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Kimberly-Clark Corporation bu ulooru ndi America nke metutara nlekota onwe nke otutu obodo.nke n'emeputa ihe ejiri akwukwo Mme. Ulooru na emepu ngwa sanitary paper na ngwa medical na surgical.

Aha ahia Kimberly gunyere Kleenex facial tissue, Kotex feminine hygiene products, Cottonelle Scott na Andrex toilet paper, Wypall utility wipes na Huggies disposable diapers na baby wipes.

Tọrọ ntọala na Neenah, Wisconsin, na 1872 ma dabere na mpaghara Las Colinas nke Irving, Texas, kemgbe 1985, ụlọ ọrụ ahụ na-arụ ọrụ nke ya gburugburu ụwa ruo ọtụtụ iri afọ, mana mechiri nke ikpeazụ n'ime ndị ahụ na 2012.[1] N'inwe ego a na-enweta kwa afọ n'oge na-adịbeghị anya nke ruru ijeri $ 18 kwa afọ, a na-edepụta Kimberly-Clark mgbe niile n'etiti Fortune 500. Ka ọ na-erule Machị 2020, ụlọ ọrụ ahụ nwere ihe dịka ndị ọrụ 40,000.[2]

Akụkọ ihe mere eme

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Ụlọ ọrụ akwụkwọ Kimberly-Clark na Niagara, Wisconsin, 1942

John A. Kimberly, Havilah Babcock, Charles B Clark na Franklin C. Shattuck choputara Kimberly, Clark and Co. Na afo 1872 na Neenah, Wisconsin, n'eji $42000 Maka mbido ulooru. Ha bu uzo mmepe paper Mills, nke ha Nile mekoro onu nke mgbe uwa. Naafo 1888 ulooru ha nwetara nsogbu mgbe groundwood Atlas paper mill ha gbara oku. Na afo 1889 abara town ahu Kimberly na n'ochi Anya John A. Kimberly.Templeeti:Inflation[3][4] .[5][6] Ulooru meputara cellu-cotton na 1914, o but cotton nke ndi US Army na eji ka surgical cotton n'oge agha nke war I. ,[7] Ka afo isii gara ulooru huputara Kotex dika ngwa ihe mbu nwaanyi ana etufu etufu.[8]Kleenex bu handkerchief ana etufu etufu nke putara na 1924. Kimberly &Clark soro ndi ulooru New York Times na 1926 na Aru akwukwo akuko ihe mere eme na Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada. Afo abuo gachara, amara ulooru ahu dika Kimberly -Clark.[9]

Ụlọ ọrụ ahụ gbasaa na mba ụwa n'afọ ndị 1950, na-emeghe ụlọ ọrụ na Mexico, West Germany na United Kingdom. Ọ malitere ọrụ na 17 ọzọ mba ọzọ na 1960s.   [citation needed] Ụlọ ọrụ ahụ guzobere Midwest Express Airlines site na ngalaba ụgbọ elu ụlọ ọrụ ya na 1984. Isi ụlọ ọrụ Kimberly-Clark si Neenah, Wisconsin kwaga Irving, Texas n'afọ sochirinụ, [10] ọ bụ ezie na a ka na-emepụta ngwaahịa ya na Neenah. N'akụkụ Cadbury, Kimberly-Clark wepụrụ nkwado mgbasa ozi maka The Lou Grant Show na 1982, n'ihi nrụgide sitere na ndị otu dị iche iche na-eme mkpọsa megide kpakpando Ed Asner.[11] N'okpuru nduzi nke Darwin Smith dị ka onye isi oche site na 1971 ruo 1991, a gbanwere ụlọ ọrụ ahụ site na ụlọ ọrụ akwụkwọ azụmaahịa gaa na ụlọ ọrụ ngwaahịa akwụkwọ.

