This research presents an assessment of the current status and future prospects of the market for industrial protective clothing in western Europe. The overall market is studied on the basis of assessments in eight different European countries or regions, as follows:
United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland
Scandinavia (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden)
Germany
Benelux (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg)
France
Iberia (Spain and Portugal)
Italy
The Alpine Region (Austria and Switzerland)
The market data is presented in the form of revenues in Euros. This research service covers the period from 2002 to 2012. The situation in each country is summarised in a leading chapter that is devoted to the overall situation for industrial protective clothing.
Protective clothing is defined for the purposes of this research by reference to the definitions of the relevant European Union (EU) Directives. The PPE directive (89/686/EEC) includes protective clothing in addition to all other types of equipment. PPE is defined as "any device or appliance designed to be worn or held for protection against one or more safety and health hazards." Furthermore, Standard EN xxx describes protective clothing as one that covers or replaces personal clothing, and provides protection against one or many risks that is against situations wherein human health might be subject to deterioration or injury.
Product Groups
Standard EN 340 describes protective clothing as one that covers or replaces personal clothing, and provides protection against one or many risks from which human health might suffer. EN340 specifies general requirements for protective clothing including:
Ergonomic requirements
Performance requirements
Sizing requirements
Labelling requirements
In addition to the information on the garment label, further information needs to be provided by the manufacturer to the user on any safety checks to be carried out before use, the specific area of use and limitations of use of the clothing (e.g. time of wear in specific conditions), storage and maintenance instructions, instructions for cleaning and disinfection etc.
The market data is segmented to cover six different types of industrial protective clothing.
The technical segmentation that is used in the research in Western European discussions is as follows:
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