End-Use Markets
Personal Hygiene Reckoning
The top five trends shaping global disposable hygiene. Following slightly accelerated growth in 2020, driven in large part by unprecedented demand for disinfecting and antibacterial wipes, global retail disposable hygiene has eased into near pre-pandemic growth patterns, with heightened health awareness, enhanced product access and variety, as well as improved disposable income in developing markets …
Hygiene Technology: From Lines to Smart Factories
The complexity of absorbent hygiene products (AHPs) – baby diapers, femcare products and those for coping with adult incontinence – is not immediately apparent to consumers who never-theless greatly value their comfort and convenience. A typical open diaper – one that is fastened around the baby rather than the growing option of fully-formed pant styles …
Stewarding Development with Measured Experience
INDA, Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry recently announced the appointment of Matt O’Sickey, Ph.D., as its new Director of Education & Technical Affairs. An accomplished market development, technology and product management executive, O’Sickey has more than 20 years of experience with Tredegar Film Products in the absorbent hygiene, food, and medical sectors. Most recently, …
Out of this world smart wearables
Wireless Compose-2: A Wireless Communication Network with a Ballistocardiography Smart-Shirt Experiment in the ISS Columbus Module Evaluating the effects of the environment of space on the human cardiovascular system was at the forefront of the recent Wireless Compose-2 (WICO2) project. Using the new SmartTex shirt, which was developed by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in …
TenCate Grass Launches First-of-Its Kind Synthetic Turf Recycling Program in the U.S.
TenCate Grass, the world’s leading manufacturer, distributor and installer of synthetic turf for sports and landscape applications, announced a first-of-its-kind program in the U.S. to recycle end-of-life artificial grass – a groundbreaking initiative that leverages Cyclyx’s feedstock processing expertise and ExxonMobil’s ExxtendTM technology for advanced recycling. The goal of this effort is to help solve …