 SUMMARY TABLE U.S. VALUE OF THERMALLY PROTECTIVE GARMENT INDUSTRY THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS)... 5 SUMMARY FIGURE U.S. VALUE OF THERMALLY PROTECTIVE GARMENT INDUSTRY, 2007-2016 ($ MILLIONS)... 5 SUMMARY (CONTINUED)... 6 CHAPTER THREE: OVERVIEW... 7 THERMAL INDUSTRY VIEW... 7 PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AND INDUSTRY CLOTHING STANDARDS... 8 TABLE 1 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE CLOTHING CHARACTERISTICS... 9 SAFETY AND FIREFIGHTERS... 10 FIGURE 1 WILD FIRE IN BASTROP STATE PARK, TEXAS... 11 MARKET DRIVERS... 12 FLAME RETARDANT GEAR CATEGORIES... 12 TABLE 2 VALUE OF THE U. S. FIRE PROTECTIVE GARMENT INDUSTRY BY TYPE, THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS)... 13 ANCILLARY GEAR... 13 ROLE OF AGENCIES... 14 TABLE 3 LEAD AGENCIES INVOLVED IN SETTING PROTECTIVE GEAR STANDARDS... 15 NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION (NFPA)... 15 National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) Garment Standards... 16 NFPA 2112... 16 NFPA 70E... 16 NFPA 1971... 17 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION (OSHA)... 17 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (NIST)... 18 NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH... 18 ASTM INTERNATIONAL... 19
ASTM Standards... 19 ASTM D6413... 19 ASTM 1506... 20 ASTM F1959... 20 ASTM F1958... 20 TABLE 4 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS AND ASTM STANDARDS... 21 ASTM 1891... 21 UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES, INC. (UL)... 22 COMPLIANCE REGULATIONS... 22 TABLE 5 SUMMARY OF COMPLIANCE REGULATIONS... 22 INDUSTRY TERMS... 22 TABLE 6 REFERENCED ASTM STANDARDS RELATING TO TEXTILES... 23 NORMAL FLAMMABILITY... 23 TABLE 7 CLASSES OF FABRIC FLAMMABILITY... 24 FLAME RESISTANCE... 24 FR : FIRE (OR FLAME) RETARDANT... 25 IFR : INHERENTLY FIRE (OR FLAME) RETARDANT AND PFR : PERMANENTLY FIRE RETARDANT... 25 CNFR : CANNOT BE MADE FIRE RETARDANT... 25 NFPA 701 TEST... 26 NFPA 701 Test (Continued)... 27 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES WITH FLAME RETARDANT CHEMICALS... 28 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES WITH (CONTINUED)... 29 CLEANING AND REPAIRING THERMALLY PROTECTIVE GEAR... 30 FLAME RETARDANT MATERIALS FOR GARMENTS... 31 VALUE OF U.S. MARKET FOR THERMALLY PROTECTIVE GARMENTS... 31 TABLE 8 8STRUCTURAL FIRES AND FIRE DEATH, 2001-2010... 32 TABLE 9 AVAILABLE WILDFIRE DATA FOR 2011... 33 VALUE OF U.S. MARKET FOR (CONTINUED)... 34 CHAPTER FOUR: LEADERS IN THERMAL PROTECTIVE CLOTHING... 35 MOTIVATIONS... 35 SEGMENTATION... 36 TABLE 10 U.S. MARKET SHARE OF STRUCTURAL FIRE SERVICE GARMENT MANUFACTURERS, 2010 (%)... 37 TOP TEN FOCUS COMPANIES... 38 DUPONT PROTECTION TECHNOLOGIES... 38 DuPont Advanced Fibers Systems... 38 Ellen Kulman, Chair of the Board and CEO... 39 James C. Borel, Executive Vice President... 39 Thomas G. Powell, President Protection Technologies... 40
