Clarion Bathware is a good place to start if you want to cry, "take me away, Calgon." The company manufactures gel-coated fiberglass and acrylic products such as assisted-living shower and tub models, whirlpools, shower stalls, and soaker tubs. The company markets and sells its products through an extensive network of sales representatives to supply houses, plumbing contractors, builders, and remodeling customers. Clarion Bathware was founded in 1973.

Aggregate Industries Management, which does business as Aggregate Industries US, is a rock-solid supplier of building materials and contracting services. The company produces aggregate products, such as crushed stone, sand and gravel, asphalt, ready-mix concrete, and recycled materials. It also acts as an asphalt paving contractor. The firm's products and services are used in public infrastructure and commercial and residential development projects, from highways and bridges to buildings. A subsidiary of UK-based Aggregate Industries and a part of Holcim, Aggregate Industries US operates half a dozen regional businesses throughout the country, including Hardaway Concrete and Meyer Material.

G.L. Homes calls Florida home, and more than 60,000 Floridians live in those homes. G.L. Homes of Florida began as a small, local builder and is now one of the nation's largest privately held builders of homes and residential communities (some active-adult), It operates in Broward, Hillsborough, Indian River, Lee, and Palm Beach counties. The company's homes range from around $160,000 to about $1 million. Preferred lender G.L. Financial offers mortgage financing on homes, while affiliate G.L. Commercial is a commercial real estate firm that develops and manages retail, mixed-use, and suburban office space throughout the Southeast. G.L. Homes was established in 1976 by founder and president Itchko Ezratti.

JURONG International has building and construction covered from beginning to end and beyond. Through its subsidiaries, the company provides engineering and facilities management services in nearly 40 countries throughout Asia and the Middle East. The company provides expert design and build project management services, in addition to consulting services that include master planning, architectural design, and structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering. The company also offers facilities management and serves clients in commercial, industrial, residential, and institutional markets. JURONG International is owned by JTC Corporation, a Singapore-based industrial development company.

The Mann and Parker Lumber Company distributes and exports treated hardwood lumber from its stock of Northern Appalachian species. The company also operates the M&P Lumber Company, which kiln-dries green-hardwood lumber in Meadville, Pennsylvania (about 90 miles north of Pittsburgh), primarily for shipment to cabinet and furniture makers on the West Coast. The Mann and Parker Lumber Company was founded in Baltimore in 1902, but relocated to central Pennsylvania (New Freedom) after fire destroyed its operations in 1970. Chairman and CEO Robert Bushman Sr. owns the company.

S. W. Rodgers provides heavy highway, site development, concrete, and utility construction services on a contract basis. The company mostly serves Gainesville and Richmond, Virginia, in addition to surrounding areas. The company provides a turnkey offering of services, including estimating, GPS machine control, erosion control, clearing, demolition, earthwork, drilling, and paving. It also works on storm sewer projects and water lines, and installs concrete curbs, gutters, and sidewalks. S. W. Rodgers operates a fleet of more than 850 earth movers, heavy construction vehicles, and hauling trucks. Chairman and CEO Steve Rodgers founded the family-owned company in 1980.

The Keller Manufacturing Company, Inc., through its subsidiary, Paragon Door Designs, Inc., manufactures and sells custom steel entry doors and storm doors for residential use. It primarily serves independent retailers and distributors in the midwest and northeast United States. The company was founded in 1885 and is based in Louisville, Kentucky.

Caltagirone has its roots firmly set in concrete. Founded as cement manufacturer G. Vianini & Co. in 1890, the holding company participates in residential, industrial, and public building projects, including dams, tunnels, and roads throughout Italy and other parts of Europe. It operates in cement businesses through its Cementir subsidiary. Caltagirone also has real estate and media interests. Its Caltagirone Editore unit publishes daily newspapers Il Mattino and Il Messaggero, and it has a 52% stake in Il Gazzetino. Caltagirone Editore also operates the Internet portal Caltanet. The Caltagirone family, with a nearly 55% stake, has controlled the company since 1984.

The Jerde Partnership is an architecture, landscape design, and urban planning firm specializing in what the firm calls "Jerde Placemaking," a concept by which it designs places where people can gather and share a sense of community, which then promotes investments in and revitalization of urban areas. The firm designs entertainment, retail, and mixed-use projects in Southern California and has developed innovative projects throughout the world. The Jerde Partnership has an office in Venice, California and international offices in Amsterdam, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. Chairman Jon Jerde founded the enterprise in 1977.

Griffith's gifts lie in general contracting services -- specifically road and bridge work and paving. The century-old company works mostly in Southern California and offers grading, paving, and concrete services, in addition to underground installation and material recycling. The engineering and heavy construction group specializes in transportation infrastructure and site development projects in the region. It also works on flood control and water management structures, airports, ports, and institutional, industrial, and commercial projects. The company, which was established in 1902 and held by the Griffith family for nearly a century, is now owned by its employees.

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