BOSTON, July 28 /PRNewswire/ --

RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest products
industry, today announced the addition of new tissue grade data to their Cost
Benchmarking Service, along with a new information delivery method via the
Analytical Cornerstone software platform.

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"Whether a client chooses a single grade or multiple grades of data, the
potency of the Analytical Cornerstone platform allows clients to thoroughly
analyze each mill's production process down to the machine-level in most
cases, manipulate that data as needed, then export it to Excel," noted Surya
P. Raina, Vice-President of Mill Intelligence.

RISI's tissue cost benchmarking data includes cost details for more than
154 mills and 296 machines producing retail and commercial tissue grades in
Europe and North America. It is part of the Cost Benchmarking Service, a
suite of manufacturing cost data including single grade-specific data for
various pulp, paper and select wood grades, customized reports and the
powerful Analytical Cornerstone database.

Analytical Cornerstone is a software tool that supports more effective
strategic and operational decision-making by offering users the ability to
access customizable data and run unique scenarios, thereby aiding them in
gaining valuable insight into machine, mill and industry performance.

"As one of the higher value grades in the industry, tissue is an area
that has a great deal of growth potential in upcoming years," Mr. Raina
elaborated. By coupling the new tissue costs with machine-level data and
delivering it all via Analytical Cornerstone, Mr. Raina believes RISI is
poised to offer one of the most effective and timely tissue cost benchmarking
resources on the market.

The positive impact of this new data and delivery method promises to
significantly benefit clients, particularly given the dynamic changes in the
pulp and paper industry. Russ Butner, Director of Business Development for
Georgia-Pacific, LLC., remarks, "Analytical Cornerstone helps me to
accurately anticipate the relative impact of raw material pricing changes on
the shape of the industry's cost of supply."

For a complete listing of all RISI cost benchmarking products,
methodology or any additional information, visit
http://www.risiinfo.com/benchmarking or contact David Rosenberg at
+1-770-373-3028 or Dan Temple at +1-770-373-3020 (in North America) and Matt
Graves at +32-2-536-0747 (outside North America).

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:
    Christopher Pierdominici
    Product Marketing Manager
    RISI
    4 Alfred Circle
    Bedford, MA 01730
    Tel: +1-781-734-8992
    E-mail: cpierdominici@risiinfo.com

    Web site: http://www.risiinfo.com
              http://www.risiinfo.com/benchmarking