General
- Toilet paper is a
soft tissue paper product used to maintain personal hygiene by wiping
the anus or vulva and cleansing between the buttocks after defecation
and urination.
- Toilet paper, which
differs in composition from facial tissue, is designed to deteriorate
when wet in order to keep drain pipes clear. Some types of toilet paper
are designed to decompose in septic tanks, which some other bathroom and
facial tissues do not. Most septic tank manufacturers advise against
using paper products that are non-septic tank safe. Different names are
used for toilet paper in countries around the world, including "loo
roll/paper", "toilet roll", "dunny roll/paper", "bog roll", "TP," or
"bathroom/toilet tissue". There are also numerous vulgar slang terms.
Manufacturing Process
- Toilet paper is
generally made from new or "virgin" paper, using a combination of
softwood and hardwood trees.Hardwood trees like gum, maple and oak
have shorter fibers that make a softer paper. Toilet paper is
generally a combination of approximately 70% hardwood and 30%
softwood. Other materials used in manufacture include water,
chemicals for breaking down the trees into usable fiber, and
bleaches. Companies that make paper from recycled products use
oxygen, ozone, sodium hydroxide, or peroxide to whiten the paper.
- Toilet tissue
made from recycled paper is made from both colored and white stock,
with staples and pins removed. The paper goes into a huge vat called
a pulper that combines it with hot water and detergents to turn it
into a liquid slurry. The recycled pulp then goes through a series
of screens and rinses to remove paper coatings and inks. The pulp is
whitened somewhat and sanitized with oxygen-based products like
peroxide. It then goes through steps 7 through 10 like virgin paper
products, producing a cheaper, less-white paper
Quality
Control
- Quality is
usually determined by the number of plies (stacked sheets),
coarseness, and durability. Low grade institutional toilet paper is
typically of the lowest grade of paper, has only one or two plies,
is very coarse and sometimes has small amounts of unbleached/unpulped
paper embedded in it. Mid-grade two ply is somewhat textured to
provide some softness, and is somewhat durable. Premium toilet paper
may have lotion and wax, and has two to four plies made of very
finely pulped paper.
- Paper companies
often maintain their own tree stands in order to ensure the quality
of the paper they manufacture. The chemicals used in the pulping
process are also carefully tested and monitored. Temperatures at
which a slurry is cooked is ensured, too, by checking gauges,
machinery, and processes. Completed paper may be tested for a
variety of qualities, including stretch, opacity, moisture content,
smoothness, and color.
Market &
Report
- Tissue has to be
situated in the market of hygienic products, which is in broadly
terms subdivided in: Consumer and AFH (away from home) tissues,
Fluff products and Clinical products. The consumer and AFH market
consists of toilet tissues, kitchen towels, napkins, table cloths,
facial tissues. The consumer market represents roughly 75% of the
total printed tissue market and the AFH market 25% of the printed
tissue market. The ink consumption for the tissue market vary
enormously, depending of the end use application but globally the
average amount of ink is around 1.5 kg ink/ton tissue. A napkin will
have 100% ink coverage or more but a facial tissue only 50% and
kitchen rolls or toilet paper respectively 5 to 2% ink coverage.
- Sanitary Napkins
is one of the item of non-woven textile. It may come under
speciality textile group. According to industry observers, India is
health care industry is expected to grow around 13 % per annum. The
product has very good export potentiality. The export of sanitary
napkin has been increased 15% with in a span of ten years. The
export of sanitary napkins from India were made to as many as 37
countries which includes countries like USA, Italy, France, Japan,
Canada, Australia, Sweden, Germany and Middle East etc. Domestic
demand is also increasing day by day.
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