(Appleton, Wis., June 19, 2006) Graham Bennington, chief executive officer of BemroseBooth, an Appleton subsidiary, announced today his plans to retire from the company. Bennington, 55, chose to announce his retirement plans now to provide the company enough time to find the best qualified individual to succeed him and to make the management change as smooth as possible. Bennington will continue to serve as BemroseBooth's chief executive officer during the candidate search and transition period.
“We appreciate Graham's long career with BemroseBooth, his many contributions to the company's success, and the time he has given us to find his successor,” said Sarah Macdonald, vice president and general manager of Appleton's international division. “We expect the process to be seamless for our employees and customers.”
Bennington was named chief executive officer of BemroseBooth in July 2000 when Bemrose Corporation sold its specialist print division to the management team backed by Lloyds TSB Development Capital (LDC) and Bank of Scotland. Prior to that, he served as the chief executive of Bemrose European Operations from 1992 to July 2000. Bennington joined Bemrose Corporation plc in 1977 and has held several management positions including operations director. Bennington has been a member of Appleton's executive team since Appleton acquired BemroseBooth in December 2003.
About BemroseBooth
BemroseBooth is based in Derby, United Kingdom, and has additional UK operations in Hull and Teesside. The company employs 700 people in the UK. BemroseBooth is a leading provider of “mission critical” secure and specialized print services. BemroseBooth's products include security printed vouchers and payment cards, mass transit and car parking tickets, variable data labelling, high-integrity mailing and printed promotional products such as calendars.
About Appleton
Appleton uses ideas that make a difference to create product solutions through its development and use of coating formulations and applications as well as encapsulation, security, printing and packaging technologies. The Company produces carbonless, thermal, security, and performance packaging products and provides secure and specialized print services. Appleton is headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin, and has manufacturing operations in Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and the United Kingdom, employs approximately 3,300 people, and is 100 percent employee-owned. For more information visit www.appletonideas.com
Media Contact:
Bill Van Den Brandt
Manager, Corporate Communications
001-920-991-8613
bvandenbrandt@appletonideas.com
Graham Bennington
CEO BemroseBooth
0044-1332-285943
gbennington@bemrosebooth.com
