SOLUTIONS! Company of the Year Award.

SOLUTIONS! named Appleton, Appleton, Wisconsin and Votorantim Celulose e Papel (VCP), Sao Paulo, Brazil as co-winners of its 2005 Company of the Year Award. TAPPI President Wayne Gross presented the awards on May 24 at the TAPPI Paper Expo and Practical Papermaking Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

The Solutions! Company of the Year Award is given annually to a paper company that demonstrates strong financial results, sound environmental policies, superior management practices and strong health, education and training programs. Other important criteria include long-term commitment to the paper industry exhibited by capital investment, pursuit of strategic business goals, and global competitiveness.

Accepting the award for Appleton was Ted Goodwin, vice president of technology. Appleton operates in four business segments: coated solutions; thermal and advanced technical products; security products; and performance packaging. While Appleton retains its traditional carbonless paper business, it is aggressively developing new paper products and products outside the traditional paper industry. Its employees own the company.

Accepting the Award for VCP was J.C. Montanari, international sales manager of the paper division. VCP has relentlessly pursued growth in its primary business, market pulp, while maintaining progressive environmental and social policies that help create a better future for its workers and Brazilian society. VCP's new mills produce pulp on a massive and highly economic scale. It is rewriting the rules of the market pulp industry and building a highly competitive business structure based in the latest pulping technology and equipment.