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International Paper Company

Holger Beruda

Mattias Schmidt

Peter Dziezok

Lutz Stelzig

Axel Krause

Horst Blessing

Harald Hermann Hundorf

Rodrigo Rosati

Paul Thomas Weisman

Yasue Nakagawa

Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger

Dean Larry DuVal

Torsten Lindner

Ernesto Gabriel Bianchi

Carsten Heinrich Kreuzer

Robert Haines Turner

Aniruddha Chatterjee

Kathleen Marie Lawson

Matthias Morand

Miguel Brandt Sanz

Birgit Wirtz

William L Bunnelle

Gueltekin Erdem

Ekaterina Anatolyevna Ponomarenko

Andres Sustic

Hans Adolf Jackels

Ludwig Busam

Kelyn Anne Arora

Axel Meyer

Kazushi Torii

Gregory Nmn Ashton

Mark John Ciesko

Nick Fowler

Christofer Fuchs

Benjamin John Kutay

Walter Pieter Hendrik Laurentius Van Der Klugt

Enrico Buenacosa

Steve McHaney

Steve Oetting

Jon Fagerness

Bill Turner

J J DeCair

Angel Stoyanov

Dirk Wolfram Schubert

Andrea Lieselotte Link

Alizha Victoria Rice

Raffaele Virgilio

Franz Josef Lanyi

Olaf Erik Alexander Isele

Shigeru Sakamoto

Hiroyuki Ikeuchi

Andrea Peri

Sayaka Machida

Taku Iwamura

Joseph Hung Lam

Nathan Ray Whitely

Ryan Michael West

Misael Omar Aviles

Marc Jennewein

Juliane Kamphus

Thomas Tombuelt

Johannson Jimmy Tee, Jr

Martin Werner Frank

Morten Rise Hansen

Alizha Victoria Smith

Jan Claussen

Brian Udengaard

Jörg Endres

William Winfield Cheeseman

Kevin Max Labitzke

Thomas Broch

Sudhanshu Gupta

Kristin Hofmann Miller

Nadezhda Kurbatova

Barbara Harling Hede

Vincent Scott Stapp

Dean Larry Du Val

Walter Van Der Klugt

Joerg Endres

Jon Brennan

Volodymyr Myrnyy

Volker Clausnitzer

Hans-Joerg Diersch

Juliane Kampus

Emily Suzanne Allen

Jj DeCAIR

Gultekin Erdem

Jr Johannson Jimmy Tee

Walter Klugt

Walter Pieter Hendirk Laurentius Van Der Klugt

Described herein is an absorbent article. The absorbent article includes an assembly of components and an adhesive composition joining at least two of the assembly of components together. The adhesive composition includes from about 50 wt. % to about 80 wt. % of one or more copolymers and a blend of one or more heterophase copolymers. The one or more copolymers include from about 30 mole % to about 70 mole % of monomer units selected from ethylene. 1-butene, and mixtures thereof. The one or more copolymers also include from about 30 mole % to about 70 mole % of propene monomer units. The adhesive composition is free of polyisobutylene and has a viscosity of from about 2,000 mPa·s to about 11,500 mPa·s at 150° C.

Absorbent article comprising an adhesive composition

An absorbent article (′) comprising a topsheet (), a backsheet (), and an absorbent core (), and at least one nonwoven-nonwoven adhesive bond other than a core stabilization bond, wherein the adhesive of the adhesive bond has a Toughness of at least 11 MJ/m, a Yield Stress of at least 0.7 MPa. The adhesive may further have a storage modulus G′ of at least 7.5 MPa. These are as measured at 37° C. according to the methods described herein. The adhesive comprises at least 5% by weight of the adhesive of a tackifier.

Absorbent article with high toughness adhesive

A package comprising an interior space and an exterior surface may have a plurality of disposable absorbent articles disposed within the interior space of the package. Each of the disposable absorbent articles may have a topsheet; a backsheet; an absorbent core located between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent products may exhibit an In-Bag Stack Height of less about 80 mm as measured according to an In-Bag Stack Height Test.

