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Kimberly-Clark Corporation Description

Kimberly-Clark Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets personal care, consumer tissue, and health care products worldwide. The company operates in four segments: Personal Care, Consumer Tissue, K-C Professional, and Health Care. The Personal Care segment offers disposable diapers, training and youth pants, swimpants, baby wipes, feminine and incontinence care products, and related products under the Huggies, Pull-Ups, Little Swimmers, GoodNites, Kotex, Depend, Plenitud, and Poise brand names. The Consumer Tissue segment provides facial and bathroom tissue, paper towels, napkins, and related products under the Kleenex, Scott, Cottonelle, Viva, Andrex, Scottex, Hakle, and Page brands. The K-C Professional segment offers apparel, wipers, soaps, sanitizers, tissues, and towels under the Kleenex, Scott, WypAll, Kimtech, and Jackson Safety brand names. The Health Care segment provides surgical and infection prevention products; and medical devices focused on pain management, respiratory, and digestive health under the Kimberly-Clark and ON-Q brands. The company sells its products for household use directly to supermarkets, mass merchandisers, drugstores, warehouse clubs, variety and department stores, and other retail outlets, as well as through other distributors and e-commerce; and away-from-home use products through distributors and directly to manufacturing, lodging, office building, food service, health care establishments, and public facilities. Kimberly-Clark Corporation was founded in 1872 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Sector: Consumer Defensive
Industry: Household & Personal Products
Keywords: S&P 500 E-Commerce Department Store Food Service Retail Outlets Infection Hygiene Pain Management Cotton Public Health Warehouse Club Diaper Health Care Products Personal Hygiene Products Infection Prevention Paper Towel Self Care Toilet Paper Infection Prevention Products