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Outlook Briefings

Ask RISI Economists your questions

With constant change in the pulp and paper business environment you'll be glad to hear about RISI Outlook Briefings, which in just a short period of time, show how these changes will affect the markets over the next two years.

RISI Outlook Briefings:

  • Allow you to have your questions answered directly by RISI Economists
  • Give you a high-level overview of global pulp and paper markets
  • Help you gain knowledge on multiple grade sets in a short period of time
  • Give you updates on market fluctuations and how they may impact you
  • Save you time poring over thousands of pages of forecast information

For more information, or to order, have your RISI Account Manager contact you:
What are RISI Outlook Briefings?

  • Concise slides showing key results of RISI's forecasts.
  • Accompanied by webinars hosted by key economists, addressing specific customer questions solicitated in advance.
  • Updated 3 times per year.

The next webinar series starts late November!

Who are they for?

RISI Outlook Briefings are designed for pulp and paper industry suppliers, producers, end users, analysts, and consultants who focus on multiple grades and/or regions; users who need quick and easy access to market information; and stakeholders with a keen interest in understanding the industry's evolution.

Here's what a recent subscriber had to say:

"Thanks a lot for the Outlook Briefings, they clearly present the situation by grade and help to picture a market in a snapshot. I would certainly recommend this RISI service to others and look forward to the next Outlook Briefings."

What do they include?

  • Intro slides showing market sizes and forecast growth by key region (Global, North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia)
  • Detailed slides for each key grade and geography showing historic, current, and forecast supply, demand, operating rates, prices and costs.
  • Recordings of presentations hosted by key economists explaining RISI's view on the market and answering customer questions gathered beforehand.*
What grades are covered?
  • Pulp & Recovered Paper (Hardwood ; Softwood ; OCC ; ONP)
  • Graphic Papers (Newsprint, Coated ; Uncoated Mechanical ; Coated + Uncoated Woodfree)
  • Packaging Papers (Virgin + Recycled Containerboard ; Cartonboard (Boxboard))

Kurt Schaefer Pulp & Recovered Paper Outlook Briefing
Presented by Kurt Schaefer, Vice President - Fiber, RISI

Mr. Schaefer's responsibilities at RISI are focused on the area of wood pulp. He publishes a monthly commentary and forecast on the world pulp market, "World Pulp Monthly." He also produces RISI's long-term pulp forecasts, focusing on variables such as pulp consumption, capacity, production, production costs, and pricing. Just prior to joining RISI, Kurt was Director of Pulp & Paper Forecaster. As the sole economist working on Forecaster, he was responsible for forecasting prices and market conditions across all of the major grades of paper and paperboard in North America. His work on Forecaster included developing detailed end-user driven demand models for the key grades, including newsprint, coated papers, and containerboard. He also directed a number of editorial projects, including a major long-term study of global newsprint markets. He reached ABD status in the Ph.D. program in Economics at the University of Virginia.

In 1995, he received the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) from the Association of Investment Management and Research (AIMR).

John Maine Graphic Papers Outlook Briefing
Presented by John Maine, Vice President - Graphic Papers, RISI

John Maine is Vice President of Graphic Papers at RISI. He cofounded Resource Information Systems, Inc., the company that became the analytic component of RISI.

Mr. Maine has specialized in printing and writing paper and newsprint markets, end uses, supply, costs and pricing for 27 years. More than 200 RISI clients worldwide rely on his detailed monthly and triannual analysis and forecasts of the graphic paper markets as well as single and multiclient studies. His published reports include the monthly "Paper Trader", the "North American Graphic Paper Forecast" and the "World Graphic Paper Forecast", both published three times a year.

Mr. Maine holds a Master of Science degree in Forest Economics with distinction from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). He resides in Charlottesville, Virginia with his wife and three children.

Ken Waghorne Packaging Paper Outlook Briefing
Presented by Ken Waghorne, Vice President - North American Packaging, RISI

Mr. Waghorne has specialized in the paper packaging markets for RISI since 1983. He provides detailed monthly and quarterly analysis and forecasts of the North American paper packaging markets as well as single- and multi-client studies. His contributions to the RISI multiclient studies include the detailed analysis of the international containerboard markets, sector-by-sector forecasts for the U.S. folding carton industry, and an analysis of the paper packaging markets for Latin America.

Mr. Waghorne holds a Master of Science degree in Forest Economics from Virginia Tech and his Bachelor of Science degree in Forestry from LSU.

For more information or to order:

Contact a RISI Account Manager to find out more:

In North America:
Producers, Governments, Associations, Printers, Merchants, Converters:
Natalie Rotondi 781.734.8963 nrotondi@risi.com

Suppliers, Financial Community, Publishers, Consumer Goods Companies:
Sara Girtz 770.373.3001 sgirtz@risi.com

In Latin America:

Luis Sucupira +55.11.3848.9051 ext.13 lsucupira@risi.com

In Europe:

Nordic Europe, Eastern Europe, Germany and Austria: Tea Tuuli +32.2.536.0743 ttuuli@risi.com

Rest of Europe: Gregory Ardoullie +32.2.536.0774 gardoullie@risi.com

In Asia:

Levi Li +86.139.1714.6037 lli@risi.com

Middle East, Africa, Oceania:

Gregory Ardoullie +32.2.536.0753 gardoullie@risi.com

*RISI will answer as many questions as possible during the time allotted for the webinar. Some questions may not be answered.

 

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