Product updates and version history
Every substantial change to this site carries a version number, and the page you are reading shows its own version at the bottom. This page records what changed and when, so you can tell at a glance whether the specification you were sent still matches the site.
Released 1 November 2026. Gloves split into three product lines, leather welding sleeves added, product range page added, certification options clarified by market.
Last updated: 1 November 2026. If you have a specification or a quotation from us that predates this release, ask for a refreshed version — we will re-issue it against the current product lines.
What changed, and why
Enquiry form now posts to a real endpoint with a confirmation page, privacy policy published, www redirected to the canonical domain
1 November 2026
- Enquiry form carries a real action and method, posts to the site function endpoint and confirms on a dedicated thank-you page
- Privacy policy published covering the fields collected, their purpose, retention and deletion requests
- www subdomain now redirects permanently to the canonical domain instead of serving a duplicate copy
- Product count on the home page now reads from a single source and reflects the seven product families
- Footer strapline, enquiry form product list, minimum-order note and the 404 page brought in line with the current product range
- Social sharing cards now use each product's own photograph instead of one image site-wide
Hand protection restructured into three separate lines with real product photography
1 November 2026
- Glove category split into impact-resistant, cut-resistant and anti-static (ESD) lines, each with its own landing page and test-report explanation
- Leather welding sleeves added as a seventh product line (EN 407 and EN ISO 11611)
- Product range index page added at /products/
- Real product photography replaced the generated glove image
- Certification requirements now stated per market, including markets where no CE or third-party marking is required
- Contact details and brand name corrected, and the placeholder company-number line replaced with the registered location
First public release
31 October 2026
- Eleven pages live on kuangshisafety.com with HTTPS and both domains resolving
- Gloves, lifting slings and cooling vests as the initial product lines
- EN 388 cut level guide, EN 1492 lifting guide and cooling vest buying guide published
Not every market needs the same paperwork
This is the part we get asked about most often, and it is worth saying plainly. A CE marking and an EN test report are a legal requirement for PPE sold into the European Economic Area, and UKCA for Great Britain. They are not a universal requirement. A distributor supplying a mining contractor in South Africa, a fabrication workshop in Nigeria, or a general works supplier in the Middle East does not need a notified body involved, and paying for a category III type examination on every line would simply make us uncompetitive.
So we quote to the market. Tell us the destination country and whether your customer has a specification of their own, and we will price accordingly.
| Destination | Typically required | What we do |
|---|---|---|
| EU / EEA | CE marking, EN standard test report, Declaration of Conformity, EN 407 / EN 388 / EN 1492 as applicable | Full compliance package, produced from the same production batch |
| United Kingdom | UKCA marking and the designated standard, or CE accepted during the transition | UKCA documentation arranged through the same audited supply chain |
| North America | ANSI/ISEA 105 for cut, ANSI/ISEA 138 for impact, ANSI/ISEA 107 for hi-vis | ANSI-rated production runs available on the same products |
| Africa, Middle East, South & Southeast Asia | Usually no third-party marking is legally required; the importer's own specification and the end customer's quality system usually drive the requirement | Specification-led supply: fibre content, gauge, coating, tensile and colour fastness data supplied on request, at a lower cost than a certified route |
| Any market, customer-specified | Whatever the buyer's own specification states | We work to the buyer's specification and quote against it directly |
We are not going to put a CE mark on a product that has not been through the conformity assessment. What we will do is tell you exactly what each option costs and what paperwork travels with it, so you can decide whether the certified route is worth it for your market or whether the specification route is the sensible one.
Tell us the destination and we will price it right
One line — the country you are shipping into, or simply "certified" or "specification only" — is enough for us to come back with the right documentation and the right number.