Diana H. Gulyas, President DuPont Performance Polymers... 40 Financials... 41 Safety and Protection Division... 42 Nomex... 43 Nomex Limitedwear Apparel... 44 Nomex On Demand... 45 HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL... 46 Honeywell Safety Products... 46 Morning Pride Manufacturing by Honeywell... 46 North By Honeywell... 46 North By Honeywell (Continued)... 47 North By Honeywell (Continued)... 48 North By Honeywell (Continued)... 49 BULWARK PROTECTIVE APPAREL VF IMAGEWEAR, INC. VF CORP.... 50 Bulwark Protective Apparel (Continued)... 51 VF Management Team... 52 Eric C. Wiseman, Chairman, President and CEO... 52 Robert K. Shearer, Sr. VP and CFO... 53 Candace S. Cummings, VP, Administration, General Counsel and Secretary.... 54 Martin Schneider, CP and Chief Information Officer... 54 CARHARTT, INC.... 54 Carhartt, Inc. (Continued)... 55 Carhartt, Inc. (Continued)... 56 Carhartt Management... 57 Mark Valade, CEO and President... 57 Robert Howell, COO... 57 Susan Telang, Chief Financial Officer... 57 LION, INC.... 58 Government and Logistics Group... 58 Government and Logistics (Continued)... 59 LAKELAND INDUSTRIES, INC.... 60 Fyrepel Products Inc./Division of Lakeland Industries... 60 Plans and Financials... 61 Key Executives... 62 Fyrepel Products... 62 GLOBE MANUFACTURING CO., LLC / CAIRNS PROTECTIVE CLOTHING... 63 Globe Manufacturing Co.... 63 Cairns Protective Clothing... 63 Executives and Financials... 63
Typical Products... 64 Typical Products (Continued)... 65 ROYAL TENCATE/TENCATE PROTECTIVE FABRICS USA/SOUTHERN MILLS, INC.... 66 Royal TenCate... 66 TenCate Protective Fabrics USA... 66 Southern Mills, Inc.... 66 Executives and Financials... 67 Executives and Financials (Continued)... 68 Emphasis Products and Innovations... 69 Emphasis Products and Innovations (Continued)... 70 Emphasis Products and Innovations (Continued)... 71 Emphasis Products and Innovations (Continued)... 72 PBI PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS, INC./INTERTECH GROUP... 73 InterTech Group... 73 Executives and Financials... 74 Emphasis Products... 74 Emphasis Products (Continued)... 75 WESTEX, INC.... 76 Financials and Executives... 76 Branded Name Products... 76 Branded Name Products (Continued)... 77 TABLE 11 INDURA: WOVEN FABRICS... 78 FLAME RETARDANT MATERIALS BY MARKET SHARE... 79 TABLE 12 MARKET SHARE FOR THERMAL BARRIER MATERIALS, BY TYPE, 2010 (%)... 79 DESERVE TO BE MENTIONED... 80 EVEREST TEXTILE CO., LTD... 80 SAFEDESIGN APPAREL LTD.... 80 SGL GROUPPANOXAG... 81 STEDFAST, INC.... 81 Stedfast USA... 82 TEIJIN ARAMID BV (HOLDING COMPANY TEIJIN LTD.)... 82 Teijin Group... 82 TOPPS SAFETY APPAREL, INC.... 83 QUAKER SAFETY PRODUCTS CORP.... 83 VERIDIAN LTD.... 83 W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.... 84 CHAPTER FIVE: ANCILLARY THERMAL PROTECTIVE GEAR... 85 BACKGROUND... 85 BACKGROUND (CONTINUED)... 86 PROTECTIVE RESPIRATORS AND LEVELS OF PROTECTION... 87 RESPIRATOR ASSESSMENT... 88 WILDLANDS FIRE FIGHTING... 89
SELF CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS... 90 Self Contained Breathing (Continued)... 91 Self Contained Breathing (Continued)... 92 EVALUATIONS... 93 TABLE 13 INFORMATION REQUIRED BY OSHA EVALUATION... 93 NIOSH CERTIFICATION... 93 TABLE 14 NIOSH LOGIC FOR SELECTION OF PROPER RESPIRATOR... 94 SELECTION OF RESPIRATOR TYPE... 95 OSHA REGULATIONS... 96 TABLE 15 ESTIMATED U.S. MARKET SHARES OF ATMOSPHERE SUPPLYING RESPIRATOR MANUFACTURERS, 2011 (%)... 