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From a heritage of invention to smart dispensing innovation

Published 19th March, 2025 by Jack Homewood

From a heritage of invention to smart dispensing innovation

Kimberly Clark Professional at The Cleaning Show 2025, Stand no: G45.

Kimberly-Clark Professional showcases its hygiene innovation heritage alongside the future of washroom dispensing at the Cleaning Show 2025. For the first time in the UK, Kimberly-Clark will be presenting the Andrex® brand to its professional customers and introducing smart washroom innovation with Onvation™.

Under its core purpose ‘Better Care for a Better World’, Kimberly-Clark Professional takes a journey from the birth of Kleenex in 1924, to the latest touchless ICON® dispenser collection, as well as all the news from the award-winning hand towel recycling RightCycle™ Programme, plus sustainable innovation from its wiping and washroom brands Kleenex®, Scott® and WypAll®.

A legacy of invention, a heritage of care

Kimberly-Clark Professional looks back on the life of Kleenex® featuring some of the inventions that were category forming across the global cleaning and personal hygiene sector including Kleenex® tissues, Kotex® sanitary products and Scott® toilet tissue. From this legacy platform, Kimberly-Clark Professional showcases its heritage of care and innovation leading to an introduction of Onvation™, a connected software solution for smart washrooms, designed to transform facilities management and the efficiency of cleaning operations.

Trusted Sustainability Partner

Kimberly-Clark Professional, the leading global provider of hygiene, safety, and productivity solutions, shares its industry mission to make a positive impact on the world by investing and innovating to keep people healthy, safe and sustainable. As a sustainability partner Kimberly-Clark Professional is dedicated to helping businesses navigate change through innovation and supporting them to make a difference to the planet with pioneering products and services.

“We are not only looking forward to taking a look back at our heritage at this year’s Cleaning Show, but importantly to sharing how pioneering innovation and sustainability has been a part of our DNA from the earliest days,” adds Craig Bowman, Commercial Director, Professional, UK IFP. “Everything we do today at Kimberly-Clark Professional as a global leader is built on our foundation – a heritage of caring, integrity and doing the right thing.”

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