Kleenex, the toilet paper brand made at Kimberly-Clark Australia’s Millicent Mill in South Australia, has partnered with Bowel Cancer Australia on a new awareness campaign urging people to watch for early signs of the nation’s second-deadliest type of cancer. In a statement on Tuesday, Kleenex said the pair were urging Australians to “Check your poo”…
Personal care product manufacturer Kimberly-Clark Australia says a new packaging approach is delivering promising early results, and could see 15 tonnes of plastic removed annually from supply chains nationally. According to a statement from K-CA on Monday, the trial with with supermarket chain Woolworths began in mid-September, following “over a year in development and testing”.…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) Civmec and Austal join forces for landing ship bid Engineering firm Civmec and shipbuilder Austal have executed a memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to form a Joint Venture (JV) to submit a proposal to the government to support the project LAND8710…
The ANZ subsidiary of global personal care business Kimberly-Clark has named Jessica Renton (pictured) as its new Head of Supply Chain. According to a statement from Kimberly-Clark Australia (K-CA) on Tuesday, the appointment “signifies [a] strategic move… to enhance operations, drive growth and improve customer experience” and comes ahead of a transformation of its supply…
DXN in biggest data centre sale Modular data centre manufacturer DXN has signed a contract to supply four cable landing stations for the East Micronesia Cable System. The contracts, worth $5.7 million, is DXN’s largest contract to date. The contracts are for telecommunications operators in the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru and Kiribati and are…
Technology development company entX will divest a 49 percent equity stake in its Limestone Coast Hydrogen Project (LCH2 Project, pictured below) which is aiming to produce green hydrogen for Australia’s major tissue manufacturer Kimberly-Clark Australia. KCA produces the Kleenex and Viva brands at the factory, as well as professional bathroom products at its Millicent mill…
Manufacturing leaders have welcomed the announcement by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of a Future Made in Australia Act and greater focus from Canberra to supporting industry development. The Managing Director of Kimberly-Clark Australia Belinda Driscoll, said the company’s sole manufacturing plant in regional South Australia which produces VIVA, Kleenex, and Scott products, contributes over half…
Paper products manufacturer and importer Kimberly-Clark Australia (K-CA) has cut the ribbon on a state-of-the-art distribution centre in Ravenhall, Victoria (pictured). Spanning over 23,000 sq. metres, the new DC is the second largest in K-CA’s Australian network and is the first in a series of investments to deliver faster, more efficient services to customers. The…