US medical glove manufacturing remains elusive despite $1B investment
Hacker News·3d·helsinkiandrew
A decade-long push to onshore medical glove production hasn't gained traction despite significant government funding. The gap between policy ambition and manufacturing reality highlights how hard it is to compete with established overseas supply chains—a lesson relevant to any bootstrapped founder betting on domestic manufacturing.
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