Kimberly-Clark Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and marketing of health care products worldwide. The company operates in four segments: Personal Care, Consumer Tissue, K-C Professional & 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 for household use under various brand names, including Huggies, Pull-Ups, Little Swimmers, GoodNites, Kotex, Lightdays, Depend, and Poise. The Consumer Tissue segment manufactures and markets facial and bathroom tissue, paper towels, napkins, and related products for household use under the Kleenex, Scott, Cottonelle, Viva, Andrex, Scottex, Hakle, Page, and other brand names. The K-C Professional & Other segment manufactures and markets facial and bathroom tissue, paper towels, napkins, wipers, and a range of safety products for the away-from-home marketplace under the Kimberly-Clark, Kleenex, Scott, WypAll, Kimtech, KleenGuard, Kimcare, and Jackson brand names. The Health Care segment manufactures and markets health care products, including surgical drapes and gowns, infection control products, face masks, exam gloves, respiratory products, pain management products, and other disposable medical products under the Kimberly-Clark, Ballard, ON-Q, and other brand names. The company sells its household use products directly and through wholesalers to supermarkets, mass merchandisers, drugstores, warehouse clubs, variety and department stores, and retail outlets; and away-from-home use products through distributors and directly to manufacturing, lodging, office building, food service, health care establishments, and public facilities
