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Credible Vietnam’s official history records a production start in 2025. Its manufacturing information lists adult diapers, adult pants, incontinence products and bed mats among the factory’s intended product…
Sumitomo Seika’s 2025 report describes a planned addition of 70,000 tonnes per year of superabsorbent-polymer capacity in Singapore, bringing the site’s planned annual capacity to 140,000 tonnes. Its…
Sumitomo Seika’s 2025 report says it began full-scale sales of a high-retention superabsorbent polymer in fiscal 2024. The company describes the material as allowing about a 10 percent…
Sapporo City lists Sustainable Create’s development of a used-diaper recycling device for medical and care facilities among projects selected for its 2025 healthcare-business support programme.
Kamakura City’s October 2024 report describes a used-diaper separation and product-development trial involving hospital and nursery waste. Kurita handled separation, while TOPPAN examined the recovered materials and possible…
EPD Australasia lists a product-specific environmental product declaration for TENA Flex and TENA Pants, registered on July 31, 2025. Its identifier is EPD-IES-0025073:001 and its geographical scope is…
A 2026 Korean study indexed by KCI examines information-security requirements for smart-diaper care data. It follows information from a diaper sensor through a gateway and cloud system to…
Tohoku University’s technology-seed catalogue identifies smart diapers as a possible application for materials that respond differently to gases including ammonia and hydrogen sulfide. The record was updated on…
A 2026 doctoral thesis record at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University describes embroidered dual-tag RFID sensing for urine-volume monitoring. The approach addresses the influence of body movement on…