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NEN announced on November 27, 2025 an information meeting about a proposed standards committee covering absorbent hygiene products, including incontinence materials, diapers and menstrual products.
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CNA’s 2025 interview covers the brand founder’s design aims and the challenge of discussing incontinence openly.
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Pennsylvania’s economic-development department announced a $142.2 million investment by First Quality in Lewistown on November 13, 2025. The project includes four additional manufacturing lines and a planned expansion…
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Asahi Kasei Microdevices announced on November 12, 2025 an updated smart-diaper demonstration for CES 2026 in Las Vegas. Its description uses urine as an electrolyte and conductive material…
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Daio Paper reported results from an Elleair Attento survey on November 6, 2025, marking a year of its project on sleep and home care. The online survey, conducted…
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Ontex announced completion of the sale of its Turkish business to Dilek on November 3, 2025. The transaction includes the Istanbul factory, the Turkish business and related export…
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Aichi Prefecture announced a trial at Kariya Memorial Hospital on October 29, 2025. Sahashi Special Steel and Shikibo planned to test a friction-grinding and drying process for used…
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Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme updated its Continence Provider List on October 29, 2025, and opened an expression of interest for additional providers to join.
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Shizuoka Prefecture announced an agreement with Fukuroi City on October 9, 2025 to jointly run a used-diaper resource-recovery trial. Collection was planned from hospitals, care facilities and nurseries,…
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At the Osaka World Expo, 31 designs explored a future with more choice for people who use adult diapers. Seven diaper manufacturers and an underwear company joined the…
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Unicharm’s October 3, 2025 release describes stretch nonwoven fabric around the abdomen and a stretch design at the crotch in Lifree Premium adult pants, scheduled for Japanese release…
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Unicharm announced Lifree thin adult pants with an Organic Cotton Touch design on October 3, 2025, for nationwide Japanese release in early October. The release describes a mesh…
