10 Facts About Kimberly-Clark

Kimberly-Clark Corporation is an American multinational personal care corporation that produces mostly paper-based consumer products.

Kimberly-Clark developed cellu-cotton in 1914, a cotton substitute used by the US 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.

Kimberly-Clark formed Midwest Express Airlines from its corporate flight department in 1984.

Kimberly-Clark's headquarters moved from Neenah, Wisconsin to Irving, Texas the following year, although its products are still produced in Neenah.

Alongside Cadbury, Kimberly-Clark withdrew advertising support for The Lou Grant Show in 1982, due to pressure from various conservative caucuses campaigning against star Ed Asner.

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Kimberly-Clark later purchased Taiwan Scott Paper Corporation for about $40 million and merged the two companies, forming Kimberly-Clark Taiwan.

In 2001, Kimberly-Clark bought Italian diaper maker Linostar and announced it was closing four Latin American manufacturing plants.

In 2002, Kimberly-Clark purchased paper-packaging rival Amcor's stake in an Australian joint venture.

In 2003, Kimberly-Clark added to its global consumer tissue business by acquiring the Polish tissue maker Klucze.

Origin of Midwest Airlines can be traced back to 1948, when Kimberly-Clark opened its corporate flight department and began providing air transportation for company executives and engineers between the company's headquarters in Neenah and its paper mills.