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Explore manufacturers of materials and components for adult diapers and incontinence products, grouped by role and linked to official sources.

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4 companies. Material functions and stated applications are based on manufacturer sources. Environmental claims are identified separately.

Superabsorbent polymers and fluff pulp

Absorbent core

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Suzano

Company HQ: Suzano · Brazil ↗

Eucalyptus fluff pulp: Eucafluff

Produces eucalyptus fluff pulp and lists adult-incontinence products among its absorbent-product applications.

Official application guide ↗WDO: Suzano starts a new fluff-pulp line serving adult diapers and other absorbent products →
Sources & scope

The manufacturer refers to an LCA comparing particular eucalyptus and pine fluff sources. The full methodology was not independently reviewed here; benefits are not generalised to every diaper.

Official-source check: 2026-10-19

Construction, core and elastic adhesives

Bonding

H.B. Fuller

Company HQ: H.B. Fuller · United States ↗

Full-Care hygiene adhesives

Offers Full-Care adhesives for adult-care products, including construction, core, elastic-attachment and positioning applications.

Official application guide ↗WDO: H.B. Fuller presents a core adhesive intended to enable shorter fibres →WDO: H.B. Fuller lists adult-pad uses for Full-Care 6550 SecureFix adhesive →
Sources & scope

Material-use and lower-temperature application claims are supplier statements tied to particular grades and processes. They are not independently verified life-cycle results here.

Official-source check: 2026-10-19

Elastic fibres and closure components

Stretch & fastening

Avery Dennison

Company HQ: Avery Dennison · United States ↗

Tape, hook and loop closure components

Offers adhesive and mechanical closure systems for adult incontinence briefs and pants. Its product selector distinguishes adult and baby applications.

Official application guide ↗
Sources & scope

Confirmed for material function and stated application. No environmental superiority or named diaper-customer relationship is inferred.

Official-source check: 2026-10-19

The LYCRA Company

Company HQ: The LYCRA Company · United States ↗

Elastic hygiene fibre: LYCRA HyFit

Supplies elastic fibres for hygiene products and explicitly identifies adult-incontinence applications. The official Higifral story describes a named Brazilian use example.

Official application guide ↗WDO: Higifral and LYCRA describe an adult pull-on using HyFit fibre in Brazil →
Sources & scope

The HyFit use example is not an environmental claim. Renewable-content claims for another LYCRA fibre are not transferred to HyFit.

Official-source check: 2026-10-19

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