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Kimberly-Clark Corporation moves to Asia Pacific model
North and South Asia Regions consolidated to drive focus on key priorities
New VIVA® TV & Computer Screen Wipes Kit
New VIVA® TV & Computer Screen Wipes Kit is the latest innovation in the VIVA® Clever Cleaning Range.
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Celebrate Australia Day with HUGGIES® Nappies
HUGGIES® brand launches the first ever Limited Edition HUGGIES® Nappies with Australia Day Designs.
Win a Swim with Klim
Parents who purchase Huggies Little Swimmers® have the chance to win an unforgettable swimming experience for their baby – a swimming lesson with Michael Klim.
New Depend® Underwear Variety Packs – More like real Underwear
Kimberly-Clark’s Depend® brand launches category-first Underwear Variety Packs
Computers for kids in need
For 10 years Kimberly-Clark has donated computers, printers and laptops to Fusion Centres around the world helping socially at risk young people find a sense of purpose in the community.
Cosmo U-Ambassador Announced!
23 year old Sally Wood from Wollongong NSW becomes the first ever Cosmo U-Ambassador, a joint campaign by U by Kotex® and Cosmopolitan magazine.
Kimberly-Clark Health Care hosts South Asia customers
The Kimberly-Clark Health Care team recently hosted 17 international healthcare professionals from 12 hospitals across China, Malaysia and Hong Kong for the annual Kimberly-Clark Asian Study Tour.
Swimming with smiles
Huggies® Little Swimmers NZ has teamed up with Plunket and Water Safety New Zealand launching the Swimming with Smiles campaign, encouraging mums and dads to jump in the pool with their kids this summer.
Huggies helps underprivileged children
The Huggies team volunteered at the Make A Wish Foundation’s annual Special Children’s Christmas Party giving over 5,000 underprivileged children everything they could wish for in one day.
Kimberly-Clark welcomes revised government Illegal Logging Prohibition Bill
The revised Illegal Logging Prohibition Bill was tabled by the Federal Government to the House of Representatives today.
Kimberly-Clark wins top award for responsible forestry
Kimberly-Clark awarded 2011 FSC Large Chain of Custody Operation of the Year by the Forest Stewardship Council.
Kleenex Mums® supports children’s book
Kleenex Mums® sponsors the launch of ‘Tears in the Jungle,’ a book by two young boys passionate about saving the endangered Orang-utan.
Kimberly-Clark in top 10 multinational workplaces
Kimberly-Clark ranks No. 9 on the Great Place to Work Institute’s list of ‘World’s 25 Best Multinational Workplaces’ next to McDonald’s, FedEx, Google and Microsoft.
30 days, 30 prizes for U by Kotex fans
U by Kotex brand launches new Designs Liners Facebook promotion with a prize giveaway every day in November.
HUGGIES® Christmas Nappies are coming to town
The Huggies® brand will launch a new Christmas campaign to support the release of the first Limited Edition Huggies Nappies with Christmas Designs.
Kleenex Mums helps control the chaos
With the help of real Aussie mums, Kimberly-Clark’s Kleenex Mums website has today released ‘101 tips to control the chaos’, a free eBook to help parents maximise their time.
VIVA® Paper Towel gets festive
Helping you clean up this festive season, VIVA® Paper Towel is now available in eight limited edition Christmas prints.
QLD Premier thanks Kimberly-Clark Australia
The honourable Anna Bligh formally recognised the generous support and donations made by Kimberly-Clark Australia to those affected by this year’s natural disasters in Queensland
Jay Solly wins KIMGUARD* Sterile Wrap Scholarship
The Kimberly-Clark KIMGUARD* Sterile Wrap scholarship program was developed to provide special recognition for innovative change improvement programs
Mums get fit with Huggies®
Celebrity fitness guru Michelle Bridges has tailored her 12 Week Body Transformation program especially for Huggies® mums looking to get into shape.
Try new VIVA® Kitchen Scrub Surface Wipes
In store now, new VIVA® Kitchen Scrub Surface Wipes are the latest innovation to join the VIVA® Clever Cleaning Range.
When nature calls choose Kleenex Cottonelle
Kleenex Cottonelle has achieved the gold standard in forest management certification, supported by the new ‘When Nature Calls’ campaign
Huggies ranks high on Facebook
The Huggies brand has been ranked number 4 in Facebook engagement
U by Kotex & Dolly team-up
Dolly Magazine readers get preview of new U by Kotex® ad kicking off an exclusive partnership between the magazine and the U by Kotex® brand.
No ‘leak checks’ with U by Kotex Tampons
The U by Kotex brand is launching ‘Leak Check’, the next phase of the ‘U Know What Works’ campaign with a new television commercial on air Sunday 21 August.
Kimberly-Clark Australia wins SMART Award
Kimberly-Clark Australia has won the SMART Award, Australia’s most prestigious award for excellence in Supply Chain Management and Distribution.
New Kleenex® Tissues website now live!
Check out the new engaging, modern Kleenex® Tissues website at www.kleenex.com.au
Kimberly-Clark Invests $65 million in Local Manufacturing Operations
Kimberly-Clark announces investment upgrades at each of its 3 manufacturing sites across NSW & South Australia greatly increasing energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse emissions.
