Modern hygiene products – from baby diapers to incontinence briefs – demand secure fit and comfort. Lohmann-koester provides the key elements that make the difference: elastic side panels with excellent dimensional stability, multifunctional adhesive and mechanical tapes, and single components like our ProHook®, offering strong hold.
Elastic Side Panels for a Perfect Fit
Soft, flexible, and reliable – Lohmann-koester FlexEar® side panels ensure all-day comfort for both baby diapers and incontinence briefs.
Innovating Fit and Functionality
A perfect fit is essential for both protection and comfort – whether in baby diapers or incontinence briefs. Our FlexEar® portfolio of elastic side panels ensures a snug, reliable fit that adapts to every movement while remaining exceptionally soft and skin-friendly. With customized product configurations and the optional Breeze feature for enhanced breathability, FlexEar® products deliver comfort throughout the day.
For manufacturers, our materials offer more than wearer comfort: they ensure smooth machinability, stable processing on high-speed lines, and consistent product quality.
With FlexEar® DRYfit Breeze, the latest addition to our FlexEar® family, we take elasticity and performance to the next level. Its optimized formulation offers superior stability – ensuring a secure fit and efficient production.
Engineered for efficiency. Designed for comfort.
Delivering excellence from production line to final product.
FlexEar® DRYfit: Designed for Comfort,
Built for Function
Our latest innovation in elastic side panels delivers optimal performance, combining high retractive force and low permanent set, ensuring a secure, comfortable fit around the waist. FlexEar® DRYfit offers excellent dimensional stability.
Featuring:- Low permanent set for excellent reclosability
- High retractive force for snug and reliable fit
- Bonding area for simplified application
- Available with Breeze feature for enhanced breathability
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Skin-friendly & breathable
High elasticity & retractive force
Soft touch & high tensile strength

Your reliable partner for high-performance closure systems
With precision and passion, Lohmann-koester has been shaping closure and adhesive solutions for more than 50 years. Our expertise in coating, laminating, extrusion, automation, and more, combined with strong R&D expertise in hook, hotmelt, and custom machinery,
ensures excellence at every stage.
Certified processes, global production and a strong distribution network make us the trusted partner of leading hygiene, medical and technical brands worldwide - with reliable delivery and transparent supply chains. Always close to you, always reliable.
Our Components for Personal Care Closure Systems
Reliable Products,
Advanced Technologies
Whether it’s closure systems for baby diapers, incontinence briefs, or state-of-the-art production technologies: Lohmann-koester supports your success with smart, reliable solutions.
Discover closure systems that combine softness, secure fit, and efficiency – designed for comfort and safety.
Explore fastening solutions that ensure reliability, ease of use, and discreet comfort – tailored for diverse adult care needs.
Discover the certified standards and clear policies that ensure product safety, regulatory compliance.
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