97 TABLE 16 ESTIMATED U.S. MARKET SHARE FOR PROTECTIVE AIR PURIFYING RESPIRATORS, 2011 (%)... 98 TABLE 17 FILTER SELECTION CRITERIA... 99 TRIM ELEMENTS... 99 Trim Elements (Continued)... 100 WORKPLACE CONDITIONS AND RESPIRATOR CHOICE... 101 PROCEDURES FOR USE OF RESPIRATORS... 101 ATMOSPHERE SUPPLYING RESPIRATOR... 102 MARKET SHARE ATMOSPHERE SUPPLYING RESPIRATORS... 103 TABLE 18 ESTIMATED U.S. MARKET SHARES OF ATMOSPHERE SUPPLYING RESPIRATOR MANUFACTURERS, 2011 (%)... 103 TABLE 19 TYPES OF RESPIRATOR FACEPIECES... 104 SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS (SCBA)... 104 AIR SUPPLIED RESPIRATORS... 105 COMBINATION RESPIRATORS... 105 AIR PURIFYING RESPIRATORS... 106 MARKET SHARES FOR AIR PURIFYING RESPIRATORS... 107 TABLE 20 ESTIMATED U.S. MARKET SHARE FOR PROTECTIVE AIR PURIFYING RESPIRATORS, 2011 (%)... 107 VAPOR-AND-GAS REMOVING RESPIRATORS... 108 IMPROVED DESIGNS... 109 ASZM-TEDA CARBON FOR RESPIRATORS... 110 ASZM-TEDA Carbon (Continued)... 111 FIGURE 2 SCBA AND ESCAPE RESPIRATORS... 112 INDEX OF MAJOR RESPIRATOR COMPANIES... 112 3M OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY DIV.... 112 3M Corporate Headquarters... 112 AEARO COMPANY/3M... 113 Aearo Company/3M (Continued)... 114 AIR SYSTEMS... 115
AXIS AIR GROUP, INC.... 115 BULLARD COMPANY... 116 CALGON CARBON CORP.... 117 DONALDSON CO., INC.... 118 NORTH BY HONEYWELL... 119 Sperian Protection... 119 Sperian... 120 HOT SHIELD USA, INC.... 121 MARTECH SERVICES CO.... 122 MSA... 123 SAFETYTECH INTERNATIONAL, INC./TVI CORP.... 124 TVI Corp./ Immediate Response Technologies... 124 TVI Corp./Immediate (Continued)... 125 TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD.... 126 SCOTT HEALTH AND SAFETY... 126 Scott Health and Safety (Continued)... 127 OTHER COMPANIES... 128 MARKET VALUE OF RESPIRATORS... 129 Market Value of Respirators (Continued)... 130 Market Value of Respirators (Continued)... 131 Market Value of Respirators (Continued)... 132 TABLE 21 PROJECTED VALUE U.S. RESPIRATOR MARKET BY TYPE, THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS)... 133 PROTECTIVE GLOVES... 134 Protective Gloves (Continued)... 135 ASSOCIATIONS RELATED TO PROTECTIVE GLOVES... 136 INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICAL-PROTECTIVE GLOVE CLASSIFICATION... 136 TABLE 22 VOLTAGE PROTECTION FOR PROTECTIVE GLOVES... 137 FIREFIGHTING AND FIRST RESPONDER GLOVES... 137 MILITARY COMBAT GLOVES... 138 VALUE OF PROTECTIVE GLOVES... 138 TABLE 23 VALUE OF U.S. PROTECTIVE GLOVES MARKET, THROUGH 2016 ($ MILLIONS)... 139 INDEX OF MAJOR PROTECTIVE GLOVE MANUFACTURERS... 140 ALLGLOVE INDUSTRIES... 140 ANSELL HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS LLC... 141 Ansell Healthcare Products (Continued)... 142 DAMASCUS PROTECTIVE GEAR... 143 DUPONT PERFORMANCE ELASTOMERS... 144 HEXARMOR/HIGHER DIMENSION RESEARCH... 144 LAKELAND INDUSTRIES, INC.... 145 APPLIANCES CO./MSA... 146 MCR SAFETY... 147
MICROFLEX CORP./BARRIERSAFE SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL... 147 BarrierSafe Solutions International... 147 NORTH BY HONEYWELL... 148 PROTECTIVE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS (PIP)... 148 SHOWA BEST GLOVE, INC./SHOWA GLOVE CO.... 149 Showa Glove Co.... 149 WARWICK MILLS... 150 OTHERS... 151