KUALA LUMPUR, Glove manufacturer, Top Glove Corporation Bhd expects to return to the black in financial year 2025 (FY2025), driven by the increase in sales volume and improved utilisation rates. Although the group did not manage to achieve profitability in FY2024, managing director Lim Cheong Guan said the group is now on the final leg of its recovery journey. 'We are positive about our outlook. The stage is set for an inevitable return to the black in FY2025, with the continuous increase in sales volume and improvement in utilisation rates. 'The group's ongoing quality and efficiency improvement and sustainability initiative would position us for an enduring success,' he said during the group's virtual briefing on its FY2024 results today. Elaborating further, Lim said the group expects the strong demand for gloves to continue, premised on the replenishment of inventories across all regions, coupled with the United States' (US) move to implement a new tariff on glove imports from China.