Key players in European packaging industry to join RISI's European conference panel

BRUSSELS, March 1, 2006 - RISI today announced the roster of prominent European packaging executives who will join the panel discussion at the RISI European Pulp & Paper Outlook conference in Barcelona on March 20, 2006.

The panel discussion will offer the perspectives of the major stakeholders in the packaging industry including: producers, converters, consumer goods companies, and financial analysts. The panel features: Stephane Thiollier, Managing Director for Cascades S.A., Jef Verplaetse CEO for Van Genechten Packaging, Bob McLellan, Chief Executive at DS Smith Packaging, Martin Luh, Coordinator Mill Board & Paper Management for Nestle, John Pollard from the HPC Global Supply Chain at Unilever, and Richard Nilsson from Enskilda Equities. The panel discussion will offer valuable insights to the European packaging market outlook and will address some of the challenges that the industry is facing.

"We are very pleased to provide a platform for discussion among the major packaging industry players. Our panelists are some of the best-informed decision makers in the industry and they will certainly bring forward their unique standpoint in today's dynamic packaging sector." said Anne Bousquet, Director of the European Forecasting Service at RISI.

Conference programs and registration details are available at http://www.paperloop.com/euroconf