Kimberly-Clark, the United States conglomerate which makes the Kleenex brand of toilet paper and tissues, said there had been an increase in demand and that its large plant at Millicent in South Australia had stepped up production. Kimberly-Clark's Millicent mill manager Adam Carpenter said ''we've seen an increase in demand''.
The Millicent plant employs people and is used to sharp fluctuations. It is able to quickly meet the need for extra production across all of its range, such as during a bad flu season when demand for Kleenex tissues rises quickly.
It also makes Viva paper towels. Kimberly-Clark said it was also working very closely with Coles and Woolworths to replenish supermarket shelves faster. The makers of Kleenex and Sorbent toilet paper say there won't be any shortages due to customers stockpiling because local production is stepping up.
Rhett Wyman. The maker of Sorbent toilet paper on Tuesday also reassured customers that it wouldn't run out of supplies. Sorbent's director of corporate affairs Steven Nicholson said on Tuesday there would be adequate supply. Mr Morrison said he'd spoken to the chief executives of both Coles and Woolworths and been assured that essential items wouldn't run out. It's the height of an especially bad flu season, but the maker of Kleenex plans to close factories because it says facial-tissue sales are wheezing.
Kimberly-Clark, which also produces Huggies diapers, Kotex feminine hygiene products, Cottonelle toilet paper and Scott paper towels, plans to cut up to 5, jobs and close or sell about 10 plants. The Dallas-based company blamed sluggish sales and a bloated production base. The move comes after competitors slashed prices on tissues, damaging Kleenex sales in North America.
Savings from the recent federal tax cut would help fund the cost reductions. It "provides us the flexibility" to do so, Chief Financial Officer Maria Henry said on a conference call. The company said it would expand production at "several" other sites. Kimberly-Clark is a U. Its products are sold in countries. The largest tissue product manufacturer in the world, Kimberly-Clark produces the well-known Kleenex brand facial tissue, toilet paper and napkins in Canada and the United States, and Scott, Viva and Cottonelle tissue products in the United States.
Kimberly-Clark also produces an extensive line of commercial tissue products for businesses, institutions and governments. The rest comes directly from trees. In , Kimberly-Clark required 3. The company has the ability to make a much higher percentage of its products from post-consumer recycled fiber but chooses not to do so.
In fact, many of its brands sold in grocery stores, such as Kleenex are made from percent virgin tree fiber, much of which comes from ancient forests like the Boreal forest. The Boreal forest is one of the last remaining large ancient forests in the world. The Boreal forest is also home to hundreds of wide-ranging wildlife species, including moose, caribou, lynx, bear and wolves.
Eagles, hawks, owls, 30 percent of North American songbirds, and 40 percent of North American waterfowl nest in its forests and wetlands. Kimberly-Clark buys virgin fiber from logging companies operating in the Boreal forest in Ontario and Alberta. For example, the Neenah Paper mill in Terrace Bay, Ontario, uses wood pulp from clearcutting within the 5. Neenah Paper is a recent spin-off of Kimberly-Clark.
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