Innovation on product

Innovation on Product

Mapping and monitoring global and local market trends, GDM is able to address and anticipate customers’ needs for new Product features: better fit, comfort, dryness and extraordinary performance are driving our Product Innovation activities.

Extra Thin Core

The disposable diaper market is fast moving towards a redefinition of the core.  The market is looking at thinner yet more performing absorbent product. The benefits of a thinner product are both for economic reasons (less bulky products = less cost for logistic, reduced shelf space etc..) and for consumer needs (more discrete, improved wearability).

One way to reduce product thickness is to reduce the amount of fluff pulp used to form the core by redefining the way we apply the super-absorbent polymer in order to improve product performance and reduce the cost.

The sophisticated yet easy to operate system has been successfully developed and launched to the market in 2012 and has been installed in several new production lines; also, as a retrofit kit on existing installations. The system has been developed entirely by GDM exploiting advanced CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamic) simulations allowing the customer to anticipate the final results through mathematic models of the raw materials.

Extra Thin Core
Waist Band applied on topsheet

Waist Band applied on topsheet

The Waist band application on topsheet allows to merge the flexibility of an open diaper with the wearability of a training pant, giving more elasticity for better fit on the baby body and comfort so baby’s waist can move freely.

This new GDM product feature solution creates a backside pocket that can effectively prevent leakages from the back. Waist band applied on topsheet is available as an upgrade kit and already integrated on our B5-HB TS Red machine.