Jan 18, 2006. /Lesprom Network/. The Mexican subsidiary of the U.S. health-care products maker Kimberly-Clark, Kimberly-Clark de Mexico plans to invest $150 million in 2006, up 20% compared to 2004, the president of Kimberly Clark de Mexico, Claudio X. Gonzalez, said in a statement on January 16, 2006. The investment will allow the company to increase its production in the Mexican states Mexico, Queretaro, Coahuila, Tlaxcala and Veracruz, and to strengthen its market presence in Central and Latin America. The investment will also help the company to upgrade and maintain its facilities, to reduce costs and to increase the quality of its products. Kimberly-Clark de Mexico directs 90% of its production to the U.S. market. Among the negative factors, which affected the company's performance in the last months were the rising electricity costs, up by some 6.0% year-on-year in December 2005. Kimberly-Clark de México, S.A. de C.V. manufactures and markets a wide array of paper-based products which are used by millions of Mexican consumers: disposable diapers, feminine-care pads, bathroom and facial tissue, napkins, kitchen towels, hand towels, school notebooks and office products. Furthermore, KCM is Mexico's largest producer of fine writing and printing papers that satisfy various needs in the publishing and graphic arts industries.