Hundreds Of Wisconsin Kimberly-Clark Workers To Be Laid Off

Paper-maker Kimberly-Clark’s announced plans to lay off about 12 percent of its work force means 600 Wisconsin workers will lose their jobs.  The consumer products company will close a facility in Neenah and will make a decision about the Cold Spring facility in Fox Crossing soon.  Kimberly-Clark announced earlier this month it would reduce its workforce by five-thousand to 55-hundred employees and close 10 plants.  The Texas-based company was founded in Neenah 145 years ago.  It has about 32-hundred workers in this state.