made in america. this is a big deal because for decades the u.s. has imported these gloves from cheap suppliers almost entirely in asia. it took a pandemic to start to change that. businessman dylan radiga nsaid he felt compelled to act. we just watched hundreds of thousands more than half a million americans die and many of them for no reason. i think bad decisions have been made in american manufacturing, specifically for critical assets like medical devices. reporter: when the pandemic exploded the nithil glove industry was plagued by price gouging, fraud and scams, a cnn investigation found counterfeit, substandard or even dirty used medical gloves being imported to the u.s. by the tens of millions. pre pandemic there was only one nitril glove producer in the u.s. in alabama but they struggled to get the u.s. government to buy their gloves