Smoke is seen engulfing a rubber glove factory of Thai Kong Co in Kantang district in Trang on Sunday. The fire, which started at about 4am, engulfed a warehouse storing newly-manufactured rubber gloves. Six fire engines from Kantang and Nakhon Trang municipalities were despatched to the factory at Moo 6 in tambon Khuan Thani. According to the company, Thai Kong was founded by investors from Bangkok with registered capital of 625 million baht, and is the first manufacturer of rubber gloves for medical use in Trang. The factory now has about 2,000 employees, with the capacity to produce 4,000 million pairs of rubber gloves, using about 30,000 tonnes of latex, per year.

Source: Bangkok Post February 04, 2018 03:22 UTC