WELLS LAMONT TRIES HAND IN KITCHEN TEXTILES ARENA; SAYS ITS MITTS CAN STAND THE HEAT IN THE KITCHEN.

HFN: The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network, November, 2000 by Musselman, Faye

NILES, Ill.-Wells Lamont is a specialist in hand protection. The world's leading manufacturer of leather and textile gloves, based here, makes more than 120 different styles of gloves in hundreds of materials. Its industrial and professional gloves protect everyone, from coal miners to food service and hospital workers, against such hazards as cuts, bacteria, chemicals, water , and extreme heat and cold.

Now Wells Lamont has brought state-of-the-art firefighting technology to the kitchen. Kitchen-Safe Ultimate Oven Products, a line of oven mitts, potholders and trivets, are made of the same flame- and heat-resistant materials it developed for its Backdraft firefighters' gloves.

"Obviously, requirements are much higher for firefighters," said Jace...

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