MARGMA, or the Malaysian Rubber Glove Manufacturers Association, began with simple industry momentum in the late 1980s. With the AIDS scare sending shockwaves around the world, and with international healthcare leaders and government institutions setting an unprecedented demand for rubber gloves as the first line of defence against HIV infection in the healthcare sector, the Malaysian government issued a large number of manufacturing licences to local entrepreneurs who saw abundant opportunities in Malaysia’s rubber production potential and the wide-open global marketplace. This, however, created an explosion of manufacturers with varying levels of production capacity and quality control, creating a turbulent environment in terms of quality, competition, and pricing.