Hygiene Components Report

The trend to increase the number of bio- or plant-based materials in absorbent hygiene products has not slowed down in recent years, and hygiene brands like Kudos, Dyper and Sparkle have focused their businesses on reducing the proportion of fossil fuel-based components used in hygiene products. As consumers continue to desire absorbent hygiene products that are perceived to be more healthy, sustainable and plant-based, suppliers to the industry have been challenged with developing these products in a cost-effective way while also proving that they perform as well as traditional products. In addition to these challenges, suppliers to the hygiene industry continue to face escalating raw material and energy costs, supply chain disruptions and other cost pressures.

Describing some of the recent trends in the hygiene industry, Carmine Cimini, chief technology officer of Italy-based Texol, says feedstock price increases and more recently huge energy cost increases have created a lot of pressure on cost control, especially in Western Europe. “Consequently, the main players in the category were seeking price