K-C joins Business Groups.

K-C JOINS BUSINESS GROUPS. Kimberly-Clark Corp. (K-C), Dallas, Texas, USA is combining its North Atlantic personal care and family care businesses into a single organization under one leader. The creation of an integrated North Atlantic consumer products organization continues K-C's evolution into a more unified global organization and provides immediate advantages. Steve Kalmanson, currently group president of North Atlantic personal care, will head the new organization as group president-North Atlantic consumer products. Don Quigley, president-North America customer development, has been promoted to president-North Atlantic customer development and will report to Kalmanson.

This move follows the departure of Rob van der Merwe, group president-North Atlantic consumer tissue, who has been named president and CEO of Paxar Corp.