Hearth & Home Technologies believes home is where the hearth is. The HNI Corporation subsidiary makes and installs wood, gas, electric, and pellet fireplace and stove products under the Heat & Glo, Heatilator, and Quadra-Fire brands. The company, under the Fireside Furnishings name, also makes indoor hearth products, including mantelpieces, cabinets, shelves, and wall systems. Other products include outdoor fireplaces, barbeque grills, and electric fireplaces. The company sells its products mainly in the East and Midwest US.

General Hardwoods & Millwork (GHM) produces a broad selection of hardwood lumber and milled products such as mouldings, doors, decking, handrails, cabinetry, stairs, and tables. Species used include maple, mahogany, red oak, poplar, teak, and cherry. The company also offers softwood lumber (Douglas fir, cypress, and cedar), veneers, and carpentry supplies. In addition, GHM performs custom woodwork and fabrication services for such applications as yacht interiors and office furniture. Family-owned and operated GHM was established in 1987.

Ochoco Lumber produces, markets, and distributes lumber and lumber products. It operates the Malheur Lumber Company sawmill in Oregon and about a half-dozen distribution yards and sales offices in Oregon, Idaho, Washington, and Indiana. The company markets wood products including flooring, panels, mouldings, and hardwood and softwood lumber around the world; it has international operations in Europe, South America, and Asia. Its Lithuanian business purchases lumber from Russia and processes it for international shipping. Ochoco Lumber traces its roots to the 1930s; managing director John Sheik's grandfather was an original investor.

Camp Dresser & McKee (CDM) does not tell you what not to wear, but it has fashioned a business out of providing engineering, consulting, construction, and operations services. The company provides services for public and private entities worldwide. Founded in 1947 by engineers Thomas Camp, Herman Dresser, and Jack McKee, CDM has expanded from its original role in water-treatment technologies to provide services in environmental management, transportation development, and facilities design. CDM specializes in the environmental management, water treatment and supply, energy, wastewater treatment, and hazardous waste markets. The employee-owned company operates about 120 offices around the world.

Clopay knows something about doors. Subsidiary Clopay Building Products makes residential and commercial garage doors for the remodel and new-build markets. With brand names including Clopay, Ideal Door, and Holmes, its products are distributed nationwide by independent contractors, home improvement stores, and wholesalers. The Home Depot and Menard are among its largest customers. Another subsidiary, Clopay Plastic Products, makes specialty plastic films for hygenic, medical, and industrial applications.

Lafarge Malayan Cement makes and sells cement, ready-mix concrete, and other building materials. Its cement products include masonry, blastfurnace, pulverized-fly ash, and sulphate-resisting Portland cement. Lafarge Malayan Cement is the largest cement producer in Malaysia with a market share of some 45%; it has three cement plants, about a dozen sales offices, one grinding plant, one dry-mix plant, and five terminals throughout the country. Lafarge Malayan Cement Bhd began in 1950 as Malayan Cement, a subsidiary of the UK's Blue Circle Industries. In 2001 the French firm Lafarge, the world's largest cement maker, purchased Blue Circle.

Sino-Thai Engineering and Construction (STECON) touches an array of construction projects across Thailand. Established in 1962, the engineering and construction firm primarily engages in governmental infrastructure projects, including highways, mass transit, power generation, water systems, telecommunications, and bridges. Recent projects include the Foreign Affairs Ministry headquarters, a Thai Airways aircraft maintenance center, and a thermal power plant for EGAT. STECON also builds oil refineries, petrochemical facilities, chemical plants, and residential housing. Thailand Securities Depository Company owns almost half of STECON shares.

Becon Construction Company can handle the project from start to finish. The company provides construction and plant services for the industrial, petroleum, chemical, mining, and power industries throughout the US. Becon has served such clients as Anheuser-Busch, the US Air Force, Chevron, and Houston Lighting and Power. Prominent projects include the expansion of a refinery and the construction of an LNG terminal in the US Gulf Coast. Parent Bechtel Group founded Becon Construction as an open shop contractor (meaning workers can be either union or non-union) in 1978.

Acoustics Incorporated. The contractor specializes in interior installation of ceilings, floors, walls, drywall, insulation, and monitoring systems at industrial, commercial, and institutional facilities. It also has expertise in interior installation for sterile cleanroom environments for the automotive, biotech, chemical, food processing, and microelectronics industries. Its INSCAPE product suite is a line of office furniture that customers can move, dismantle, and reconfigure. Acoustics, which began operating in 1946, serves the Research Triangle and other areas of the Carolinas and southern Virginia.

Burns and Roe Group has a burning desire to design and build technically complex facilities around the world. The engineering, procurement, construction, operations, and maintenance company focuses on such worldwide industries as power, industrial, infrastructure, and government services. It has been involved with projects including nuclear and fossil fuel power plants and military bases. Burns and Roe works for private and public clients. Customers have included Calpine, Novartis, Unilever, and governmental entities from all levels, including the US Army and US Department of Energy. The company, which was founded in 1932, is headed by a third generation of the Roe family -- CEO and president Keith Roe.

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