SmithGroup is the oldest continuously practicing architectural and engineering firm in the US. Founded in 1853 in Detroit by architect Sheldon Smith, the firm partnered with engineers in 1907 to become one of the first multidisciplinary firms in the country. Formerly known as Smith, Hinchman & Gryllis, it influenced the skyline of Detroit with structures like the Guardian, Penobscot, and Buhl buildings. These days the group offers architecture engineering, interiors planning, and consulting services and has about a dozen offices across the US. It targets the office, research, education, health care, technologies, and cities and communities markets.

Phoenix Management, Inc. (PMI) contracts with the US government to perform various support services such as aircraft maintenance, air field management, air traffic control, vehicle operations and maintenance, base supply, and furnishings management. Most of PMI's contracts are with the US Army and US Air Force. The firm has worked at several US military bases including Andrews Air Force Base, Fort Rucker, and Vandenberg Air Force Base. PMI also has performed commercial airport passenger processing services at the Los Angeles International Airport. Chairman and president Marjorie Strickland founded the woman-owned company in 1992.

Cobra Products is America's leading manufacturer of drain-cleaning tools and machines for the "do-it-yourself" retail market.Distributed through more than 25,000 home centers, mass merchandisers and hardware stores, the product line includes a complete array of hand tools for cleaning sinks, toilets and drains. Cobra's power-operated drain-cleaning machines are also gaining wide acceptance throughout the U.S.

GWV and its subsidiaries produce veneers, hardwood logs, and other wood products for customers all over the world. It utilizes approximately 100 different species of wood to produce its veneers. The company's General Woods & Veneers Consultants International subsidiary provides forest management consultation to governments, para-governmental entities, and private organizations to aid in maintaining healthy forest resources globally. GWV has offices and plants in Canada, China, Gabon, Hungary, Japan, the Philippines, Russia, Switzerland, the US, and Vietnam.

Lafarge Malayan Cement makes and sells cement, ready-mix concrete, and other building materials. Its cement products include masonry, blastfurnace, pulverized-fly ash, and sulphate-resisting Portland cement. Lafarge Malayan Cement is the largest cement producer in Malaysia with a market share of some 45%; it has three cement plants, about a dozen sales offices, one grinding plant, one dry-mix plant, and five terminals throughout the country. Lafarge Malayan Cement Bhd began in 1950 as Malayan Cement, a subsidiary of the UK's Blue Circle Industries. In 2001 the French firm Lafarge, the world's largest cement maker, purchased Blue Circle.

Jacobsen Construction Company helps to build a strong foundation. The company performs design/build services and general contracting for medical and medical research, commercial, hospitality, institutional, residential, manufacturing, and industrial construction projects mainly in the western US and Mexico. Jacobsen Construction performs earthwork, concrete work, structural steel and metals erection, carpentry, and the setting of industrial equipment. The company, which is employee-owned, makes most of its revenue from negotiated work and from work awarded in negotiated selection processes. Soren Jacobsen founded the enterprise in Salt Lake City in 1922.

CTC Marine Projects is not about to hold its breath over the future strength of its business. The company is a leading specialist in trenching for subsea cables, flowlines, and pipelines, and offers installation of subsea cables and flowlines. Customers hail from the telecommunications, oil, and gas industries. CTC Marine Projects' equipment fleet is comprised of three cable ships and two supply ship, along with ploughs and trenchers. Its customers have included ExxonMobil, Shell, and ConocoPhillips.

Butler Manufacturing, maker of pre-engineered buildings, structural systems, and roof and wall systems for nonresidential construction. A subsidiary of Australia-based BlueScope Steel, Butler produces pre-engineered and custom-designed steel structures used in a range of projects, from offices to schools to shopping centers. Through its BUCON and Butler Heavy Structures units, the company provides general contracting services for large-scale projects. Butler also offers real estate development services. It distributes its products throughout North America.

United Electric Company makes air conditioning and heating components bearing the Magic Aire brand. A subsidiary of Carrier Corporation (itself a division of United Technologies), its product list includes chilled water and direct expansion blower coil units, modular blower coil units, roof top air handlers, floor and ceiling fan coil units, direct drive chilled water air units, direct drive direct expansion units, water coils and direct expansion coils, and ventilators. Magic Aire has product lines designed for commercial buildings, apartments, and residential usage; unit capacities range from 1 to 20 tons.

Fairmount Minerals is responsible for a fair amount of the minerals mined in the Midwest. Operating through several divisions and subsidiaries, Fairmount Minerals, Ltd. is one of the United States' largest producers of industrial sand used for construction, metal casting, glass, landscaping, oil and gas stimulation, filtration, abrasives, and filler. Products include silica sand, resin-coated sand, lake sand, and other specialty sands, including those used in pool filters, golf course bunkers, and children's sand boxes. Fairmount Minerals has operations in seven states (primarily in the Midwest) and in Canada, Mexico, and China, 11 mining and mineral processing facilities and seven manufacturing plants.

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