Protective Industrial Products, Inc., Latham, New York, a supplier of hand protection and general safety products, has acquired QRP Gloves, Inc., Tucson, Arizona. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

“This acquisition of QRP solidifies PIP’s position as a leading supplier of gloves in the critical environment channel,” said Joe Milot, president and CEO of PIP. “As robotics and computer-driven automation continues to greatly expand, products for the clean room and critical environment market become a demanded necessity. Our key distributor partners continue to grow in this sector and now PIP will provide them the broadest range of specialty hand protection products in the industry.”