KIMBERLY-CLARK UNVEILS PROPRIETARY ALTERNATIVE NATURAL FIBER INNOVATION PROGRAM TO ADVANCE ITS "BETTER CARE FOR A BETTER WORLD" COMMITMENT

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    "excerpt": "Company Pioneers Next-Generation, Agriculture-Based Materials Platform to Reshape How It Manufactures Hygiene Products DALLAS , Aug. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NASDAQ: KMB ) today unveiled a proprietary innovation program focused on advancing alternative natural fibers as the foundation for a next-generation, high-performance, sustainable materials platform, furthering the Company's commitment to Better Care for a Better World. Company researchers and scientists developed a patented technology platform by transforming fibers from a rapidly renewable succulent plant into sustainable material. This breakthrough has the potential to power the Company's future hygiene products with enhanced performance, quality, and sustainability.* \"This represents an exciting moonshot for Kimberly-Clark and the culmination of more than two decades of materials and plant science expertise,\" said Craig Slavtcheff, Chief Research and Development Officer at Kimberly-Clark. \"We have developed a highly proprietary technology platform rooted in alternative fiber research and believe that these novel natural fibers will form our next great materials platform – an innovation with the potential to reshape the hygiene category. While testing continues, we are optimistic by early results and believe this material will provide curve-bending performance in our products while...",
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