Regional solid waste management firm Waste Services (formerly Capital Environmental Resource) has positioned itself as a solid alternative to the industry's big boys. Waste Services operates in Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Ontario, as well as in Florida. In 2009, the company served 86,000 commercial and industrial customers, 7.2 million residential customers, owned or operated seven landfills, 21 transfer stations, 13 recycling facilities, and 34 collection companies. In 2010 the company merged with Canadian waste management firm IESI-BFC .

Aqua Leisure International (formerly NBGS International) it means making money, and for kids its means fun. The company makes waterslides and other waterpark products for amusement parks. Its products include multi-level play structures incorporating water, and soft play structures for malls, fountains, and water toys. Aqua Leisure also provides design and management consulting services. Based in England, the company also has offices in the US (New Braunfels, Texas), and the Middle East (Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain). Clients have included Walt Disney, The Tussauds Group, and Six Flags.

Clayco is a top US general building contractor that offers real estate, architecture, design, and construction services. The privately owned company serves a range of industries with a focus on industrial, corporate, government, residential, institutional, and financial facilities. Projects include distribution and logistics centers, industrial facilities, and food and beverage industry warehouses and plants. Clayco also has constructed headquarters and operation centers, call and data centers, sports and education facilities, and retail centers. Its Clayco Realty Group provides land development, site selection, and project financing.

Southeastern Metals has grown into one of the region’s leading manufacturers of metal building products. In 1997, Gibraltar Industries acquired the company, uniting the quality product line of Southeastern Metals with the nationally respected brand name of Gibraltar. As a member of the Gibraltar Industries family, Southeastern Metals is part of a billion dollar network of manufacturers expanding across the globe. With the support and backing of Gibraltar, Southeastern Metals will remain the name you can trust for quality metal building products.

Timber! Tolko Industries manufactures and markets specialty forest products, primarily in North America. The company, founded in 1956, produces lumber, plywood, oriented strand board (OSB), specialty kraft paper, and other wood products. It operates nearly 20 manufacturing facilities in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. Tolko also markets its products overseas. Tolko was forced to shut mills during a devastating mountain pine beetle infestation. The company, along with the rest of the industry, also was struck by the global economic crisis and faced additional closures in 2008 and 2009. Tolko is owned by the founding Thorlakson family.

Catamount Constructors, Inc. company provides general contracting services for the construction of commercial, industrial, health care, institutional, and residential developments around the US. It offers services from conceptualization and design-build to construction management. Subsidiary CC Residential specializes in midrise multifamily residences including condominiums, apartments, and mixed-use developments. Catamount Constructors boasts a high customer return rate; it has provided services for such return clients as CarMax, Walgreen, and Chase Bank. CEO Geoff Wormer and other executives Kurt Kenchel, Jeff Sidwell, and Jeff Cochran founded the company in 1997.

Corporacion Moctezuma's first cement plant was built in 1943 in Jiutepec, Morelos. Corporacion Moctezuma specializes in producing cement and concrete. The company operates production plants and distribution centers for its portland cement, mortar, ready-mixed concrete, and other products throughout Mexico. Corporacion Moctezuma can produce about 5.1 million tons of cement and about 500,000 metric tons of concrete each year. Customers use the company's cement for bricks, tubing, slabs, flooring, dams, pipelines, small vaults, and other structures.

Gray Construction doesn't have the blues when it comes to building projects. The firm is a top US design and construction firm. Through its subsidiaries the company works on a large array of commercial and industrial projects in the US and Japan. It ranks among the top US contractors in auto plant, distribution/warehouse, and processing plant construction. It also serves the federal government (including military projects), education, medical, and retail industries. Subsidiaries include WS Construction (heavy industrial and commercial contracting); Gray-I.C.E. Builders, Inc. (retail, commercial, industrial, and public construction); and Operations Associates (facilities, supply chain, and consulting).

C.F. Jordan is a top building contractor that offers preconstruction, design/build, development, and project management services. The company has traditionally built hotels and resorts, but has diversified into military, residential, highway, and school construction. Its contracts include projects for the Immigration and Naturalization Service for border patrol stations, health care centers, and detention centers. Other works have included Sea World in San Antonio, the Insights Science Museum in El Paso, and the Pearl Harbor Commissary and Exchange in Hawaii. Chairman Charles "Paco" Jordan started the Texas-based firm in 1988.

Bacon Veneer is not what happens when your breakfast meat spatters all over the kitchen. Bacon Veneer, the common name for R.S. Bacon Veneer Company, produces and imports decorative and architectural quality specialty veneer products for distribution to architectural, automotive, and other industries. The company also buys and sells logs from such species as American walnut, maple, white oak, rift red oak, birch, African cedar, aspen, and cherry. It has offices in the US (North Carolina, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, New York) and in Alberta, Canada. Robert S. Bacon and his wife Julia founded Bacon Veneer in Chicago in 1898.

Inviting Real Estate Agents, Job Placements Agents, Educational Institutes, Software Service Providers, Real Estate Builders, Marriage Bureaus, Travel Agents, Restaurant Owners, Health & Fitness Centers and other Local Businesses to Post a FREE Classified Advertisement on Cootera.com Classifieds Website.