The Newark Group CEO Mullen Resigns

Bob Mullen has reigned as CEO, president, and chairman of the Newark Group, Cranford, N.J., USA, effective immediately. He is being replaced as CEO and president on an interim basis by Philip B. Jones, the company's SVP of Converting, who will function in this role until a permanent CEO and president is selected, which the company says will take place within the next three months. James R. Keller, vice chairman of the board, has been elected chairman of the board.

Mullen came with The Newark Group in 1984 as assistant paper machine superintendent at the company's Haverhill, Mass., paperboard mill, which was shuttered in 2008. The Newark Group operates three business units. The Paperboard Unit recovers some 3 million tons of corrugated containers, newspaper, and mixed paper annually. A Converted Products unit makes laminated papers, graphic board, tubes, and solid board packaging. Its European facilities make up the International Unit, producing similar converted products.

In North America, the company has 11 recovered paper plants, 8 paperboard mills, and 22 converting plants. In Europe, it has three paperboard mills and six converting plants. Additionally, the company has investments in three paper recovery businesses and two tube and core manufacturers. The Newark Group went through a brief Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2010.

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