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Essity's October 22 report describes continued incontinence-product growth in Health & Medical and reports growth and market-share gains in Personal Care. These are the company's quarterly results.
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DFree has announced free online sessions on November 26 and 27, combining a lecture on no-lifting and toileting care with a discussion involving care facilities and FUJI.
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A proposal registered in Romania's Senate on October 21 includes disposable and reusable absorbent products for urinary or faecal incontinence. It remains a legislative proposal.
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Paraguay's industry ministry says SR Productos para la Salud currently makes 200,000 adult diapers per day and is developing another production building. One million per day is the…
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GroundUp reports that some wheelchair users in Cape Town say the adult diapers supplied by clinics do not last the month. Provincial and city authorities describe different approaches…
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etectRx announced a new generation of its continence-monitoring system. Its planned 2027 installations are distinct from earlier eBrief deployments.
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Nigeria’s Raw Materials Research and Development Council reports a visit to Pad-Up Creations in Niger State to examine manufacturing and discuss local raw materials. The council says the…
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TENA announced a Philadelphia 76ers partnership combining men’s bladder-health awareness with planned incontinence-product donations.
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Canada's Angelcare Group has introduced Hygenie, a pail for disposing of adult briefs, pads and liners. It is an accessory, not an absorbent diaper.
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Magnera announced on October 5, 2026 that it had commissioned a new five-layer blown-film line at Dombühl, Germany, in August. It said product validation and qualification were continuing,…
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The reported 5,000-tonne annual capacity is a plan; operating performance is not established.
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South Carolina's Medicaid agency has updated the prescriber certification form for incontinence supplies and set a December 1 deadline for including the prescriber's identifier on provider claims.
