Technidyne Corporation CEO, Todd Popson, recently co-authored an article in TAPPI Tissue 360° as an introduction to tissue testing and the related standards used to perform the tests. This article was written with the Chairman of ISO TC6/SC2/WG27 (tissue test methods), David Loebker (Senior Scientist, Proctor & Gamble), Jessica Carette (Innovation Manager, Cascades) and Colleen Walker (Director Process Development Center, University of Maine).
In addition to the list of existing ISO Standards for tissue testing, the article includes developments in standardization related to: absorbency, disintegration, tensile stiffness and tissue softness.