Appvion 401(k) and pension plans

Appvion, Inc., Lindon, UT. EIN 36-2556469. Annual reports 2009–2025. Also filed as Appleton Papers Inc.; Appvion Operations, Inc.; Appleseed Operations, Inc.; Appvion, LLC.

Appvion, Inc. has 2 active retirement plans on file. The largest is the Appvion, Inc. Retirement Savings and Employee Stock Ownership Plan, with 1,597 participants and $8.0 million in assets in 2025. One of its pension plans was taken over by the PBGC.

Active plans: 2
Participants: 2,099
Plan assets: $84.3 million
401(k) recordkeeper: Principal
Plans on file: 3
Industry: Manufacturing

All 3 plans

Active plans first

Appvion, Inc. Retirement Savings and Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2025 plan year.

Plan number: 001Employer EIN 36-2556469
Participants (2025): 1,597
Net assets (2025): $8.0 million
Last listed recordkeeper: Principal2009–2017
Plan administrator: Appvion, Inc.
450 E 500 N
Lindon, UT 84042
(602) 432-7971As filed for 2025
In effect since: September 1, 1984

Earlier sponsor: Appleton Papers Inc. (2009–2012).

Earlier plan names: Appleton Papers Retirement Savings and Employee Stock Ownership Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2025

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2025	1,597	$8.0 million	not listed
2017	2,217	$188 million	Principal
2016	2,330	$234 million	Principal
2015	2,390	$244 million	Principal
2014	2,580	$246 million	Principal
2013	2,633	$282 million	Principal
2012	2,684	$277 million	Principal
2011	2,904	$249 million	Principal
2010	3,170	$238 million	Principal
2009	3,305	$241 million	Principal

Appvion, LLC Retirement Savings Plan

401(k)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number: 001Employer EIN 87-3735970
Participants (2024): 502
Net assets (2024): $76.3 million
Recordkeeper: Principal2018–2024
Plan administrator: Appvion, LLC
Po Box 359
Appleton, WI 54912
(920) 991-8466As filed for 2024
In effect since: June 13, 2018

Earlier sponsors: Appvion Operations, Inc. (2018–2020); Appleseed Operations, Inc. (2021).

Earlier plan names: Appvion Operations, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan.

Year by year, 2018 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	502	$76.3 million	Principal
2023	545	$72.2 million	Principal
2022	586	$66.1 million	Principal
2021	622	$84.5 million	Principal
2020	920	$95.4 million	Principal
2019	1,065	$84.6 million	Principal
2018	1,141	$68.2 million	Principal

Appvion, Inc. Retirement Plan

Pension (defined benefit)Taken over by the PBGC

Taken over by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation on July 2, 2018, after the plan ended on May 31, 2018. The PBGC now pays the plan's benefits, up to legal limits (PBGC case 23316700).

Plan number: 035Employer EIN 36-2556469
Participants when it ended: 3,183
Who pays it now: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
1-800-400-7242PBGC Customer Contact Center
In effect since: October 2, 1944

Earlier sponsor: Appleton Papers Inc. (2009–2012).

Earlier plan names: Appleton Papers Inc. Retirement Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2017

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2017	3,146	$350 million	not listed
2016	3,216	$319 million	not listed
2015	3,376	$315 million	not listed
2014	3,399	$351 million	not listed
2013	3,954	$361 million	not listed
2012	3,886	$325 million	not listed
2011	3,810	$290 million	not listed
2010	3,835	$279 million	not listed
2009	3,844	$242 million	not listed

If you had money in one of these plans

Call Principal (principal.com), which runs the Appvion, LLC Retirement Savings Plan. With your Social Security number and the plan name, it can tell you whether you still have a balance and, if not, where it went.
Or call the plan administrator listed on the plan below ((602) 432-7971). That number was filed for 2025; ask for the benefits or retirement plan office.
For a pension the PBGC took over, call the PBGC at 1-800-400-7242 or search its unclaimed pensions. Have the plan name and your Social Security number ready.
Still stuck? The Department of Labor's benefits advisers help for free: askebsa.dol.gov or 1-866-444-3272. Never pay anyone to find your own money.

What these numbers are

They come from the Form 5500 annual reports each plan files with the Department of Labor, as the plan filed them. A plan year is usually a calendar year.
Participants counts everyone in the plan at year end: current employees, former employees who still have a balance or a pension coming, and retirees or beneficiaries being paid.
The recordkeeper is the service provider whose Schedule C entry says it keeps the plan's records. Small plans do not file Schedule C, so some plans show none.
We cannot see anyone's account. Only the plan or its recordkeeper can tell you your balance.

Sources: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 datasets and PBGC trusteed plans. How we read them.