Since taking the position of INDA president in late 2012, Dave Rousse, who has worked in the nonwovens industry for most of his career, has spent a lot of time thinking about flushable wipes. As flushable wipes continue to receive considerable negative (and unfounded) attention for clogging public s...

Disposable Underwear For Babies,As Inspired By Modern Parent LOS ANGELES, June 2, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Parasol Co., a newly launched family essentials brand that reimagines baby care for the modern parent, has just released Parasol Disposable Underwear for Babies. With a thin and ultr...

The CNMC (National Commission Markets and Competition) of Spain has levied a total of nearly €1.3 billion in fines to seven manufacturers of absorbent adult incontinence products doing business in the Spanish market. Citing article one of the Law on Protection of Competition (LDC) infringe...

Odor of a disposable hygiene product while in use is, to some degree, to be expected. But odor of the product itself, fresh out of its packaging before use, can be unexpected – and unwelcome. David Freund, the North American R & D Technical Manager of Bostik’s Global Nonwovens Business Unit, rec...

At IDEA, hygiene equipment machinery Curt G. Joa introduced the J7I-AP adult pant production machine.  The new J7I-AP uses the same industry-leading technology found in the current J8T-AP machine available but offers lower speeds and an economical footprint.    Joa designed the J7I-AP...

The menstrual cup is a big one. Reusable sanitary pads are a thing. Absorbent period pants are also gaining popularity. But recently, an older technique is resurfacing as a new way to deal with periods. Presenting the sea sponge. Menstrual sponges are, as the name suggests, sponges that yo...

A major international company with distribution facilities in four continents and a production plant in Europe has confirmed the purchase of an A.Celli Nonwovens spooling machine with 10 heads with automatic master roll loading and discharge of finished rolls. The line is expected to be up and runni...

Experts once predicted that production volume of baby diapers would decline while adult diaper manufacturing would increase in Japan. This prediction was based on two factors—the growing aging population in Japan as well as the declining birthrate. However, as shown in table one, the production volu...