Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Business: RISI announces purchase of log lines the industry standard

Boston, Massachusetts (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest products industry, today announced the purchase of Log Lines, the industry's premier delivered log pricing service for the Pacific Northwest.

Log Lines has provided delivered log prices for six distinct regions within Washington and Oregon for almost 20 years. RISI has a long relationship with Log Lines, including playing an instrumental role in its founding, and has long relied on the information provided within it to compile their North American Timber Forecasts.

RISI will continue to publish the report monthly, and will strive to not only provide the same valuable content that current Log Lines customers have become accustomed to, but also to expand and improve the product over the coming months.

Paul Jannke, Senior Vice President, Wood & Timber Information at RISI, commented, "RISI is thrilled to be able to add such a respected and well established product as Log Lines to our already substantial array of wood products and timber publications and services."

He continued, "RISI was the group that originally identified the need for an independent delivered log pricing service in the Pacific Northwest and supported Log Lines from the very beginning. We have been happy to maintain a very strong working relationship with the publishers, and are pleased we were able to step in and ensure the continuation of this valuable publication."

Jannke went on to say, "We've already begun to receive feedback from both current and potential Log Lines customers about how excited they are that RISI is the new publisher, but also with thoughts on how we might be able to improve the product, and we fully intend to explore each of these suggestions."

Log Lines is published monthly by RISI. A yearly subscription to Log Lines can be purchased for $345 by visiting http://www.risiinfo.com/loglines, emailing us at wt@risiinfo.com or by calling 866.271.8525.

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 http://www.risiinfo.com

Contact: Dan Blenk Marketing Manager Wood & Timber Information
RISI 4 Alfred Circle, Bedford MA 01730 U.S.A.
Tel: +1.781.734.8942 Email: dblenk@risiinfo.com

SOURCE: RISI
CONTACT: Dan Blenk, Marketing Manager Wood & Timber Information of RISI, +1-781-734-8942, dblenk@risiinfo.com
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