Absorbent products having improved packaging efficiency

Bleached polyacrylic acid crosslinked cellulose fibers with reduced furfural content are disclosed. The reduced furfural content is accompanied by a strong reduction of malodor associated with crosslinked fibers. Methods of furfural reduction include treatment with hydrogen peroxide in the absence of alkaline or other bleaching agents subsequent to curing polyacrylic acid crosslinked cellulose fibers. Some embodiments of treated polyacrylic acid crosslinked cellulose fibers have a furfural content lower than 1.3 ppm. In some embodiments, the reduction of furfural content of the treated crosslinked fibers compared to untreated crosslinked fibers is at least 55%. in some embodiments, furfural content decreases with aging of the treated crosslinked fibers.

Reduced furfural content in polyacrylic acid crosslinked cellulose fibers

Described herein is an adhesive composition including a copolymer. The adhesive composition has a viscosity of from about 2,000 mPa&#xb7;s to about 11,500 mPa&#xb7;s at 150&#xb0; C. The adhesive composition has a Storage Modulus at 37&#xb0; C. of from about 3 MPa to 9.5 MPa. The adhesive composition has a Yield Stress at 37&#xb0; C. of from about 0.8 MPa to about 1.45 MPa.

Adhesive composition for absorbent articles

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

Described herein is an adhesive composition including (a) from about 70 wt. % to about 90 wt. % of one or more copolymers, and (b) from about 10 wt. % to about 30 wt. % of one or more heterophase copolymers. The one or more copolymers include (i) from about 30 mole % to about 70 mole % of monomer units selected from the group consisting of ethylene, 1-butene, and mixtures thereof; and (ii) from about 30 mole % to about 70 mole % of propene monomer units. The adhesive composition is free of polyisobutylene. The adhesive composition has a viscosity of from about 2,000 mPa&#xb7;s to about 11,500 mPa&#xb7;s at 150&#xb0; C. The one or more heterophase copolymers includes a first heterophase copolymer and a second heterophase copolymer.

Absorbent articles with substantially cellulose-free cores with zeolites.

Article with zeolites

A process for shipping absorbent products having a substantially airfelt free absorbent core, on pallets, is provided. The loaded pallet comprises a plurality of packages, each having a plurality of disposable absorbent articles disposed within the interior space of the package, wherein the plurality of packages are arranged on the pallet such that the plurality of packages on the pallet exhibit a density of from about 11.0 lbs/ftto about 14.6 lbs/ft.

Method of maximizing shipping efficiency of absorbent articles

An absorbent core for use in an absorbent article, the absorbent core including a first absorbent layer comprising a first substrate, a layer of first superabsorbent polymer particles deposited on the first substrate on a deposition area and a fibrous layer of thermoplastic adhesive material covering the layer of first superabsorbent polymer particles, and a second absorbent layer comprising a second substrate and a mixed layer comprising a mixture of second superabsorbent particles and cellulosic fibers deposited on the second substrate. The first and second absorbent layers are combined together such that at least a portion of the fibrous thermoplastic adhesive material of the first absorbent layer contacts at least a portion of the mixed layer of the second absorbent layer.

Absorbent core for use in absorbent articles

An absorbent article including a wearer-facing topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, characterized in that the absorbent core includes: a first absorbent layer comprising a first substrate, a layer of first superabsorbent polymer particles deposited on the first substrate, and a fibrous layer of thermoplastic adhesive material covering the layer of first superabsorbent polymer particles; a second absorbent layer, the second absorbent layer comprising a second substrate and a mixed layer deposited on the second substrate, the mixed layer comprising a mixture of second superabsorbent particles and cellulosic fibers, the first absorbent layer and the second absorbent layer being combined together such that at least a portion of the fibrous layer of thermoplastic adhesive material of the first absorbent layer contacts at least a portion of the mixed layer of the second absorbent layer, and wherein the first absorbent layer is placed closer to the topsheet than the second layer.

Absorbent articles with improved core

A method for making a disposable absorbent core comprises depositing absorbent particulate polymer material from a plurality of reservoirs in a printing roll onto a substrate disposed on a grid of a support which includes a plurality of cross bars extending substantially parallel to and spaced from one another so as to form channels extending between the plurality of cross bars. The plurality of reservoirs in the first peripheral surface are arranged in an array comprising rows extending substantially parallel to and spaced from one another. A disposable absorbent article and apparatus for making an absorbent article are also disclosed.

Method and apparatus for making disposable absorbent article with absorbent particulate polymer material and article made therewith

Disposable absorbent article comprising a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core wherein the article has improved softness.

Absorbent article having improved softness

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Holger Beruda