Appleton has hired Jim Tyrone as senior vice president- Thermal Paper

APPLETON — Appleton has hired Jim Tyrone as senior vice president. He will be responsible for Appleton's thermal paper business unit and have oversight of paper manufacturing operations. Tyrone has 28 years of management experience. He most recently served as senior vice president of sales and marketing for NewPage Corp. Tyrone served in the same capacity with MeadWestvaco Corp. before its spinoff of NewPage. Tyrone earned a master's degree in business administration from Harvard University and a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Virginia.

Lloyd Swaim

Lloyd Swaim, 96, Neenah, died with his loving wife by his side, Wednesday, February 17, 2010, at Vallhaven Care Center, Neenah. He was born November 15, 1913, in Tangier, Indiana, son of Jacob and Anna (English) Swaim. Lloyd married Evelyn A. Govert June 14, 1941, at St. Mary Catholic Church, Griffith, Indiana. Mr. Swaim was a member of St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church, Neenah. He was an instructor and taught at Indiana University and Purdue University at Indianapolis. Lloyd was employed as senior vice president at Appleton Papers and also served on their board of directors until his retirement. After retirement, Lloyd owned Management Consultants for 16 years, finally retiring at the age of 82. Lloyd was involved and a former member of the following: Society for Advancement of Management, serving as chapter president; Work Factor Association, Midwest Director; American Institute of Industrial Engineers, serving as former director; Appleton Chamber of Commerce Project Division Vice Chair; TAPPI Association, serving as former chapter president; Technical Association of Pulp and Paper Industry; Institute of Paper Chemistry; Appleton Chamber of Commerce recipient as one of the 50 top industrialists of the Fox Valley. Lloyd was also a former member of Buttes Des Morts Country Club and Ridgeway Country Club.
Lloyd is survived by his wife, Evelyn; his children: Lloyd (Hermine) Swaim, Davie, FL; Robert (Karen) Swaim, Neenah; MaryAnn (Dr. G. Paul) DeRosa, Durham, N.C.; Thomas (Linda) Swaim, Neenah; 9 grandchildren: Bryan Swaim, Los Angeles, CA; Cpt. Brett (Kimberly) Swaim, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; Bart (Angela) Swaim, Neenah; Peggy (Stephen) Stair, Mason, OH; Kathleen (Paul) Lytle, Ft. Wayne, IN; Julie (Scott) Wasoski, Miamisburg, OH; Karen (Jason) Johnson, Toledo, OH; James (Molli) DeRosa, Lexington, S.C.; Crystal (John) Vodopija, Neenah; 18 great-grandchildren; a brother-in-law, Lester (Mercedes) Govert, Apple River, IL; 3 sisters-in-law: Lorraine Herod, Griffith, IN; Patricia (Paul) Searle, Lowell, IN; Gloria Govert, Griffith, IN; nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Lorene (Frank) Gray; brothers- and sisters-in-law. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, February 20, 2010, at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church, 620 Division St., Neenah, with Fr. Mike Ingold officiating. Interment will be in St. Margaret Cemetery, Neenah. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. Saturday at the church until the time of the mass. In lieu of flowers a memorial has been established in Lloyd's name for the St. Margaret Mary Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Lloyd Swaim, 96, Neenah, died Wednesday

Lloyd Swaim, 96, Neenah, died Wednesday. Funeral arrangements are pending.

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Amendments allow ESOP to own less than 50% of Paperweight Development Corp

Appleton, Wisconsin, USA, 28 January 2010 -- Appleton Papers Inc. announced today that it has received the requisite consents from the beneficial owners of its 11.25% second lien notes due 2015 to certain amendments to the indenture governing the second lien notes (the indenture). Adoption of the amendments requires the consents of the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the second lien notes.

The amendments will permit the Appleton Papers Retirement Savings and Employee Stock Ownership Plan (the ESOP) to own less than 50% of Paperweight Development Corp. (Appleton’s parent company) without triggering a requirement on the part of Appleton to make an offer to repurchase the second lien notes pursuant to the Indenture. They also will permit a capital contribution or operating lease of the black liquor assets located at Appleton’s facilities at Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania, to a newly-formed joint venture with a third party in exchange for a minority equity interest in such joint venture. 

Appleton expects to immediately enter into a supplemental indenture giving effect to such amendments upon satisfaction of certain customary conditions contained in the Indenture.

APPLETON NAMES NEW THERMAL AND CARBONLESS VP'S

APPLETON — Papermaker Appleton has tapped a paper industry veteran from outside to head the firm's thermal paper business unit. At the same time it handed a vice president who joined the firm in 2005 the role of heading the carbonless unit. The company named Jim Tyrone, who has 28 years of management experience, most recently with NewPage Corp., to be responsible for the thermal paper unit and have oversight of the firm's paper manufacturing operations.

Tyrone most recently served as senior vice president of sales and marketing for NewPage Corp., the Miamisburg, Ohio-based firm that shuttered a paper mill in Kimberly 18 months ago but still owns it and still runs mills in four central Wisconsin cities. He had served in the same capacity with MeadWestvaco Corp. before its spinoff of NewPage, Appleton said.

Tyrone began his career in the paper industry with the former Mead Corp.

Sarah Macdonald, currently vice president of global sales and general manager of international business, was named vice president of the carbonless business unit with responsibility for the firm's carbonless and security business.

Appleton announced last week it would outsource parts of its information technology and finance functions, phasing out 28 local jobs the next six months.

The company employs about 1,200 people in the Fox Cities