DALLAS — Kimberly-Clark Corp. said Thursday it will cut 1,600 jobs, or 3 percent of its global work force, by year's end as it slims down in the tough economy.
David Dickson, spokesman for K-C, said the latest job cuts include the 600 people from its U.S. operations that accepted a voluntary severance package earlier this month. The voluntary severance program only was offered to its U.S. work force, he said.
Though Dickson would not say how many of the job losses were in K-C's Fox Cities operations, he said 750 cuts are in the company's U.S. operations, 270 from Europe and the rest from its other global facilities.
"This all goes back to what was discussed during our first-quarter earnings report," he said. "That we would be taking aggressive actions in several areas as part of a cash-generating plan."
The company has been streamlining operations in recent years. At the end of last year it wrapped up a three-year restructuring plan, which included reducing its global work force, which was 57,000 at that time, by 6,000 people. The overall plan was projected to save the company $350 million.
The maker of Kleenex tissues, Huggies diapers and other products employs 53,000 people around the world. It plans to make the cuts primarily among salaried and nonproduction workers. It does not plan to close any plants.
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