The North American Respiratory Protection Market is consolidated, with the top 5 market participants accounting for over 75% market share. Extensive product portfolios catering to various end-use industries, strong distribution networks, expenditure on research and development with focus on product upgrades, and so on have helped these companies to...

The overall outlook for M&A activity continues to be positive as private equity investment in the space continues to grow at a healthy rate. The industry continues to be fragmented, which in turn provides an incentive to companies to consolidate. Additionally, companies are looking to become one-stop shop providers of PPE. Innovation continues to b...