Jason Surman, Vice President of Sales, Web Industries Inc.11.10.17
In today’s nonwoven health and hygiene products industry, OEMs and leading brands are laser focused on core competencies, costs and delivering their value proposition to consumers. And when launching new products, they are faced with important decisions about how to most economically and efficiently turn innovations into reality. How much do they tackle within the four walls of their operations? When does it make sense to partner with outside specialists?
Following is an overview of key factors to address when answering these questions.
Specialized Machinery for Diverse Material Weights, Widths
Whether the end use is feminine hygiene products, adult incontinence protection or baby diapers, new raw material introductions can present manufacturing challenges. In some cases, OEMs are using thicker core materials. For example, new core materials can contain SAP (super absorbent polymers) as a ready to use material, and these can be thicker than previously used core materials. Then there are today’s soft, fabric-like topsheets, many of which are extremely thin and stretchable, as well as innovative ADL
Following is an overview of key factors to address when answering these questions.
Specialized Machinery for Diverse Material Weights, Widths
Whether the end use is feminine hygiene products, adult incontinence protection or baby diapers, new raw material introductions can present manufacturing challenges. In some cases, OEMs are using thicker core materials. For example, new core materials can contain SAP (super absorbent polymers) as a ready to use material, and these can be thicker than previously used core materials. Then there are today’s soft, fabric-like topsheets, many of which are extremely thin and stretchable, as well as innovative ADL
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