Kimberly-Clark Expands Network of Global Innovation Centers

Kimberly-Clark Corporation announces plans to establish a Global Innovation Center in Bogota, Colombia. The center will develop products using local and regional insights to meet broader consumer needs around the world. This development follows Kimberly-Clark's recent announcement of its Korea Global Innovation Center and marks a significant expansion of the company's worldwide innovation capabilities.

 

"Innovation is a core strategy of our Global Business Plan," says Cindy Panning, Kimberly-Clark's vice president of Product Development. "We intend to further leverage our leadership by coupling integrated marketing programs with winning innovation around the world to grow our categories and our businesses. Our Global Innovation Centers will help us stay competitive in a fast-changing environment."

 

The Colombia and Korea expansion sites will join a global network that includes Kimberly-Clark's North American facilities in Neenah, Wisconsin and Roswell, Georgia as well as the Innovation Center of Asia in Seoul, Korea.

 

Kimberly-Clark currently has five manufacturing plants in Colombia that cover all product sectors. The Colombia Innovation Center will be located in Bogota and will provide opportunities for talented employees to collaborate in global-scale product development with their counterparts in North America and Asia.

 

The Korea Global Innovation Center, announced in July, will be located adjacent to the Innovation Center of Asia. This expands Kimberly-Clark's research, engineering and design capabilities with product development. The close proximity to the key, premium Korean market will accelerate the development and introduction of innovative products.