Appleton paper company's net income lags for third quarter.

Nov. 9--APPLETON -- Appleton, formerly known as Appleton Papers, reported Tuesday a total of $262.5 million in sales during the third quarter, a 7 percent increase compared with the same period in 2004.

At the same time, Appleton reported net income of $2.9 million during the third quarter, a dip of $3.5 million compared with the same period in 2004.

In its third-quarter report, the company attributed the decline to charges incurred for a pair of restructurings that eliminated 20 salaried jobs in Appleton and about 70 more at its subsidiary, Bemrose Booth, in the United Kingdom.

The company earlier said its restructuring into three separate …