Finding way around shrinking paper demand, slower economy weighs heaviest on minds of event CEOs

摘要

Against a backdrop of slower economic growth in the United States and uneven spurts around the globe, several leading chief executive officers in the pulp and paper industry had varied approaches to navigating their firms through a two-year patch where "the risks are still on the downside." From Sappi North America chief Mark Gardner's decision to exit a shrinking grade of pulp for one with growing demand to Resolute pres/CEO Richard Garneau eyeing a reduction in costs, delegates at RlSl's 27~(th) Annual Forest Products Conference heard a mix of gloom and opportunistic solutions this week.