Stock Report: Kimberly-Clark Corp. (KMB) Report Updated: May 20, 2013 | Print This Page

Kimberly-Clark Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in manufacturing and marketing health care products worldwide. The company operates in four segments: Personal Care, Consumer Tissue, K-C Professional and Other, and Health Care. The Personal Care segment manufactures and markets disposable diapers, training and youth pants, swimpants, baby wipes, feminine and incontinence care products, and related products under the various brand names, including Huggies, Pull-Ups, Little Swimmers, GoodNites, Kotex, Lightdays, Depend, and Poise. The Consumer Tissue segment offers 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 and Other segment provides apparel, wipers, soaps, sanitizers, tissues, and towels under the Kleenex, Scott, WypAll, Kimtech, and Jackson Safety brands. The Health Care segment offers exam gloves, medical devices, and infection prevention products; and pain management products, respiratory, and digestive health and medical supplies 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 retail outlets; through other distributors and the Internet; 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.