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Kimberly-Clark Unveils Coreless Role of `Professional' Toilet Paper.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, July, 2001

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By Barry Shlachter, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jul. 11--Everybody has been there.

You rush into an office building restroom and complete your business -- only to discover there's no toilet paper on the roll.

"Think how frustrating it can be," said Tracy Mark, product manager for "professional" toilet paper at Kimberly-Clark.

"It's the biggest complaint property managers have."

On Tuesday, the Irving-based tissue paper giant announced a coreless roll for commercial use that's twice as long and only a dime or two more expensive.

Each 1,000-foot roll will cost about $1.

"It took years of research," said Mark, who moved up to toilet paper from disposable diapers in...

 

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