With more than 30 years of experience behind us here at Cutting Edge Services, we’ve spent decades supplying high-quality chainmail, providing superior operator safety protection for the UK and EIRE meat processing and food manufacturing industries.

We have continually strived to improve upon the quality and safety of chainmail products, which, over the years, have included a wide range of Honeywell products. We’re determined to continue working with uniquely innovative solution providers who also address environmental issues, and it’s this determination that’s led us to a new exclusive relationship with French manufacturer, Manulatex.

We are now the official UK distributor of Wilcoflex, a uniquely innovative chainmail solution from Manulatex.

It's already a hugely popular choice with lots of our customers, and for plenty of good reasons too. Here, we explore some of the key advantages that Wilcoflex gloves can bring your business, and how they build on the universal strengths of chain mail gloves.

What are the key advantages of Wilcoflex gloves?

The Wilcoflex has several key benefits, but without question one of the biggest draws for buyers involves the unique integrated tensioners, which ensure a perfect fit for every operator.

These provide all the same advantages as the more common plastic glove tensioners, but with a couple of crucial improvements. First of all, the integrated metal glove tensioners enable operators to maintain that vital dexterity they need to process meat effectively, efficiently, and - most importantly - safely.  The integrated tensioners eliminate the need for a traditional plastic tensioner - reducing the high risk of plastic foreign bodies contaminating meat on product lines. It is a further Cutting Edge solution of ensuring our customers are harnessing the environmental benefits as well as maintaining risk-free produce on their production lines.

Wilcoflex gloves are also 100% stainless steel, so they’re suitable for industrial washing machines. They’re also rapidly making a reputation for themselves as one of the most cost-effective options on the market. And of course, as we’ve briefly mentioned above, they possess all the traditional benefits of all chainmail gloves, making them instrumental in maintaining operator safety.

Why is chainmail so integral to operator safety?

In short, chainmail gloves are classed as a type of PPE, or personal protective equipment, so they’re mandatory for every food sector worker who might be handling knives and sharp objects over the course of their working day. Some of their most important qualities include:

Protecting employees from physical harm

Workers in the food manufacturing and processing sectors tend to face countless threats to their physical health on a daily basis. Experienced butchers would obviously run the risk of cutting themselves when using their butchers knives, especially on intensive processing lines.

Slashes, cuts and puncture wounds are all familiar risks to the average butcher. The usefulness of chainmail gloves against these sorts of dangers cannot be overstated - frankly, it’s the type of PPE that can make (and indeed, has made) all the difference as to whether or not someone suffers serious injuries from knives.

Preserving food hygiene and maintaining a sterile working environment

Since chainmail gloves are made of 100% stainless steel, they’re extremely easy to clean. That pays dividends in the hygiene-intensive environments of the food preparation and processing industry, where even minor instances of cross-contamination can have major consequences - both in terms of the immediate threat to human health, as well as the potential additional costs that might result from any downtime due to hygiene breaches.

Cost-effectiveness and safety value

Different types of PPE can vary in cost, but as a relatively simple form of PPE, chainmail gloves are reliably cost-effective, especially considering the level of protection they’re capable of providing for employees. They constitute an excellent baseline level of physical defence against injury, and for a relatively small investment. So, if your business works in the food processing industry, the real question is: can you really afford not to have them?

Now as the exclusive UK distributor for Wilcoflex chainmail gloves here at Cutting Edge Services, we’re pleased to be able to offer these products to you at the very best prices. The range of these gloves can be found here. And of course, if you have any further questions about any of our products or you need any in-depth advice, our experts are here to help. Feel free to give us a call on 01772 956270, or email us on sales@cuttingedgeservices.co.uk, and we’ll be happy to see how we can help.