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Excellent Medical discloses groundbreaking for a Moroccan adult-care plant →

Company HQ: Excellent Medical Technology Group · China ↗

Jiangsu Excellent Medical Technology Group / Beijing Stock Exchange disclosure · Construction start and plan · Company-published source

Jiangsu Excellent Medical Technology Group disclosed on May 25, 2026 that its Moroccan manufacturing project had held a groundbreaking ceremony on May 24.

These figures describe future capacity, not products already supplied. Morocco is the project location; the issuer is a Chinese company. The disclosure is not evidence that construction, adult-diaper line commissioning or the projected production ramp-up has been completed.

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Woolchemy and BCNonwovens agree to scale up wool-based hygiene materials →

Company HQ: Woolchemy · New Zealand ↗ / BCNonwovens · Spain ↗

www.woolchemy.com · Collaboration after a trial · Company-published source

The partners will advance customer trials and commercial evaluations for wool-based hygiene components before a possible supply agreement.

Collaboration and manufacturing trials, not confirmed commercial-scale adult-product adoption.

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Nippon Shokubai breaks ground on Indonesian SAP expansion →

Company HQ: Nippon Shokubai · Japan ↗

Nippon Shokubai · Construction start and plan · Company-published source

Nippon Shokubai announced on August 8, 2025 that its Indonesian subsidiary had held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new SAP plant the previous day. The project is located at the existing Cilegon site.

The figures describe planned production capacity, not output already achieved. SAP is a material for disposable diapers, but the announcement does not allocate the expansion to adult products or identify the diaper brands it will supply.

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Yuhan-Kimberly reports nonwoven-equipment improvements for hygiene materials →

Company HQ: Yuhan-Kimberly · South Korea ↗

Yuhan-Kimberly · Company report · Company-published source

Yuhan-Kimberly’s twentieth sustainability report describes improvements to nonwoven-production equipment serving materials for baby diapers, adult diapers and sanitary products. The company announced the report’s publication on July 1, 2025.

The report is named for its 2024 reporting period, not its publication year. This short source summary covers the equipment-improvement description. Adult-specific investment amounts and capacity are outside the scope of this summary.

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Oji Nepia announces a plan to reorganise adult-diaper production →

Company HQ: Oji Nepia · Japan ↗

Oji Holdings · Production reorganisation plan · Company-published source

Oji Holdings announced a reorganisation of Oji Nepia’s adult-diaper production on January 21, 2025. The plan called for closing the Fujinomiya factory in January 2026 and transferring its products to the Nagoya and Fukushima sites.

The source is a plan announced in 2025. It should not be used by itself to state that the closure, product transfers or new equipment have now been completed. The adult-diaper project is distinct from the company’s separate baby-diaper decisions.

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Sumitomo Seika’s 2025 report outlines its Singapore SAP expansion plan →

Company HQ: Sumitomo Seika · Japan ↗

Sumitomo Seika · Facility plan · Company-published source

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 product information lists diapers and incontinence pads among SAP applications.

This short summary covers the supply plan at the time of the report. The exact first-publication date, present commissioning status and adult-product allocation have not been confirmed. The figures are planned capacity, not verified output.

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Credible’s official history records a 2025 production start in Vietnam →

Company HQ: Hangzhou Credible · China ↗

Credible Vietnam · Company-reported production start · Company-published source

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 categories.

This is a short account of the company’s own history, not an independently verified commissioning report. The exact start day and source-publication date are unknown. Current adult-line operation and shipments have not been verified.

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