Kimberly-Clark Corporation





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.

             Financial Information

             Ê                2002      2001

 Total revenue (US$M)       13,566.3  14,524.4

 Net Earnings (Loss) (US$M) 1,674.6   1,609.90

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.