KCA’s ‘Walking the Talk’ with Sustainability
Today Kimberly-Clark Australia & New Zealand launched the 2010 Sustainability Report to key clients, sustainability partners, stakeholders and the media.
Huggies® grants $20k to five Mumpreneurs
The Huggies® brand has awarded five innovative Aussie mums with a $20,000 business grant after receiving an astonishing 1,200 entries to the Huggies® MumInspired® Grant Program.
Jessica Rowe live on Huggies Facebook
Jessica Rowe will be chatting to Aussie Mums about motherhood and her new book, Love. Wisdom. Motherhood in a live Q&A on the Huggies Facebook page this Thursday.
Viva launches new interactive website
The VIVA® brand has launched a new interactive website offering useful tips and tools to help with all aspects of household cleaning.
Wear your ‘good undies’ everyday with U BY KOTEX®
This Sunday, the U by Kotex® brand is launching ‘Daggies’, the first TV advertisement in an exciting new campaign entitled ‘U Know What Works’.
New Kleenex TVC in NZ: A tissue to suit every nose
Kimberly-Clark’s Kleenex brand has released a new Kleenex Facial Tissue TVC to support the innovative products within the Kleenex range.
KCA celebrates International Guide Dog Day
Today is International Guide Dog Day and as proud sponsors of Guide Dogs, Kimberly-Clark Australia is celebrating by sharing stories from Beth, a proud mum of three children aged nine, seven and four, who is also totally blind.
Over 8,000 fans in 8 weeks for new Huggies Facebook page!
The new Huggies Facebook page went live eight weeks ago to support both the Huggies website and the launch of the Huggies MumInspired Grants program last month.
2011
Kimberly-Clark Health Care launches educational DVD
Kimberly-Clark Health Care has collaborated with the Gastroenterological Nurses College of Australia (GENCA) to produce an educational DVD that has become a valuable resource for Gastroenterological Nurses across Australia.
Kimberly-Clark Health Care offers hospitals innovative recycling solution
Kimberly-Clark Health Care has teamed up with SITA-MediCollect waste management to provide an innovative program to improve recycling practices within hospitals and reduce the amount of KIMGUARD* Sterile Wrap waste sent to landfill.
Vote VIVA Stainless Steel Wipes for Product of the Year
VIVA® Stainless Steel Wipes has been named a finalist in the Household Cleaning category of the Australian Women's Weekly Product of the Year Awards 2011.
Kimberly-Clark takes Education Foundation to the Territory
Healthcare professionals across the Northern Territory travel over 600km to attend Kimberly-Clark Health Care’s Education Foundation Clinical Breakfast Session to learn about the latest in infection prevention practices and techniques.
Kimberly-Clark celebrates International Women’s Day
Employer of Choice for Women Kimberly-Clark celebrated the Centenary of International Women’s Day this week with events at the company headquarters at Milsons Point, Ingleburn Baby Care Mill, Millicent Mill, and Albury Mill.
Vote POISE® Liners for Product of the Year
Voting is now open for Australian Woman’s Weekly Product of the Year and POISE Liners is in the running for Australia’s most favourite product in the Health and Wellbeing Category
HUGGIES® NZ wins gold!
Huggies Nappies and Huggies Baby Wipes come out on top in New Zealand winning two prestigious awards from OHbaby! Magazine.
HUGGIES® Lounge hits shopping centres
The HUGGIES® Lounge will make its 2011 debut this month kicking off another year of travelling to major shopping centres across the country to provide expert advice and entertainment to busy parents and carers.
U ‘Go Girls’
The U by Kotex brand is pleased to announce it will be sponsoring top-rating TV show ‘Go Girls’ again in 2011, as the popular prime time NZ drama returns for its third season running.
Uh O! Jackie O goes live to air about her LBL
New mum and 2DayFM radio DJ, Jackie O talks about her LBL in her first week back from maternity leave on The Kyle and Jackie O Show.
Kimberly-Clark Restructures Millicent Operations
Mill to cease production on two oldest lines following global pulp & tissue review.
New Kleenex® Cottonelle® TVC in New Zealand
The Kleenex Cottonelle brand launches new TVC in New Zealand highlighting the ‘Lab Tested’ benefits of Kleenex Cottonelle Long Roll.
Viva® Shower Fast Wipes now on shelf - Kimberly-Clark’s latest Viva® cleaning range innovation
New Viva® Shower Fast Wipes mark another first for the VIVA ‘clever cleaning’ range following the successful launch of Viva® Stainless Steel Wipes and Viva® Glass & Mirror Wipes in 2009.
KCA Announces new General Managers
Following the recent notification of the new management structure for Kimberly-Clark in South Asia, Glen Watts, Managing Director of Australia and New Zealand today confirmed the following Consumer Business General Manager appointments to the KCANZ Management Team
KCA donates $100k of essentials to QLD
Kimberly-Clark Australia continues the supply of essential products to flood affected Queensland to date donating 96 pallets of product with a commercial value of over $100,000
Nappies and toilet paper flood in
Within 24 hours of a call from Foodbank desperate for essential products KCA had shipped 48 pallets of nappies & toilet paper to help victims of flood affected Queensland.