Ansell is making specialist gloves with sensors in the fingertips as a bridge between robotics and humans.
It runs big manufacturing plants in Thailand, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Vietnam.
The CEO thinks Donald Trump is doing the right thing pursuing China over trade and technology breaches.
The chief executive of medical and industrial glove maker Ansell said he's prepared to shift more manufacturing out of China to lower-cost Asian countries as he backed Donald Trump for finally standing up to China over intellectual property and trade breaches.
Magnus Nicolin said on Monday he didn't expect the trade war between the United States and China would have a major dampening effect on the global economy, although it would add to volatility over the next 12 months.
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