Kimberly-Clark Corp., Dallas, Texas, USA, this past week held a grand opening ceremony for its first plant in Stupino, Russia, which is located near Moscow. The new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility features two Huggies diaper lines.
Russia has been identified as a key growth opportunity for K-C's international strategy. Today the company holds significant market shares in the baby and child care, consumer tissue, and feminine care categories. Investment in the Stupino plant will allow K-C to support its continued growth in Russia and in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries.
Taking into account continued favorable market developments in Eastern Europe and the CIS countries, Kimberly-Clark decided to build a new-generation plant in Russia in 2007. The active stage of construction of the plant began in 2009 and was completed earlier this year. Currently, the plant has about 200 employees, with 90% of them being from Stupino. Specialists involved in the operations' process have passed extensive training in K-C facilities in the U.S., Europe, and Korea.
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