Lakeland Industries, Inc. declared the official NFPA 1970:2025 certification of their Lakeland Ultimate Glow + Leather Firefighting Gloves-NFPA 321 Series. This milestone signifies the first product in Lakeland Fire + Safety's portfolio to get NFPA 1970:2025 certification and is a major step forward in the company's continuous dedication to firefighter performance, protection, and compliance.
Strict new standards for structural firefighter gloves were set by the NFPA 1970:2025 standard, which addressed heat resistance, dexterity, durability, and overall performance in harsh environments. Lakeland's ability to innovate quickly while upholding the highest standards of quality and safety is demonstrated by its accreditation under this new standard. In the upcoming weeks, Lakeland anticipates that the NFPA 1970:2025 Certified Ultimate Glow+ Leather Firefighting Gloves-NFPA 321 Series will be on the market.
“We are incredibly excited to bring our first NFPA 1970:2025 certified product to market,” said Jim Jenkins, President and CEO of Lakeland Industries. “This certification reflects countless hours of engineering, testing, and collaboration, and we believe this glove will set a new benchmark for performance and protection.”
Additionally, this glove complies with the NFPA 1970:2025 list of banned compounds. This is the first of several goods encompassing Lakeland's whole product line that are in the certification process.
The Lakeland Ultimate Glow+ Leather Firefighting Gloves-NFPA 321 Series, which is said to be the first to announce an NFPA 1970:2025 certified glove to go into full production and hit the market, solidifies the company's standing as a pioneer in firefighter PPE innovation.
About Lakeland Fire + Safety
Lakeland Fire + Safety manufactures and sells a comprehensive line of fire services and industrial protective clothing and accessories for the industrial and first responder markets. In addition, we provide decontamination, repair and rental services that complement our fire services portfolio. Our products are sold globally by our in-house sales teams, our customer service group, and authorized independent sales representatives to a strategic global network of selective fire and industrial distributors and wholesale partners. Our authorized distributors supply end users across various industries, including integrated oil, chemical/petrochemical, automobile, transportation, steel, glass, construction, smelting, cleanroom, janitorial, pharmaceutical, and high-tech electronics manufacturers, as well as scientific, medical laboratories, and the utilities industry. In addition, we supply federal, state and local governmental agencies and departments, including fire and law enforcement, airport crash rescue units, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security and the Centers for Disease Control. Internationally, we sell to a mix of end-users directly and to industrial distributors, depending on the particular country and market. In addition to the United States, sales are made into more than 50 foreign countries, the majority of which were into China, the European Economic Community ("EEC"), Canada, Chile, Argentina, Commonwealth of Independent States (“CIS”) Region, Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, India, Uruguay, Middle East, Southeast Asia, Australia, Hong Kong and New Zealand.
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