He also liked the fact that this house includes some reclaimed wood from old shipping pallets and renewable bamboo floors.

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Industrial usage (for goods manufacturing out of wood as well as pallets and crating) has been weak in the past few months but is likely to show a mild rebound in 2013.

FORBES: Forecast for the Wood Products Industry, 2013