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Kimberly Clark Professional (KCP) is a global leader in essential B2B products, dedicated to improving the lives of people around the world. Through customer-focused product expertise, trusted brands, and a commitment to sustainability, KCP brings to market innovative solutions to help facility managers and janitorial service professionals maintain hygienic and efficient restrooms.
Despite advances in dispenser technology, interruptions in product availability still occur when a consumable unit (such as a roll or stack of paper towels or restroom paper products) is depleted before replacement. Current dispensers often require manual intervention or plug-in power sources that add complexity, cost, or energy requirements.
The Kimberly Clark Professional Restroom team is seeking solutions that automate the transition from one consumable unit to the next, ensuring a continuous supply of product is on hand at every moment of need.
We are looking for reliable mechanisms that can automatically switch from one restroom paper consumable unit to the next when the first unit is depleted. The ideal solution should function even when the consumable units are loaded separately and not physically joined, ensuring a continuous supply of product without reliance on wall power, complex sensors, or significant user action. Units could be stacks of sheets or rolled goods. Early-stage and conceptual proposals are welcome, provided they outline how the approach could ultimately meet the performance objectives listed below.
- Switches from the first consumable unit to the next with minimal or no human intervention
- Locates the leading edge of a refill unit and feeds it to ensure continuous product availability
- Minimizes complexity and enables low- or no-power operation (battery-powered or mechanically operated)
- Functions within small implementation spaces (approximately 18”Hx12”Wx10”D to 36”Hx24”Wx20”D)
- Incorporates multiple reserve units (i.e. second unit, third unit, fourth unit)
- Purely AC-powered solutions
Our passion for creating essentials for a better life for people everywhere has driven us to invent five of our eight major consumer product categories: facial tissue, paper towels, toilet paper on a roll, feminine pads and disposable training pants.
At Kimberly-Clark, the insights gained from our customers, shoppers and users drive us to continuously explore new ways to create innovative product and design solutions across our brands and increase our speed to market with new-to-the-world essential solutions.
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