Tuesday 18 September 2012

All About Various Diaper Manufacturers

By Rebekah Alford


There is a long list of diaper manufacturers that cater to a parent's every need when it comes to their children. From disposable brands, to the increasingly popular and environmentally friendly reusable brands, consumers are able to select from a wide range of products that easily fit into their lifestyle. For many parents, cost and quality of the product are huge factors in their decision to purchase a particular brand.

One of the best known manufacturers of diapers, also called nappies by some, is Pampers. Pampers is a brand that the company Procter & Gamble markets. There was one point in time when Pampers was synonymous with the word diaper. This was due to the brand being the only one of its kind at conception. Pampers was founded in the early nineteen sixties as a result of an idea by a Procter & Gamble researcher named Vic Mills. Alfred Goldman is the man responsible for choosing the brand's name.

Pampers is a brand that has been very innovative with its product. There have been a number of different versions and upgrades to the product, often for the better but not always. Procter & Gamble were the first company to patent double gussets, which are used by Pampers elasticized around the legs and waists for added protection.

Pampers has one major competitor, which is the brand Huggies. Huggies is owned by Kimberly-Clark. This brand was first introduced in 1968. However, it wasn't completely ready for the public until 1978. Huggies offers a wide range of products like its competitor Pampers. Both brands offer diapers for newborns, including premature newborns and also toddlers.

The two brands' largest sized products are aimed at those children learning to use the toilet by themselves. In the Huggies brand, these are called Pull-Ups, while Pampers calls them Easy-Ups. These products were created as an introduction to wearing proper underwear for children.

Luvs is another brand that falls under the Procter & Gamble marketing umbrella. This brand of disposable nappies, created in the nineteen seventies, was originally sold to the public as a deluxe brand. However, interestingly enough, since the mid nineteen nineties, Luvs is known as a budget brand to consumers.

GDiaper is a relatively new brand in relation to the other mentioned brands. This is a brand with a difference, as it aims to be environmentally friendly by reducing the amount of disposable products in landfills. It is said that a disposable nappy can take up to five hundred years to completely break down in a landfill, which is an alarming amount of time.

Diaper manufacturers at gDiaper have aimed to create a product that is versatile in that it can be used with either inserts of cloth or those of a biodegradable nature. The gPant is the visible part of the diaper, which comes in an array of patterns and can be machine washed. Inside the gPant, which is made up of cotton save the eight percent of spandex it contains, rests the snap-in and water-resistant gPouch. The gPouch is then lined with a choice of either the gRefill or a gCloth.




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