Air-laid paper is a textile-like material categorized as a nonwoven fabric made from fluff pulp.
Main characteristics are: Unlike the normal papermaking process, air-laid paper does not use water as the carrying medium for the fibre.
The raw material is long fibered softwood fluff pulp in roll form.
Alternatively, additional fibres or powders can be added to the pulp which can then be activated and cured by heat.
In the 1980s UPM formed a new company called Walkisoft Oy and also built an airlaid factory to Kotka Finland which started in 1985.