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(WTAQ-WLUK) — Kimberly-Clark announced it’s investing more than $2 billion in expansion of its North American businesses over the next five years.
It is the company’s largest domestic expansion in more than 30 years.
Kimberly-Clark says it has seen a rise in demand for its brands, which include Huggies diapers, Kleenex tissue, Depend incontinence products, Scott kitchen towels and Cottonelle bath tissue.
The investment centers on two projects: a new advanced manufacturing facility in Warren, Ohio, and an expansion of its Beech Island, South Carolina, site with a state-of-the-art automated distribution center. It also includes additional capital expenditure linked to innovation and automation upgrades across its North America supply chain network.
These projects are expected to create more than 900 highly skilled jobs in industrial automation and advanced manufacturing.
Construction for both facilities is scheduled to begin in May 2025 and expected to be completed over the next 2-3 years.
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