N'afọ 1991, Kimberly-Clark na The New York Times Company rere ụlọ ọrụ akwụkwọ ha jikọrọ aka na Kapus heart, Ontario. Kimberly-Clark banyere na njikọ aka ya na Descartables Argentinos S.A. nke dị na Buenos Aires iji mepụta Ngwaahịa nlekọta onwe onye na Argentina na 1994 [12] ma zụta ngalaba ịdị ọcha nke ụmụ nwanyị nke VP-Schickedanz (Germany) maka $ 123 nde [13] na 90% nke Handan Comfort and Beauty Group (China). [14]

Kimberly-Clark zụrụ Scott Paper na 1995 maka ijeri $ 9.4. [15] N'afọ 1997, Kimberly-Clark rere òkè 50% ya na Scott Paper nke Canada na ụlọ ọrụ ngwaahịa ọhịa Kruger Inc. [16] ma zụta ọrụ diaper na Spain na Portugal na onye na-emepụta ihe nkpuchi ịwa ahụ Tecnol Medical Products. [17][18] N'ịbawanye ọnụnọ ya na Germany, Switzerland na Austria, na 1999 ụlọ ọrụ ahụ kwụrụ $ 365 nde maka azụmahịa anụ ahụ nke Attisholz Holding nke Switzerland.[19] N'ịgbasawanye onyinye ya nke ngwaahịa ọgwụ, ụlọ ọrụ ahụ zụrụ Ballard Medical Products na 1999 maka $ 774 nde na onye na-eme enyo Safeskin na 2000 maka ihe dị ka $ 800 nde. [20][21]

Ọzọkwa n'afọ 2000, ụlọ ọrụ ahụ zụrụ ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ ụlọ ọrụ S-K nke Taiwan niile; njem ahụ mere ka Kimberly-Clark bụrụ otu n'ime ndị na-emepụta ngwongwo ngwugwu na Taiwan.[22] Ụlọ ọrụ ahụ mechara zụta Taiwan Scott Paper Corporation maka ihe dị ka $ 40 nde wee jikọta ụlọ ọrụ abụọ ahụ, mepụta Kimberly-Clark Taiwan.[23] N'afọ 2001, Kimberly-Clark zụrụ ụlọ ọrụ na-emepụta ákwà n'Ịtali bụ Linostar ma kwupụta na ọ na-emechi ụlọ ọrụ anọ na-emepụta ihe na Latin America.[24]

N'afọ 2002, Kimberly-Clark zụrụ òkè Amcor na-asọmpi akwụkwọ na ụlọ ọrụ jikọrọ aka Australia. [25] N'afọ 2003, Kimberly-Clark gbakwunyere na azụmaahịa anụ ahụ ya zuru ụwa ọnụ site n'inweta ụlọ ọrụ na-emepụta anụ ahụ na Poland bụ Klucze . [26]

Na mbido afọ 2004, onye isi oche na onye isi ọrụ Thomas Falk malitere mmejuputa atụmatụ azụmahịa zuru ụwa ọnụ nke ụlọ ọrụ ahụ kọwapụtara na July 2003. Ụlọ ọrụ ahụ jikọtara ndị otu North America na Europe maka nlekọta onwe onye na anụ ahụ ndị na-azụ ahịa n'okpuru ndị otu North Atlantic. N'afọ 2019, onye isi oche Thomas Falk gbara arụkwaghịm n'ọkwa ya mana ọ gara n'ihu dị ka onyeisi oche ụlọ ọrụ ahụ. COO Michael D. Hsu ghọrọ CEO mgbe Falk lara ezumike nká.

Ka ọ na-erule Machị 2020, ụlọ ọrụ ahụ nwere ihe dịka ndị ọrụ 40,000.[2] N'ọnwa Eprel 2020, Financial Times kọrọ na ịzụta egwu n'oge ọrịa COVID-19 mere ka mmụba pasent 13 nke ahịa nke anụ ahụ Kimberley-Clark na nkeji iri na ise nke afọ 2020 ma e jiri ya tụnyere afọ gara aga. [27] N'ọnwa Eprel 2020, Kimberly Clark kọrọ na pasent asatọ na-agbadata na ahịa organic, arụmọrụ ahịa ya kachasị njọ na ọ dịkarịa ala afọ iri, dị ka Wall Street Journal si kwuo.[28]

