Cincinnati Dowel & Wood Products manufactures wooden floor plugs, pins, buttons, and pegs as well as a variety of dowels. The company's products include boat deck plugs, dowel pins, hardwood dowels, joinery biscuits, pine dowels, screwhole plugs, shaker pegs, side grain plugs, stair plugs, and table pins. Cincinnati Dowel & Wood Products makes its products from a variety of Appalachian hardwoods and softwoods, including cherry, mahogany, maple, oak, poplar, and walnut. The company supplies both large and small manufacturing companies, as well as the consumer market.

Shimizu provides architectural, engineering, construction, and development services for commercial, industrial, infrastructure, and residential projects around the world. One of Japan's largest general contractors, the company has worked on major projects including Tokyo's Metro subway, Singapore's Changi Airport, and the Malaysia-Singapore Bridge. Other areas of specialization range from offices and power stations to railroads and dams. Shimizu has increasingly focused on green building and urban renewal projects. Needless to say, earthquake-resistant technologies have always been a part of the company's approach. The company also provides facilities management. Shimizu was founded in 1804.

Grohe goes with the flow. As Europe's leading manufacturer of sanitary fittings and water technology products, the company offers medium- and high-end products (shower heads and systems, faucet fittings, and flushing, installation, and water management systems) for residential, public, and commercial installations. Grohe has manufacturing plants in Canada, Germany, Portugal, and Thailand; about 20 marketing subsidiaries worldwide; and sales offices in 130 countries.

Lafarge Cement UK, a subsidiary of Paris-based Lafarge, pours it on the competition. With about 6 cement plants located throughout the UK, the company supplies about 40% of the country's market. Major products include Portland cements and Portland composite cements, high performance cements (heat resistant, sulfate resistant, rapid setting), and special cements (shrinkage compensated concrete, granulated blast furnace slag, pulverized fuel ash, and Portland-slag cement). It also produces plasterboard. Lafarge made it big in the UK when it acquired Blue Circle Industries in 2001; Lafarge Cement UK still uses the Blue Circle name to sell its cement.

Grasim is in touch with its soft side and its tough side. Once primarily a textile manufacturer, Grasim Industries Limited is also engaged in the production of cement and chemicals. Grasim makes 18 million meters of textiles a year in its Haryana and Madhya Pradesh plants in India; its synthetic suiting (sold under the Grasim and Graviera brand names) is sold in a network of more than 250 showrooms and wholesalers. Grasim Industries Limited also produces viscose staple fiber (VSF). Grasim is a major producer of cement; it ventured into cement production in the 1980s and now operates about two dozen plants throughout India. A subsidiary of Aditya Birla, Grasim was established in 1948.

Armstrong World Industries, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of flooring products and ceiling systems in the Americas, Europe, and the Pacific Rim. The company’s Resilient Flooring segment produces vinyl sheet, vinyl tile, and linoleum flooring, as well as sources and sells laminate flooring products, ceramic tile products, adhesives, installation and maintenance materials, and accessories for homes and commercial and institutional buildings. This segment sells its products to wholesalers, large home centers, retailers, and contractors, as well as to the manufactured homes industry. Its Wood Flooring segment offers pre-finished solid and engineered wood floors, and related accessories for use in new residential construction and renovation with various commercial applications in stores, restaurants, and offices. This segment sells its products to independent wholesale flooring distributors and large home centers under the brand names of Bruce, Hartco, Robbins, Timberland, Armstrong, HomerWood, and Capella. The company’s Building Products segment produces suspended mineral fiber, soft fiber, and metal ceiling systems, as well as complementary ceiling products for use in commercial, institutional, and residential settings. It sells its commercial ceiling materials and accessories to ceiling systems contractors and resale distributors; and residential ceiling products to wholesalers and retailers. Its Cabinets segment offers kitchen and bathroom cabinetry, and related products that are used in the residential new construction and renovation markets. It also provides design, fabrication, and installation services to single and multi-family homebuilders, remodelers, and consumers under the Armstrong brand name. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. was incorporated in 1891 and is headquartered in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Canada's largest general contracting group, PCL Employees Holdings provides construction and heavy industrial services for public and private clients in Canada, the US, and the Caribbean. Subsidiary PCL Constructors is the holding company for several units that provide construction, design, restoration, maintenance, and other services for commercial, retail, civic, and residential projects. The group's heavy industrial arm performs services for manufacturing, petrochemical, power plant, and mining facilities. PCL has worked on such projects as the Toronto International Airport and the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Carpenter Ernie Poole founded the firm's predecessor in 1906; PCL is now owned by employees.

CraftMaster Manufacturing, Inc. company makes doors and related products in various colors, finishes, and styles for the residential, commercial, and industrial markets. Its interior doors are marketed under the CraftMaster name. It also makes treated exterior composite trim under the MiraTEC brand. Treated exterior panels are sold under the Extira name. The company maintains manufacturing facilities in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Alabama, Illinois, and Texas. CraftMaster products are sold around the world through retailers, distributors, and dealers. The company is owned by T.M. Cobb Companies and Woodgrain Millwork.

Hanafee Bros. Sawmill specializes in red oak and white oak lumber products. It also produces lumber from a broad range of other hardwood species, including ash, sycamore, cottonwood, elm, poplar, sassafras, walnut, hackberry, sap gum, and more. The company sells its products to furniture and cabinet makers, flooring manufacturers, and makers of stair parts, moldings, and other items. Export clients comprise more than half of its business. Hanafee Bros. Sawmill's hardwood lumber operations, which have been family-owned since 1906, operates from the Obion River valley in northwestern Tennessee. President Donald Hanafee Jr. owns and operates the company.

Zachry Company nearly 85 years ago with dirt-moving mules, rented equipment and a bridge project in Laredo, Texas. Founded by Texas A&M University graduate, Henry Bartell “Pat” Zachry, our company is still family-owned and privately held. Our success is based on the work ethic and integrity of our dedicated employees.

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