TOOLING UP: Ansell: Hyflex Precision Comfort Gloves with Aerofit Technology

TOOLING UP: Ansell: HyFlex Precision Comfort Gloves with Aerofit Technology

In this episode of Tooling Up from MSC Industrial Supply, host Toni Neary welcomes Jason Kokoszka, Associate Director of Category Management at Ansell, to explore the next generation of hand protection: the HyFlex Precision Comfort Series, powered by Aerofit™ technology.

Watch time: 9:15 minutes

Supplier: Ansell

Posted date: Dec 12, 2025

Video series: Tooling Up , Season 5

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In this episode of Tooling Up from MSC Industrial Supply, host Toni Neary welcomes Jason Kokoszka, Associate Director of Category Management at Ansell, to explore the next generation of hand protection: the HyFlex Precision Comfort Series, powered by Aerofit™ technology. Jason breaks down how this new coating, which is 30% thinner than traditional MVR coatings, reduces hand fatigue, improves tactile precision, and even offers touchscreen compatibility to keep workers productive without removing their gloves. He also shares remarkable trial results, including 42% faster task completion and a 98% user preference rate among global end-users.

Don’t miss this deep dive into how Ansell is combining innovation, ergonomics, and purpose-driven design to help workers across automotive, aerospace, transportation, metal fabrication, logistics, and general maintenance do their jobs faster, safer, and smarter.

To learn more about Ansell’s HyFlex Precision Comfort series, contact your MSC representative or visit mscdirect.com.

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Video Transcript

JASON KOKOSZKA: So Aerofit is our newest coating technology. It’s 30% thinner than your traditional MVR coating. So that's going to reduce hand fatigue. It allows you to accomplish your job at a much more efficient pace. And it has touchscreen compatibility. So again, you're not taking the glove off. It eliminates those risks. And again, it's that second skin, bare hand comfort feel.

Narrator: This video is brought to you by Ansell. Ansell is leading the world to a safer future. If you're looking for real-world insights, tips from leading industry experts, the latest trends in products and technology, you've come to the right place. From MSC Industrial Supply, this is Tooling Up.

TONI NEARY: Hi everyone, and welcome to Tooling Up. I'm your host, Tony Neary, and I'm so glad that you've joined us today. Before we begin, let's take a moment to click those like and subscribe buttons so you never miss an episode from MSC and our industry partners. On this episode, we are diving into comfort, precision, and performance, and how the right glove can help every team work faster, safer, and smarter.

Joining me is Jason Kokoszka, the Associate Director of category management at Ansell, and he's here to introduce the next generation of safety gloves, the HyFlex Precision Comfort series. Jason, thanks for joining us, and welcome to Tooling Up.

JASON KOKOSZKA: Thank you for having me, Toni. Appreciate it.

TONI NEARY: So, Jason, you've seen firsthand how PPE evolves, especially in hand protection. But before we get into the tech, tell us a little bit about your journey with Ansell and why gloves are such a foundational piece of really keeping workers safe.

JASON KOKOSZKA: I've been with Ansell for 16 years. I've been managing the mechanical portfolio for 12 of those years, and it's interesting over the last couple of years, it's the trend of getting thinner, lighter, more comfortable because workers don't want to feel their gloves. They don't want it to impede their productivity or efficiency. If they're wearing a bulky glove, they want to take it off, and that's when injuries occur.

TONI NEARY: That makes perfect sense. When PPE feels like a second skin, you're definitely more likely to keep it on. And that's what leads to real safety compliance. So let's talk about the innovation behind these new HyFlex Precision Comfort series of gloves. I know it's powered by something called Aerofit technology, but what makes that so different?

JASON KOKOSZKA: You bring up a great point. And again, you don't want to feel the gloves. So our Aerofit technology. It's based on precision and comfort. It's more breathable. And again it allows you to have that tactility and precision when working with fine handling applications like handling wires or doing any assembly work, but it gives you a nice, we are precision comfort family, gives you a nice range of gloves, whether it's multipurpose or cut protection gloves. But again, it's all based on that precision and tactility.

TONI NEARY: And here's one of the things that I love about your research and development. Tell us a little bit about end-user feedback and how that helps create the best gloves.

