Use Cases: See RISI’s Mill Intelligence Service in Action!

RISI experts deliver online presentations on trending topics in the forest products industry. See how you can use mill intelligence data and economic market information to:

  • Analyze market trends
  • Identify the impact on mills and machines
  • Evaluate existing and future competitiveness of mills and machines

An archive of these presentations can be found below. Click on the presentation name to access the recording.

April 2014: Global tissue and the impact of fiber, energy and product quality on mills

RISI's tissue experts, Mike Jones, Director of Tissue Cost Benchmarking, and Esko Uutela, Principle Tissue Economist, delivered an online presentation about the global tissue market. The presentation was recorded on April 23, 2014. In this presentation, they discussed:

  • Major market trends in global tissue
  • Overall growth expectations
  • The relationship between competitiveness and production costs
  • Current and anticipated mill risk factors
  • The role of premium tissue and product quality in the global market
  • How new and announced tissue expansions will play an important role in the market

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March 2014: Why paper producers are eyeing the food service papers market

RISI's Senior Vice President of Analytics, Jon Rager, and Director of Graphic Paper Cost Benchmarking, Bill Studstill, delivered an online presentation about why paper producers are interested in the specialty food service papers market. In this presentation, they discussed:

  • Market trends
  • Barriers to entry
  • Opportunities for growth
  • Equipment, process and product characteristics
  • Competitiveness of existing producers

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December 2013: Perspectives on mill conversions

RISI's Senior Vice President of Analytics, Jon Rager, delivered an online presentation about mill conversions. In this presentation, Jon discussed:

  • Market drivers for mill conversions
  • Markets with opportunity for growth
  • Assessing risk of shutdown vs. conversion
  • Important conversion success factors
  • Technology and key conversion cost components
  • Competitive asset positioning
  • Recent examples in linerboard and dissolving pulp markets

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December 2013: The future of Chinese RCP and the impact on linerboard mills

RISI experts - Hannah Zhao, Senior Economist of Global Recovered Paper, and Portia Zhao, Senior Product Manager of Asia Pulp & Paper Mill Intelligence - delivered an online presentation about the Chinese recovered paper (RCP) market and the impact on linerboard mill competitiveness. They discussed:

  • The health of the Chinese economy, as well as its paper and board markets
  • How future demand for RCP will develop in China
  • How China will continue to control RCP imports after the Green Fence Operation
  • The profitability of linerboard producers in China
  • How machine asset quality and fiber structure of linerboard producers compares with other regions
  • The impact of OCC price fluctuations on the cost competitiveness of linerboard producers

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October 2013: The tsunami of BHKP capacity and its threat to producers

RISI's pulp experts - Kurt Schaefer, Vice President of Fiber, and Mike Jones, Director of Pulp, Packaging & Tissue - delivered an online presentation about BHK pulp market dynamics. They discussed:

  • Demand for BHKP end uses in key world regions
  • Increasing capacity as a threat to BHKP producers
  • The effect of dissolving pulp conversions on the market
  • Mill conversion or closure risk factors
  • Regional cost components and the impact of exchange rates
  • An example of a mill at risk of closure and how it can improve competitiveness

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October 2013: Russian Packaging Market Dynamics and implications for the future

RISI's European packaging paper experts - Orifjon Abidov, Packaging Paper Economist, and Ville Henttonen, Senior Product Manager of Mill Intelligence - delivered an online presentation about Russian packaging market dynamics. They discussed:

  • How Russia benefits from abundant forest-to-exports, virgin-based packaging materials
  • The competitiveness of specific market segments compared with overseas suppliers
  • The implications of Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization
  • Asset quality of some Russian packaging mills
  • The impact of fiber and energy on mill competitiveness
  • How to identify mill investment needs

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September 2013: How global woodfree paper will be impacted by demand trends

Derek Mahlburg, Graphic Papers Economist, and Bill Studstill, Director of Graphic Papers Mill Intelligence, delivered an online presentation about the future of the global woodfree market. They discussed:

  • How trends in electronic media and economic growth will impact global demand
  • Tradeflows of woodfree paper
  • Threats to woodfree paper mills
  • The energy cost component and the impact of natural gas
  • An example of a mill at risk of closure and its plan to improve cost competitiveness

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August 2013: How Demand Will Impact OSB Supply & Mill Competitiveness

Dave Fortin, Senior Economist, and Jesse Neese, Manager of Wood Products, delivered an online presentation about the future of the North American OSB market. They discussed:

  • How changes in demand will drive restarts and capacity expansions.
  • Sources of new capacity.
  • Key drivers of mill operating costs.
  • How mills can minimize cash manufacturing cost.
  • An example cost structure of the ideal mill.

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July 2013: How Capacity Expansions Changed Global Pulp Markets

Mike Jones, RISI’s Director of Pulp within the Mill Intelligence division, delivered an online presentation about the impact of capacity expansion on global pulp markets. In his presentation, Mike discussed:

  • How capacity has impacted the costs of pulp producers worldwide.
  • How changes in market forces, such as exchange rates and fiber prices, have affected the competitiveness of global pulp mills over the last 10 years.
  • The impact of new and existing projects, such as capacity expansions and closures.
  • How pulp producers can leverage mill intelligence to manage the impact of market changes and stay ahead of their competitors.

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