Alpha Pro Tech Snapshot
Don't look for Alpha Pro Tech's gowns on the Paris runway; this designer stresses function over fashion. The firm makes and sells protective apparel and related products used in the cleanrooms of drugmakers, lab researchers, and semiconductor makers, as well as in hospitals, nursing homes, and dentists' offices. Its disposable products include coveralls, gowns, lab coats, and shoe covers. Its infection control products include face masks, eye shields, and medical bed pads. Its Alpha Pro Tech Engineered Products subsidiary manufactures building supply products used to weatherize houses. The firm sells its products, primarily in the US, under the Alpha Pro Tech and ChemTech brands and private labels.