--- title: "Weekly Wrap-Up: April 12, 2019" description: Check out the latest headlines from The Freedonia Group, Packaged Facts, and Freedonia Focus Reports, covering topics in global roofing and more. image: https://blog.marketresearch.com/hubfs/WeeklyWrapUp-131269-edited.png --- [![MarketResearch.com](https://blog.marketresearch.com/hs-fs/hub/209482/file-22777923.gif?width=295&height=66&name=file-22777923.gif "MarketResearch.com")](https://www.marketresearch.com/) [Market Research Blog](https://blog.marketresearch.com/) # Weekly Wrap-Up: April 12, 2019 by [Alecia Mouhanna](https://blog.marketresearch.com/author/alecia-mouhanna), on April 12, 2019 ![weekly wrap-up 4/12/19](https://blog.marketresearch.com/hs-fs/hubfs/WeeklyWrapUp-131269-edited.png?width=300&name=WeeklyWrapUp-131269-edited.png)Spring has sprung, as has a crop of fresh new analysis from Marketresearch.com's in-house publishing brands.  This week, analysts reported back from a global pet expo and shared insights related to  global roofing, the aluminum industry, education industry trends, and much, much more.  Scan through the headlines below for the latest updates. ### [Brazil Bans Asbestos: Impact on US Imports & Global Roofing Markets](https://www.freedoniagroup.com/Content/Blog/2019/04/03/Brazil-Bans-Asbestos-Impact-on-US-Imports--Global-Roofing-Markets) How will the Brazilian asbestos ban impact worldwide demand for fiber cement roofing products? ### [Meet Jennifer Mapes Christ, Industry Study Manager](https://www.freedoniagroup.com/Content/Blog/2019/04/09/Meet-Jennifer-Mapes-Christ-Industry-Study-Manager) Jennifer Mapes Christ leads a group of analysts that publish studies on the consumer and commercial goods markets, in addition to co-managing The Freedonia Group's packaging studies and Packaged Facts' food studies.  Check out this Q&A to learn more about Jennifer and her perspective on the value of market research. ### [What We’re Reading: “Record Number of Buyers, Booths and Exhibitors at Global Pet Expo”](https://www.packagedfacts.com/Content/Blog/2019/04/08/What-We%E2%80%99re-Reading-%E2%80%9CRecord-Number-of-Buyers-Booths-and-Exhibitors-at-Global-Pet-Expo%E2%80%9D) David Sprinkle and Jeff Miller of Packaged Facts were among the 17,207 attendees of this year's Global Pet Expo. ### [The Aluminum Industry is Looking Shiny, For Now](https://www.freedoniafocusreports.com/Content/Blog/2019/04/10/The-Aluminum-Industry-is-Looking-Shiny-For-Now) The aluminum industry is looking up, as historically low prices finally begin to recover due to the US government’s tariffs on imported primary aluminum. 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