Kimberly-Clark Corporation: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Kimberly-Clark Corporation is an American corporation that produces mostly paper based consumer products. Kimberly-Clark brand name products include "Kleenex" facial tissue and "Huggies" disposable diapers. Based in Dallas, Texas, it has approximately 63,900 employees.

Its stock symbol on the NYSE is KMB.

Kimberly-Clark was founded in 1872 in Neenah, Wisconsin, with $30,000 capitalization. Their first business was running paper wood pulp mills. In 1995 Kimberly-Clark merged with the Scott Paper Company in a US$9.4 billion merger.