RISI to launch wood biomass market report

BOSTON, MA, Sept.30, 2008 - RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest products industry, today announced that the launch of the Wood Biomass Market Report in October 2008. This new monthly newsletter will be the only comprehensive source of market information and wood biomass feedstock pricing for the North American biomass market. The Report will feature monthly updates on North America and international new biomass business development & capital investment, government incentives, regulations and policies, and other factors that are affecting markets. In addition, the Wood Biomass Market Report will provide detailed monthly market reviews for several North American regions, regional price charts showing five-quarter trends for woody biomass, a North American woody biomass pricing index and a continuously updated new projects listing - each listing to include data on wood consumption, product production, start dates, and development cost.

William Perritt, editor of the Wood Biomass Market Report, commented, "Bioenergy projects will continue to boost the demand for woodfiber in the near term, creating new challenges in the supply chain and igniting competitive issues with established wood consumers." He continued, "It will be interesting to see how some of these new projects fare considering that their anticipated woodfiber costs may very well be subject to unpredictably sharp increases as competition between existing wood fiber industries and new biomass projects continue to escalate over the next 5 to 10 years."

The Wood Biomass Market Report is published monthly. Yearly subscriptions are available now for $497 - to order or for more information, please visit www.risiinfo.com/woodbiomass.

About RISI

RISI is the leading information provider for the global forest products industry. The company works with clients in the pulp and paper, wood products, timber, tissue, nonwovens, printing and publishing industries to help them make better decisions.

Headquartered in Boston (Bedford), Massachusetts, RISI operates offices in Brussels, Belgium; Atlanta, Georgia; San Francisco, California; Portland, Oregon; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Shanghai, China; Singapore; and Charlottesville, Virginia. More information can be found at www.risiinfo.com.