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Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. Announces Senior Management Addition: Senior Corporate Vice-President- Global Lip 

Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc., (NYSE: SWM) today announced the establishment of the new position of Senior Corporate Vice-President -- Global LIP and the appointment of Mr. Dean M. McCaskill to this position reporting to Otto Herbst, Chief Operating Officer.

In announcing the decision to establish this position, Frederic Villoutreix, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer commented, "As the demand for paper used in Low Ignition Propensity (LIP) cigarettes grows from North America into Europe and globally into other regions of the world, we have determined that we need to establish a designated business unit to satisfy market demands. This new role will be responsible for the world-wide manufacturing facilities and developing and implementing our sales and marketing plans for this product group. In hiring Dean, we believe we have recruited the person with the necessary skills and international background to reach our global LIP objectives to become the leading innovator and supplier of these papers to the tobacco industry."

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