Essity Accelerates Organizational Transformation and Innovation Investment in Q3 2025

Essity continues its strategic transformation journey with major organizational changes and targeted investments designed to reinforce its leadership in hygiene and health solutions. Effective January 1, 2026, the company will transition to a decentralized operating model comprising four distinct business areas: Health & Medical, Personal Care, Consumer Tissue, and Professional Hygiene. This restructuring aims to enhance agility, accountability, and market responsiveness. Significant leadership appointments within this new structure include Tuomas Yrjölä leading Personal Care, Volker Zöller overseeing Consumer Tissue, Anand Chandarana heading Health & Medical, and Pablo Fuentes managing Professional Hygiene. This realignment is expected to create better conditions for profitable growth by sharpening focus and speeding decision-making processes. Essity continues to prioritize innovation as a growth driver. Recent product launches like the TENA ProSkin Stretch Day Night and Actimove Manus Air exemplify the company’s commitment to premium, customer-centric solutions tailored to evolving market needs. The Saba Buenas Noches Night Towels extend the company’s overnight protection portfolio, further strengthening consumer choice. Capital investment remains robust, with SEK 1,657 million deployed in Q3 toward production efficiency, technology modernization, and sustainability-focused assets. Concurrent cost-saving programs targeting SEK 1 billion annually by 2026 are underway, emphasizing structural simplification and improved operational efficiency across production and supply chains. Essity’s broad focus on decentralization, innovation, and efficiency forms the cornerstone of its strategy to accelerate profitable growth amid a competitive global landscape.