Description

Kimberly-Clark Corporation, operating worldwide through its subsidiaries, specializes in the production and global distribution of personal hygiene and paper-based consumer goods. The company's operations are divided into three core segments: Personal Care, Consumer Tissue, and K-C Professional. The Personal Care division encompasses a wide array of individual hygiene products, such as disposable diapers, swimpants, training and youth pants, baby wipes, and solutions for feminine and incontinence care. These items are marketed under leading brand names including Huggies, Pull-Ups, Little Swimmers, GoodNites, DryNites, Sweety, Kotex, U by Kotex, Intimus, Depend, Plenitud, Softex, and Poise. The Consumer Tissue segment is dedicated to household paper products, offering facial and bathroom tissues, paper towels, and napkins. Its prominent brands include Kleenex, Scott, Cottonelle, Viva, Andrex, Scottex, and Neve. Serving commercial and industrial clients, the K-C Professional segment provides specialized wipers, tissues, towels, protective apparel, soaps, and sanitizers, with key brands like Kleenex, Scott, WypAll, Kimtech, and KleenGuard. For household products, Kimberly-Clark employs a multifaceted distribution strategy, selling directly to major retailers such as supermarkets, mass merchandisers, drugstores, warehouse clubs, and department stores, in addition to utilizing other distributors and e-commerce platforms. Its products designed for "away-from-home" use are supplied directly to diverse clients, including manufacturing plants, hotels, office complexes, food service providers, and public facilities, with supplemental sales occurring through distributors and online channels. Kimberly-Clark Corporation was established in 1872 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.