Dryvit Systems, Inc. is the original Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems (EIFS) manufacturer in the United States and the company that spawned the highly-successful EIFS industry in North America beginning in 1969.Dryvit EIFS is an enormously popular insulated cladding system in commercial and residential construction, offering a highly energy efficient, lightweight engineered cladding system with a vast array of finish options to suit any design consideration. Available in a number of system configurations to meet any climate or building condition, more than 1 in every 11 commercial buildings in the United States features Dryvit EIFS on the exterior.

From testing for toxic mold to cleaning up oil spills, GeoTek Engineering & Testing Services offers an array of environmental engineering services. Services include site assessment, environmental consulting, and laboratory testing. The South Dakota company, which operates primarily in the midwestern US, is not affiliated with Massachusetts-based GeoTek Engineering, Inc.

JH Kelly gets its green from plumbing and HVAC work for industrial and institutional customers in the Pacific Northwest. Its range of offerings includes boilermaker services; civil and concrete construction; fabrication; instrumentation and controls work; process piping; and steel erection. Industrial customers come from such sectors as refining, pulp and paper, and food processing. The company also provides mechanical services to prisons, schools, hospitals, condominiums, and high-tech companies. JH Kelly, which is now in its fourth generation of leadership by the Kelly family, traces its roots to a business started in Scotland in the 1800s by Jack Kelly. The Washington operations were launched in 1923.

Mercedes Homes won't put you up in a Benz, but it can set you up in a stylish dwelling. The employee-owned company builds and sells single-family homes in 80 communities in Florida, Texas, and the Carolinas. One of its largest markets is the Orlando area. Mercedes Homes operates through three primary subsidiaries: MHi Mortgage, BDR Title, and Space Coast Truss, which offer everything from mortgage financing to truss design and building materials. Mercedes Homes' properties range in price from about $100,000 to more than $500,000. The family of founder Howard Buescher controls the company he began in 1983. Faced with mounting debt and liquidity problems, Mercedes filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2009.

The war was over and the Allies had won on every front. There men and women were welcomed home by a grateful country. Years of rationing had created unsatisfied consumer demand for every product imaginable. It was a time when people with new ideas, when entrepreneurs with new vision, initiated the largest economic expansion ever known.As new homes and factories went up across the nation, new companies began to make products to keep them warm and comfortable. An idea conceived over a lobster dinner led to the founding of Sterling Radiator Company in February 1946. In July of that year, the first lengths of finned-tube radiation were manufactured by a work force of three in a rented garage in Westfield, Massachusetts. Spurred by demand for its high quality products, the company moved to larger facilities in 1947, again in 1950, and again in 1954.

California's Gunite & Pool Plastering dove right into the business of gunite and plaster and pebble interior surfaces for swimming pools, fountains, and other applications. Gunite is a dry mixture of cement, sand, and water that creates waterproof surfaces when sprayed onto a mold. The company performs replastering and remodeling services on pools, including adding fountains, waterfalls, and spas throughout the San Francisco Bay area. California's Gunite & Pool Plastering also offers retaining wall repair, slope stabilization, faux rock formation, and reservoir and pond repair. President and part owner Manuel Rodriguez founded the company in 1992; it became a corporation in 1996.

R&H Construction is a building and design firm that offers services in restoration, interior design, and construction to corporations, small businesses, developers, property managers, and private and public agencies. The firm has worked on fitness centers, restaurants, medical offices, apartments, automotive dealerships, and golf course clubhouses. R&H opened its doors in 1979 when it first cut its teeth on shopping centers. It serves the Pacific Northwest and has offices in Portland and Bend, Oregon.

Batson-Cook is well prepped in commercial construction. The firm offers general contracting, construction management, program management, and design/build services throughout the Southeastern US. It has worked on a wide variety of projects, including aerospace facilities, courtrooms, hospitals, hotels, industrial plants, offices, parking structures, places of worship, retail stores, and schools. Clients have included Lockheed Martin, Target, and the University of Tampa. Batson-Cook began in West Point, Georgia, in 1915. It operates from a handful of regional offices in Georgia and Florida. Construction and development firm Kajima U.S.A. acquired Batson-Cook in 2008.

Hull Forest Products produces softwood and hardwood lumber products from its sawmill in Pomfret, Connecticut. The mill owns more than 8,000 acres of sustainable working forest in Massachusetts and produces 10 million board ft. of lumber (kiln-dried and green lumber) annually. Products include wide plank flooring, oak timbers, wood siding, container load quantities of green and kiln dried lumber, as well as by-products such as wood chips, sawdust, and bark mulch. The family-owned and managed company also provides forestland management services and leases selected properties for recreational use through Hull Forestlands L.P. CEO Bill Hull founded Hull Forest Products in 1970.

Sanitec is a leading European multi-brand group that designs, manufactures and markets bathroom ceramics, bath and shower products as well as bathroom furniture. Sanitec Group is based around locally well known brands, which have strong positions and deep roots in the bathroom business. The company works closely together with customers and industrial partners, architects and designers to develop sustainable bathroom concepts with advanced design that promote healthy lifestyle and wellbeing.

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