【爱马斯全球】从创业者到行业领导者

　　Where a company goes all depends on where it starts, and we at AMMEX come from one man's goal to provide comprehensive barrier protection to the world. Expanding from a small office to a headquarters in Kent, Washington, production facilities in Asia and distribution centers in Toronto and Atlanta, AMMEX is one of the fastest-growing glove suppliers.

　　一家企业从创始的初心就决定了他今后的发展。爱马斯的创立，是从一个男人的目标：为全世界提供全面防护用品开始的。从一间小小的办公室，成长为一个在华盛顿肯特市设立总部，在亚洲有加工厂，在多伦多和亚特兰大有配送中心的企业，爱马斯是成长最快的手套供应商之一。

　　How it all began

　　它是如何建立的

　　Like many businesses that started out small, AMMEX had inauspicious beginnings. Fred Crosetto, a 24-year-old law student from Seattle, started the company in March 1988. While Crosetto had a clear goal in mind, which was to address a growing demand for industrial barrier protection and infection control products, he did not understand what it would truly take to build an international company between the U.S. and Asia.

　　就像很多企业都是从小规模开始创办一样，爱马斯刚开始也并不顺利。1988年3月，Fred Crosetto，一个24岁的法律系学生在西雅图创办了这家公司。当时，Crosetto的目标很明确，满足工业及医疗行业日益增长的防护需求，但他并不清楚在美国和亚洲建立一家国际化公司会面临什么困难。

　　"AMMEX has grown from a small operation to an international business."

　　“AMMEX已经从一家小型企业成长为一家国际化公司。”

　　Rapidly expanding into a leading glove supplier

　　迅速成长为领先的手套供应商

　　The spring of 1990 began a string of firsts for AMMEX.

　　1990年的春天，爱马斯开始了一连串的第一次。

　　Crosetto opened the retail business in May 1990, sold 50 cases during the first month and did all this by making deliveries with a borrowed van. He also ferried gloves in a 1989 Nissan Sentra, 17 cases at a time.

　　1990年5月，Crosetto 开始了爱马斯零售业务。第一个月，靠着一辆借来的厢式货车完成了50箱订单的配送业务。他还曾用一部1989年的日产尼桑轿车完成了17箱手套的配送。

　　AMMEX's first office/warehouse opened in early 1992, and in early 1993, AMMEX received the delivery of our first full ocean container

　　爱马斯的第一间办公室/仓库建立于1992年初，而在1993年初，爱马斯就收到了第一个漂洋过海交付的货柜。

　　Where AMMEX lives today

　　如今的爱马斯

　　In July 1994, AMMEX acquired Sime Health, a 12,000-square-foot facility located in Seattle. Not only did business double overnight, but this first acquisition lead to what would become our first headquarters in Kent.

　　1994年7月，爱马斯搬进了森那美健康中心，位于西雅图的一个1114.8平方米的地方。一夜之间，不仅公司业绩翻倍，而且这第一次的收购使得肯特市成为了我们的第一个总部。

　　While our headquarters is in Kent, AMMEX now has an international presence. With Crosetto leading the way with an attitude of "it can be the right time and the right place, but you still have to do something about it," AMMEX opened warehouses in Atlanta in 1996 and another in Toronto in 2009. AMMEX continued to grow internationally when we opened our Shanghai operations, which included Shanghai Intco Medical Supply, in January 2005. We also have our AMMEX Weida Health and Safety Supply business Xiantao, Hubei, China.

　　爱马斯现在已经成为一家国家化的公司，总部在肯特市。我们秉承着Crosetto的领导理念：即使是在对的时间和地点，你仍然需要付出努力。1996年，爱马斯在亚特兰大设立了仓库，另一个在2009年设在了多伦多。2005年1月，爱马斯在上海开设了包含医疗业务的分公司，我们的国际化业务持续不断地保持增长。并且，我们在中国的湖北仙桃市也与威达劳保用品有限公司也有业务往来。

　　AMMEX has grown from a small operation to an international business.

　　AMMEX已经从一家小型企业成长为一家国际化公司

　　AMMEX is now a leading distributor in health, hygiene and safety supplies in the China market. Further expansion has included production, procurement and other facilities across Malaysia and the Philippines. One of AMMEX's strengths is a deep and extensive network of suppliers across China and Southeast Asia. These relationships have and will continue to play a key role as the global growth of this market is only increasing.

　　在中国，爱马斯是健康、卫生、安全防护用品市场的领导者。我们的业务包括产品生产、采购及固定资产遍布至马来西亚和菲律宾。爱马斯的优势之一在于拥有深入而防范的链接中国和东南亚的网络体系。这种网络关系已经形成并将持续，在全球增长中起到关键的作用。

　　AMMEX has grown significantly since our small office in Bellevue, Washington. We have been listed on Washington's 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies an astounding eight times; are one of the largest privately held companies in the state of Washington; and have been voted one of Seattle Business magazine's 100 Best Companies to Work for. However, we have not forgotten our founder's initial mission. In these past 29 years, we expanded our product lines and international presence and are proud suppliers of a wide selection of disposable gloves and personal protection equipment to thousand of distributors in a variety of industries around the world.

　　自从我们在华盛顿贝尔维尤的小办公室以来，爱马斯始终(保持)着显著的成长。凭借惊人的发展速度，爱马斯8次名列华盛顿前100家增长最快的私有企业榜单;在华盛顿，我们是最大的私有控股公司之一;并被西雅图商业杂志评为100家最适合工作的公司之一。然而，我们不忘初心。在过去的29年，我们扩大了产品线和国际市场率，成为了能够为全世界各行各业数以千计的分销商提供多样化的一次性手套及防护用品的优质供应商。