Essity in everyday life
Essity in everyday life
Explore how Essity shows up in everyday life, from homes and workplaces to hospitals, restaurants, and care environments. Our products and services support consumers, patients, caregivers, and customers, bringing care, confidence, and well‑being to moments that matter.
Our business areas. Innovative offerings for improved well-being.
Health & Medical
We improve healthcare through solutions in continence care, wound care, compression therapy, and orthopedics, with brands like TENA, JOBST, Cutimed and Leukoplast.
Personal Care
We support well-being and confidence across all life stages through incontinence, feminine, baby, and beauty care, with brands like TENA, Libresse, Bodyform, Libero, and Demak’Up.
Consumer Tissue
We provide hygiene for everyday life at home through toilet paper, household towels, and tissues, with brands like Zewa, Lotus, Cushelle, Regio, and Familia.
Professional Hygiene
We enable efficient hygiene in public and commercial spaces with tissue, cleaning solutions, soaps, and sanitizers, with Tork.
Key figures. Leading global market positions.
Every day, an Essity product touches the lives of 1 billion people worldwide. This reach reflects the strength of our market positions, our leading brands and the dedication of our employees around the world.
Market context
Market context
The world is transforming rapidly. Growing and aging populations, chronic conditions and increasing demand for care are changing demographics. Demand for health services and hygiene products is rising in emerging markets, while antimicrobial resistance is accelerating the need for preventive hygiene and health measures. By making solutions accessible and responsive to global needs at scale, our offerings enable stronger health and well-being, and more resilient societies.
We create value by improving well‑being for individuals, helping businesses perform better, and contributing to stronger public health and health systems. By addressing real needs at scale, we connect individual outcomes with business performance and societal impact, enhancing efficiency and quality of life worldwide.
Through innovation, we advance hygiene and health with smart technologies and solutions that meet the needs of today and tomorrow. Across our value chain, we create value for customers, partners, and society. By combining insight, technology, and scale, we turn emerging needs into practical solutions that drive growth, improve efficiency, and enable better use of resources.
Sustainability is integrated across our entire business, driving environmental and social progress. By operating sustainably, we strengthen our competitiveness, create long‑term value, reduce risk, and increase our ability to adapt to changing conditions. At the same time, we contribute positively to people, communities, and healthcare systems.
Shaping the future
Shaping the future
Listen to Essity experts share insights on the trends, challenges, and opportunities shaping the future of hygiene and health. Discover how innovation, education, and sustainable leadership drive greater impact for people, businesses, and society.
Our history
Our history
Essity's history dates back to 1929 as part of the forestry and pulp company SCA. In the 1970s, SCA expanded into hygiene and health through acquisitions such as Mölnlycke and Wisconsin Tissue. In 2017, Essity was listed on Nasdaq Stockholm as a global hygiene and health company. Since then, Essity has continued to strengthen its industry leadership through strategic acquisitions.