Wise Recycling is keen on the recycling business. The company receives aluminum cans from the public through its network of some 50 neighborhood collection centers, then processes them at its seven facilities, which are located in Colorado, Florida, Kentucky, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Virginia. It also does some commercial recycling. Much of the aluminum yielded by the company's recycling efforts goes to sister company Wise Alloys, a maker of aluminum can sheet. Wise Recycling was formed when parent Wise Metals Group acquired the Reynolds Aluminum Recycling business from Reynolds Metals in 1998.

CDI Contractors means big buildings in Little Rock and beyond. The company has completed commercial, industrial, and institutional projects, including the William J. Clinton Presidential Library. Other areas of specialty include health care facilities, parking decks, condos, hotels, and educational institutions. CDI Contractors provides a range of services including pre-construction, scheduling, general contracting, and construction and project management. The company was founded in 1987 as a partnership between the late Bill Clark and Dillard's head Bill Dillard II. CDI has built several Dillard's department stores. Dillard's bought the remaining 50% of CDI it did not already own in 2008.

DeFoe makes sure you can safely cross those proverbial bridges when you get to them. The heavy construction firm specializes in the design and construction of bridges, highways, airport terminals, railroads, and other transit projects throughout the New York Metropolitan and Tri-State area. Other areas of expertise include rehabilitation and reconstruction, foundations, and architectural concrete work. DeFoe, which was founded in 1946, often works for the New York State Department of Transportation as well as the The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. President John Amicucci Sr., who is the son-in-law of former president Dario Cioti, owns the company.

Ambuja Cements even sells its excess power capacity to the local government. All that energy goes to its five plants that produce some 19 million tons of cement per year. Ambuja operates three cement terminals and, with a fleet of about 10 ships, is India's largest cement exporter. Holcim owns some 48% of Ambuja Cements, which was founded as Gujarat Ambuja Cements in 1983. Ambuja Cements sits on a solid foundation of cost control. Ambuja Cements Limited, which claims energy efficiency as its competitive edge in a power-hungry industry, generates its own electricity from bio-waste (rice husks, wood chips, sugarcane waste) and purchases inexpensive coal and fuel oil from overseas.

Wolfe Engineering designs and manufactures equipment for chip makers, OEMs, and R&D laboratories. The outsourcing company provides comprehensive and integrated engineering, consulting, manufacturing, and assembly services. Products include fluid and gaseous delivery systems and control interfaces for the aerospace, biotechnology, microelectronics, nanotechnology, pharmaceutical, and semiconductor industries. The company has manufacturing plants in California and Texas, and it has opened a design and manufacturing center in Taiwan.

Trandes is right there in the trenches with the US government. The contractor provides engineering services for the Department of Defense (primarily the US Navy) and other federal agencies. Its offerings range from the repair of advanced communications equipment and systems engineering to acquisitions support and field services. Trandes also provides IT services including systems design, technical support, and training. The company has about a half-dozen offices strategically located near military locations in Florida, California, and near Washington, DC. CEO James Brusse founded Trandes in 1972 to provide the public transportation sector with software design and support services.

ADCO Electrical to keep their currents live and running. The company is an electrical and telecommunications contractor that specializes in installing electrical components and wiring, cabling infrastructure, computer networking, and security systems. Other services include conducting electrical equipment testing to ensure operational safety; procuring hardware and software; and providing project management and technical consulting. ADCO Electrical, with its fleet of 20 trucks, serves commercial, institutional, and public sector clients primarily around the New York metropolitan area. It has completed projects for American Express, Citigroup, Grubb & Ellis, Time Warner, and Bloomingdale's.

McInerney Holdings has its grips on European real estate. Its flagship subsidiary McInerney Homes develops and builds homes in Ireland, where it is one of the largest home builders, and in the North and Midlands regions of England. The company targets first-time buyers with affordable offerings ranging from apartments to four-bedroom detached houses. In Spain, subsidiary Alanda Group develops and builds luxury residential and resort properties. The company is also engaged in commercial and public facilities through subsidiary Hillbert Developments.

Helix Electric has coiled itself around the very core of the electrical contracting business in the Southwest. One of the US's largest electrical contractors, the company focuses on design/build, engineering, and installation projects. Its services include electrical, fiber optic cable, energy management system, emergency power system, electric fence, and voltage substation and distribution system installation. The company and affiliate Helix Electric of Nevada have offices in Arizona, California and Nevada. It has a portfolio of public and private projects, including jobs at airports, civic centers, hospitals, prisons, senior living centers, casinos, hotels, water treatment plants, and movie theaters.

Founded in 1930 by William Murphy, CPM Development is owned by Oldcastle Materials (itself a subsidiary of UK-based CRH plc), which bought the firm in 1997. CPM Development Corporation paves the way for aggregate production in the Northwest. The company produces sand and gravel, ready-mix concrete, pre-stressed concrete building components, and asphalt paving materials for the construction industry. It also builds freeways, overpasses, and airport runways. The firm has about a dozen affiliate companies and some 30 locations in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.

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