Kimberly-Clark Enters $3 Bil. Glove Market Via $850 Mil. Safeskin Buy
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Acquisition of disposable medical glove maker Safeskin marks Kimberly-Clark's entrance into the $3 bil. worldwide latex and synthetic glove market and will boost sales of the firm's professional health care segment to approximately $950 mil. in 2000.
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