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Improves energy efficiency and strives for the best carbon footprint in the industry. VTT. RsPDF_25. Expect some slowdown - Outlook for 2011. By Based on various reports and forecasts of RISI's economists and analysts BRUSSELS, Jan. 3, 2011 (RISI) - In part I of a two part series, Graeme Rodden, Executive Editor of PPI and Mark Rushton, Editor take a look at what the next year has in store according to RISI economists.

In Part I, we focus on the outlook for tissue, pulp and recovered paper, in Part II we will be looking at the outlook for graphic papers in the major papermaking regions. Part II will be published next week. Based on RISI's estimate, the world paper and board industry is about to post the biggest growth year in 26 years. Producers would be well advised to not rest on their laurels as 2011 approaches, however. Maybe the most important issue facing the general economy is the weakness of the US consumer sector, which is continuing to deleverage in the aftermath of the housing implosion and considerably higher unemployment.

Tissue As the global economy heats back up, tissue demand will increase 4.1% in 2010-2011. Pulp. Outlook for graphic papers 2011 – by region. By Based on various reports and forcasts of RISI's economists and analysts BRUSSELS, Jan. 10, 2011 (RISI) - In part II of a two part series, Graeme Rodden, Executive Editor of PPI and Mark Rushton, Editor take a look at what the next year has in store according to RISI economists. In Part II, we focus on the outlook for graphic papers in the major papermaking regions. Part I, which focused on tissue, pulp and recovered paper, can be read here North America Graphic paper demand in actually looking quite buoyant in the US, despite the supposed onslaught of the "new media", however it is not all rosy in the garden. The net result is that graphic paper demand should gain about 1-2% in 2010, the first growth year since 2004.

Considering that the average decline for the last five years (2005 to 2009) has been 7.5% per year, the small growth in 2010 is greeted with somewhat overrated enthusiasm. Newspapers should drop paper usage another 5% in 2010 while directories should shed another 8%. Europe. RISI - Essential information for the forest products industry. CEPI.