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Touching Film for TENA Goes Behind Closed Doors to Show the Reality of Family Carers

Around one in ten people already look after a loved one [1], yet new research conducted by Essity owned incontinence brand TENA reveals that only 50% of people who provided extended family care considered themselves a ‘carer’. This lack of perception is largely down to those doing the care not acknowledging themselves as ‘carers’ and, as a result, they feel more alone and unaware of the support available. The research, conducted with Ketchum, is part of TENA’s new global campaign #NoLoveLikeIt, which sees the brand also partnering with Carers UK. Committed to providing care for both caregiver and receiver, TENA delved deep into qualitative and quantitative research to understand the realities of caring, which will become a reality for most of us at some point, as populations age and more care is provided in home by families. Read more.

Source: lbbonline, April 12, 2023

TENA Launches Lights Sensitive Ultra Pads Tackling a Lesser-Known Menopause Symptom

TENA, the UKs leading incontinence brand for over 60 years, has launched a new range of Lights Sensitive Ultra Pads, designed to manage bladder leaks and support healthy intimate skin. This latest product innovation features a unique skin caring emulsion that has been specifically designed for sensitive skin by helping to limit friction, making it the first of its kind to the UK market. Continuing in its mission to better support women during the menopause, the introduction of the TENA Lights Sensitive Ultra will help the large number of women who suffer with skin irritation and incontinence – two of the many lesser-known menopausal symptoms. Read more.

Source: Retail Times, November 19, 2022

Renewi, Essity Form Recycling Partnership in the Netherlands

International waste-to-product company, Renewi plc and Essity, a leading hygiene and health company, are developing an innovative solution for the processing of used baby nappies and incontinence materials from the care sector and municipalities in the Netherlands. Renewi and Essity, a producer of well-known branded products such as TENA and Libero, are developing a sustainable solution to recycle nappies and incontinence materials in an effort to reduce the amount of these products sent to incineration in the Netherlands each year. Currently, about 400,000 tons of absorbent products, between 5-8% of residual waste, is sent to incineration per year. The recycling of these nappies and incontinence materials would make a significant contribution to the ambitious goals of the Dutch government which aims to increase recycling rates for household waste to 75% in 2020 and to achieve a full circular economy without any waste by 2050. Read more.

Source: Nonwovens Industry, July 5, 2018

TENA Introduces New Breathable Tech to Premium Line

The TENA brand’s premium absorbent product portfolio, made by Essity (formerly SCA), features new enhancements to promote skin health. TENA Premium Briefs, Protective Underwear and Heavy Pad incontinence products will now feature TENA ConfioAir 100 percent breathable technology, which allows excess moisture to evaporate, to help maintain skin’s natural moisture balance and improve comfort for wearers. TENA’s ConfioAir technology features a unique outer layer with micro-pores that allows moisture from the inner absorbent core to evaporate. This helps maintain skin’s natural moisture balance, allowing it to breathe and keeping the skin on the inside of the product comfortable and dry. This breakthrough technology is now included across TENA’s premium absorbent product line at no additional cost to the customer. Read more.

Source: HomeCare, November 30, 2017

SCA to Split Into Two Companies

SCA, a company know in the HME industry for its hygiene and incontinence products, such as TENA, will be splitting into two companies, SCA and Essity, with Essity being the company working in the healthcare market. SCA was founded 1929 in Sweden as a forest products company, and over the years the company not only expanded into the international market, but diversified its range of offerings to include incontinence products and other offerings. Most recently, it acquired well-known BSN medical. Eventually, SCA’s health offerings began to eclipse its forest products division. As of 2016, 86 percent of SCA serves the global hygiene and health market, while only 14 percent offers forest products. Moreover, synergies between the two operations have diminished over time, according to SCA. Read more.

Source: HME Business, April 13, 2017