11. It is proving to be a lucrative market for TJ International, a Boise, Idaho-based lumber company that makes engineered wood products. 12. Moreover, genetically engineered products still in the pipeline should generate higher revenues for farmers instead of simply giving more business to companies with new products. 13. Natural growth in the market for lumber and panels may be enough to absorb the rest of the expansion in engineered wood products. 14. Now, with increasing frequency, new homes are being built with engineered wood products throughout the structure, from floor to roof. 15. Shoppers in western Massachusetts have been startled by moon-suited activists storming through local supermarkets, labeling genetically engineered products. 16. So far, small groups of consumer advocates are raising health and environmental concerns about genetically engineered products. 17. Stottrup also said the dimensions of engineered lumber products are more dependable than what comes directly from trees. 18. That trend is something of a vindication for Minnick, whose company was one of the pioneers in developing the market for engineered wood products. 19. The engineered products joint venture will make transmission belts, air springs and hoses. 20. The engineered products joint venture gives Goodyear a European manufacturing facility for those products. |
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