JASON KOKOSZKA: So it's 30% thinner than your traditional MVR coating. So that's going to reduce hand fatigue. And it has touchscreen compatibility. So again, you're not taking the glove off. It eliminates those risks. And again, it's that second skin bare, hand comfort feel.

TONI NEARY: And that connection between comfort and productivity is huge. I know that you ran several trials to prove this out. What kind of performance gains did you see?

JASON KOKOSZKA: We leveraged some of our top-end users around the globe to do trials with these gloves on. What we have found is that when the workers are wearing the new Aerofit Precision Comfort family, any of those five gloves, they're increasing their efficiency. They're getting their jobs done 42% quicker. And also 98% of all of the end users that trial the gloves prefer this glove and said that this is the glove they wanted to wear every day.

TONI NEARY: And Jason, those are incredible results. And it's clear that these gloves can make a real difference on the shop floor. But beyond productivity, I know the HyFlex series is really built for versatility too. So tell us a little about where you're seeing the best applications for these.

JASON KOKOSZKA: So our key verticals, and it really hasn't changed from the mechanical portfolio perspective is, you know, the key areas are automotive, aerospace, any type of transportation, metal fabrication, machinery, and equipment. And again, it's a lot of the assembly work, but it could also be warehousing and general maintenance, shipping, receiving. It goes across a large variety of industries and applications.

TONI NEARY: And you touched on the fact that there are five gloves. Will you break down what the differences between the five gloves that are available right now with this new technology?

JASON KOKOSZKA: Sure. We have two multi-purpose gloves, the 11-814 and 11-844. And again, these are geared for any type of applications that don't have any cut hazards. We see this very prevalent in the warehousing and logistics space. And then we have three cut protection gloves, our 11-574 which is an ANSI A4, our 11-584, which is an ANSI A6, and the 11-594, which is an ANSI A9 cut level glove.

This range covers the majority of the risk hazards and allows us to ensure that work areas within a facility are covered by these five gloves.

TONI NEARY: So knowing there's a glove for every risk is one thing. But knowing one to use is another. That's where Ansell's Guardian platform really makes a big difference. How does it help teams choose the right protection?

JASON KOKOSZKA: That's an excellent question. That's what differentiates Ansell from our competitors. The Guardian platform has all of the data from making these on-site assessments and looking at the particular industries. What applications, what gloves match best in those areas to protect the worker. And what we know is each facility is unique, and what we do is we walk the shop floor and understand, alright, what is the best recommendation?

It's done through an iPad tablet, and it's real life. And what we're trying to do is not only reduce injury, but we're looking to increase compliance and also, in most cases, reduce cost because we want to make the proper recommendation that, in some cases there might, gloves may be over-specced in a particular area or there's control issues.

So that's where we have our vendor options. And in the last decade, we've done over 13,000 assessments in the US alone. So this allows us to have that expertise and make sure that we're providing the right recommendation based on the application and industry that the worker is in.

TONI NEARY: And the feedback has been incredible, right? I heard you got some strong reactions during recent demos. Tell us a little bit about that.

JASON KOKOSZKA: It was eye-opening because again, you're looking to launch your products and you're building up that excitement internally. And you want to make sure every “I” is dotted and every “T” is crossed. But then, when you actually are interacting with the customer, like we did at NSC and there you see them looking at their hands and putting on the gloves like, “I don't even feel this glove.”

And then we run them through some dexterity challenges to make it a fun experience in simulating real life applications within a facility. That's when you see their faces and it's like, almost like the light bulb goes off.

TONI NEARY: That's what I love about Ansell: innovation with purpose. You're not just designing products. You're helping workers everywhere stay safe and really perform their best.

JASON KOKOSZKA: Yeah. Ansell's mission is to lead the world to a safer future, and that's why we continue to innovate. We want a worker to leave their shift the same way that they came. And that's why we continue to innovate and have these new technologies.

TONI NEARY: Jason, thank you so much for joining us today. It's clear that with the new Ansell Aerofit, you don't have to choose between comfort and protection.

JASON KOKOSZKA: Thank you, Toni, I really appreciate you having me today.

TONI NEARY: It was great hanging out with Jason today. And to learn more about Ansell’s HyFlex Precision Comfort series, contact your MSC representative or visit www.mscdirect.com/products/ansell-aerofit to explore the full lineup, and don't forget to subscribe to our channel so you never miss an episode! Thanks and we'll see you next time on Tooling Up.

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