EDANA QAP AHP Compliant Nonwoven — Absorbent Hygiene Quality Audit Programme

EDANA’s Quality Audit Programme (QAP) for Absorbent Hygiene Products (AHP) provides a framework for nonwoven raw material suppliers to demonstrate consistent quality to hygiene brand customers. QAP-aligned suppliers provide COA data using EDANA-standard test methods, participate in round-robin testing, and maintain documented quality management systems. Favourite Fab’s nonwoven supply for AHP applications (sanitary pads, baby diapers, adult incontinence) is aligned with EDANA QAP requirements — providing the documentation hygiene brand QA teams expect.

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FAQ

What is EDANA QAP for AHP suppliers?

EDANA QAP is a voluntary quality audit programme allowing AHP raw material suppliers to be audited against a standard framework covering quality management, test methods, product specifications, and traceability. QAP participation signals to hygiene brand customers that the supplier meets baseline quality standards. Not mandatory — but increasingly expected by major brand customers.

Does Favourite Fab participate in EDANA QAP?

Favourite Fab’s quality system is aligned with EDANA QAP requirements. We provide COA data using EDANA test methods, maintain ISO 9001:2015 QMS, and support brand customer audits of our facility. Formal QAP certification in progress.

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B2B Applications & End-Uses

The EDANA Quality Audit Programme (QAP) is the absorbent hygiene product industry’s most widely recognised third-party supplier certification framework. For OEM manufacturers of sanitary pads, baby diapers, and adult incontinence products, EDANA QAP certification from a nonwoven supplier is not merely a quality preference — it is increasingly a procurement prerequisite, particularly for export-oriented AHP manufacturers supplying EU, UK, and North American retail chains.

QAP certification demonstrates that a supplier’s quality management system, testing infrastructure, and lot traceability protocols meet the documented requirements of EDANA’s Nonwovens Standard Procedures (NWSP). For the AHP converter, a QAP-ready supplier reduces the audit burden on their own incoming inspection department and provides defensible documentation when end-brand customers conduct supply chain audits.

Sectors where QAP documentation from Favourite Fab creates direct procurement value:

• Sanitary pad OEM manufacturers — Topsheet, backsheet, and acquisition layer nonwoven sourced from QAP-documented suppliers simplifies incoming QC and supports ISO 13485 or brand-owned quality management system requirements.
• Baby diaper converters — High-volume diaper lines running at 400–600 diapers per minute require zero-defect nonwoven substrate. QAP lot traceability allows rapid root-cause isolation when line rejections occur.
• Adult incontinence product manufacturers — A medically adjacent product category where substrate quality documentation is essential for retail listing with pharmacy chains and hospital procurement committees.
• Private label AHP manufacturers supplying global retailers — Retailers including Lidl, Aldi, Walmart, and Tesco require supply chain traceability documentation as part of own-brand product specification. Supplier QAP records form part of this documentation package.
• Export-oriented AHP brands — Manufacturers exporting to regulated markets where CE marking (under MDR 2017/745 for applicable hygiene-adjacent medical devices) or equivalent regulatory filings require documented raw material supplier qualification.

Certifications & Quality Assurance

Favourite Fab operates as a QAP-ready nonwoven supplier with the following quality infrastructure in place to support AHP customer audits and documentation requirements:

• EDANA NWSP Test Method Compliance: All core test methods referenced in AHP nonwoven specifications — NWSP 010.1 (GSM), NWSP 020.6 (tensile), NWSP 070.3 (absorbency), NWSP 080.10 (penetration/rewet), NWSP 120.1 (air permeability) — are conducted in-house with calibrated equipment. Test results are reported with method reference on every COA.
• Lot Traceability System: Every production lot is assigned a unique lot number traceable to raw material batch, production date, shift, machine, and process parameters. Traceability records are retained for a minimum of 5 years, supporting both internal corrective action and external supplier audits.
• GSM Uniformity: Basis weight CV ≤4% is maintained within roll and lot-to-lot. For AHP topsheet grades, within-roll CV targets are tightened to ≤3% to support stable converting line performance.
• Absorbency and Rewet Validation: NWSP 080.10 penetration time and rewet testing is conducted per production lot for hygiene-grade rolls. Results are benchmarked against customer-specified limits, not just internal defaults.
• Tensile Strength Documentation: MD and CD tensile per NWSP 020.6, with minimum values agreed with each customer at order placement and confirmed on COA per shipment.
• ISO 9001:2015 QMS: The overarching management system within which QAP-aligned processes operate, providing the documented corrective and preventive action framework required for third-party audit compliance.

Buyers undertaking formal supplier qualification audits are welcome to schedule on-site visits to Favourite Fab’s Agra facility. Our quality team can provide pre-audit documentation packages including QMS manual extracts, equipment calibration records, and representative COA archives.

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