Sagami Rubber industries Co Ltd, a Japanese condom manufacturer, has claimed to have produced the world's thinnest condoms, which measure merely 1/6th of a human hair in thickness.

The new condom called "Sagami Original 0.01," as the name suggest is just 0.01 millimeters thick. It may be noted here that an average human hair measures 0.06 millimeters in thickness.

It took more than ten years for Sagami Rubber to design and develop the new condom. The company put as many as 20,000 condoms through rigorous stress tests to make sure they do not fail when used.

However, the new condom is quite expensive. The company launched the condoms in Tokyo with a price tag of £7.30 for a box of five.

Sagami Rubber is now exploring the likelihood of producing even thinner condoms.

Speaking on the topic, a researcher from the company said, "As long as there is a need for thinner, we will continue researching 0.009 millimeter and 0.008 millimeter thinness."

Sagami is Japan's leading condom producer, which has pioneered several firsts in the field. It was the world's first company to produce coloured condoms.