Kimberly-Clark Corporation is an American corporation that produces mostly paper-based consumer products. Kimberly-Clark brand name products include "Kleenex" facial tissue, "Kotex" feminine hygiene products, "Cottonelle", Scott and Andrex toilet paper, Wypall utility wipes, "KimWipes" scientific cleaning wipes, and "Huggies" disposable diapers. Based in Irving, Texas, it has approximately 56,000 employees. Kimberly-Clark UK holds a Royal Warrant from Queen Elizabeth II and the Prince of Wales in the United Kingdom. Kimberly, Clark and Co. was founded in 1872 by John A. Kimberly, Havilah... Babcock, Charles B. Clark, and Franklyn C. Shattuck in Neenah, Wisconsin with US$30,000 capitalization. The group's first business was operating paper mills, which the collective expanded throughout the following decades. In 1914 the company developed cellu-cotton, a cotton substitute used by the United States Army as surgical cotton during World War I. Army nurses used cellu-cotton pads as disposable sanitary napkins, and six years later the company introduced Kotex, the first disposable feminine hygiene product. Kleenex, a disposable handkerchief, followed in 1924.
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| NYSE symbol: | KMB |
| Founded: | 1872 |
| Headquarters: | Irving, Texas |
| Annual revenue: | $19,415,000,000 |
| Net income: | $1,690,000,000 |
| Operating income: | $2,547,000,000 |
| Market cap: | $29,000,000,000 |
| Industries: | Manufacturing, Packaging Paper and Plastics Film, Coated and Laminated, Coated and Laminated Paper, NEC, Plastics, Foil, and Coated Paper Bags, Uncoated Paper and Multiwall Bag Manufacturing, Die-Cut Paper and Paperboard and Cardboard, Sanitary Paper Products, Envelope Manufacturing, Stationery, Tablet, and Related Product Manufacturing, Converted Paper and Paperboard Products, NEC, Paper |