N'afọ 2022, Kimberly Clark nwetara ọtụtụ òkè na Thinx, akara ejiji ime oge.[29]

Ihe onwunwe na ndị enyemaka

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Ọ bụ ndị na-etinye ego na ụlọ ọrụ (Vanguard group, BlackRock, State Street Corporation na ndị ọzọ) na-ejikarị òkè Kimberly-Clark. [30] Ndị enyemaka ya gụnyere Kimberly-Clark Professional . [31]

Ụgbọelu Midwest

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Enwere ike ịchọta mmalite nke Midwest Airlines na 1948, mgbe Kimberly-Clark meghere ngalaba ụgbọ elu ụlọ ọrụ ya wee malite inye ndị isi ụlọ ọrụ na ndị injinia ụgbọ elu n'etiti isi ụlọ ọrụ ahụ na Neenah na ụlọ ọrụ akwụkwọ ya.

N'afọ 1969, a mụrụ K-C Aviation site na ọrụ ụgbọ elu nke ụlọ ọrụ ahụ, ma nyefee ya n'ịrụzi ụgbọ elu ụlọ ọrụ. N'afọ 1982, K-C Aviation malitere ụgbọ elu maka ndị ọrụ Kimberly-Clark n'etiti Appleton, Memphis, na Atlanta. Site na ahụmịhe a, na ịtụle Airline Deregulation Act nke 1978, Kimberly-Clark na K-C Aviation guzobere ụlọ ọrụ ụgbọ elu na-eme atụmatụ mgbe niile, Midwest Express Airlines, nke malitere na June 11, 1984.[32] E belatara aha ụlọ ọrụ ụgbọelu ahụ ka ọ bụrụ Midwest Airlines n'afọ 2003.

K-C Aviation wepụrụ onwe ya na ụlọ ọrụ ụgbọ elu ahụ na 1996. Afọ abụọ ka e mesịrị, Gulfstream Aerospace zụrụ K-C Aviation n'aka Kimberly-Clark maka $ 250 nde, nke gụnyere ọrụ ya na ọdụ ụgbọ elu dị na Dallas, Appleton, na Westfield, Massachusetts.[33]

Usoro ngwaahịa ndị dị mkpa

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Usoro ngwaahịa ndị isi nke US

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Kimberly-Clark na-emepụta ọtụtụ ngwaahịa ndị ahịa dabeere na Akwụkwọ. Ụlọ ọrụ ahụ na-emepụta ngwaahịa akwụkwọ dị ọcha na ngwaọrụ ịwa ahụ na ọgwụ. Ngwaahịa aha Kimberly-Clark gụnyere anụ ahụ ihu Kleenex, ngwaahịa ịdị ọcha nke ụmụ nwanyị Kotex, Akwụkwọ mposi Cottonelle, Scott na Andrex, akwa ọrụ Wypall, akwa nhicha sayensị KimWipes na akwa akwa Huggies na akwa ụmụaka.

Ihe nhicha na ihe ndị na-egbochi ịṅụ mmiri

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  • Huggies: ákwà maka ụmụ ọhụrụ na ụmụaka
  • Little Swimmers: swim diapers, na-ere n'okpuru akara Huggies 
  • Pull-Ups: uwe ọzụzụ maka ụmụaka na-enweta Ọzụzụ ụlọ mposi, na-ere n'okpuru akara Huggies
  • GoodNites (DryNites n'èzí North America): drapers na-adọta maka ụmụaka, ndị nọ n'afọ iri na ụma na ndị okenye na-eto eto na-enwe enuresis abalị (bedwetting), nke sitere na akara Pull-Ups
  • Ịnọgide na-eme ihe: Pads na liners maka ìhè na nke dị nro na-eme ka mmiri ghara ịdị ọcha n'ahụ ụmụ nwanyị toro eto 
  • Dabere na: ákwà nhicha na mkpirisi maka ndị okenye

Ebe Ndị Mmiri Ojii

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