Tim Spring Named Chief Executive Officer of Marcal Paper Mills, LLC

2008-06-17 01:48:32 -

- Princeton-area resident Tim Spring has been named Chief Executive Officer of Marcal Paper Mills, LLC, in Elmwood Park, N.J., effective immediately.

Mr. Spring is a consumer package goods turnaround specialist with extensive senior-level experience. His 25-year career has spanned a wide range of consumer products, with a concentration in Food, Household Cleaners, and HBA/OTC products.

Mr. Spring was most recently the CEO of Craft House, Inc., a private equity investment in the craft industry. Prior to that, he led the post-bankruptcy turnaround of Vlasic(R), a division of Pinnacle Foods, in Mountain Lakes, N.J.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Spring revitalized some very familiar brands names for Block Drug and Reckitt Benckiser (Parsippany, N.J.), including French's(R), Tegrin(R), RedHot(R), Bagel Crisps(R), Easy-Off(R), and Airwick Stick-Ups(R). During the last eight years Mr. Spring has led revitalizations and turnarounds for private equity firms on premier portfolio brands including Log Cabin(R), Open Pit(R), and Mrs. Butterworths(R).

Mr. Spring holds a B.A. in Psychology/Business from SUNY and an M.B.A. in Marketing from Pace University.

About Marcal Paper Mills, LLC

Marcal Paper Mills, LLC, together with its operating subsidiaries, manufactures and distributes bath tissue, kitchen towels, napkins and facial tissue. Marcal Paper Mills, LLC assumed ownership of the business operations of Marcal Paper Mills, Inc., one of the nation's best known brands, in May 2008. Marcal Paper Mills, LLC employs over 800 people in its Elmwood Park, New Jersey and Chicago, Illinois manufacturing operations. The company, which is committed to sustainable manufacturing, produces finished paper products distributed to retail outlets for home consumption and to distributors for away-from-home use in hotels, restaurants, hospitals, offices and factories.

for Marcal Paper Mills, LLC
Bob Ryan, 609-252-9515 ext. 204
bryan@topspingroup.com