The Procter Gamble Company

Franz Josef Lanyi

Torsten Lindner

Holger Beruda

Gueltekin Erdem

Dirk Wolfram Schubert

Kelyn Anne Arora

Olaf Erik Alexander Isele

Nathan Ray Whitely

Misael Omar Aviles

Morten Rise Hansen

Jan Claussen

Brian Udengaard

Thomas Broch

Barbara Harling Hede

Jon Brennan

Gultekin Erdem

Material webs suitable for use in conjunction with disposable absorbent articles are disclosed herein. The material webs comprise a melt additive that when subjected to thermal energy may be encouraged to bloom across the entirety of the web or in localized areas of the web where localized thermal energy is applied.

Absorbent article with activatable material

A permeable nonwoven web having a plurality of fibers and/or filaments of a first polymer matrix forming an outer surface of each of the plurality of fibers and/or filaments is described herein. The first polymer matrix includes a hydrophilic melt additive and/or a tactile modifying melt additive blended therein. Energy application across the entirety of the web, or parts thereof, promotes the blooming of the melt additive from the first polymer matrix such that bloom areas are disposed on at least a portion of each of the outer surfaces of the fibers and/or filaments.

Thermoplastic polymeric materials with heat activatable compositions

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Erlangen, Germany

Franz Josef Lanyi