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aba and BioSilver announce shared monitoring for Helppad 2 and aams
aba and BioSilver announced on July 1, 2024 that they would begin connecting the monitoring displays for Helppad 2 and the aams care-monitoring system from early July.
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Nippon Shokubai starts certified biomass-attributed SAP supply in Indonesia
Nippon Shokubai announced on May 29, 2024 that its Indonesian subsidiary had begun manufacturing and marketing ISCC PLUS-certified acrylic acid, acrylates and SAP. The superabsorbent product identified in…
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Koyo announces Diaper Navi for care facilities
Koyo’s news listing dated May 29, 2024 announced the release of Diaper Navi for care facilities. The product notice describes using a sensor to make conditions inside the…
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Sanyo Chemical’s SAP withdrawal: decision and subsequent SDP Global merger
Sanyo Chemical announced its decision to withdraw from the superabsorbent polymer business on March 25, 2024. It cited excess supply, stronger competition and deteriorating profitability in Asian SAP…
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Flexible urine-dopamine sensor research points to possible smart-diaper integration
Penn State reported on March 11, 2024 on flexible sensors developed with researchers at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. The work uses titanium-dioxide films…
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Japanese report describes Toray’s integrated diaper urine-detection sensor
Impress Watch reported on March 5, 2024 that Toray had developed a urine-detection sensor integrated into a diaper. The report describes work with diaper manufacturer Koyo and a…
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Unicharm renews a recycled-pulp Lifree RefF overnight pad for care facilities
Unicharm announced on January 19, 2024 an updated Lifree RefF overnight incontinence pad using recycled pulp recovered from used diapers. The company said supply to hospitals and care…
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Credible’s official history records a 2025 production start in Vietnam
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…
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Sumitomo Seika’s 2025 report outlines its Singapore SAP expansion plan
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…
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Sumitomo Seika reports commercial sales of a high-retention SAP
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…
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Sapporo lists a medical and care-facility diaper recycler among supported projects
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.
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Kamakura reports both recovery potential and practical limits in a diaper trial
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…