Hardwoods of Michigan is a sawmill and kiln-drying operation that produces some 2 million board feet of lumber per month. It utilizes such species as ash, cherry, hard and soft maple, hickory, poplar, red and white oak, and walnut. The company's products include boards ranging from 1 in. to 5 in. thick (specializing in cuts between 2 in. and 3 in.), grade lumber, timber, pallet stock, and steel mill blocking, as well as mulch, wood chips, sawdust, and shavings. Hardwoods of Michigan also owns Walker Lumber Company in Woodland, Pennsylvania. Its Tri County Logging unit purchases and harvests timber for the mill.

Keltbray is driving its business right into the ground. The company and its various units offer specialized construction and civil engineering services such as demolition (including explosive and high-rise projects), pilings, excavation, groundwork, and drainage. Business unit Keltbray AWS performs soil remediation services, while Wentworth House Partnership specializes in structural engineering of concrete and steel facades. In 2010 Keltbray acquired Aspire Rail Consultants -- key in the development of its own rail unit. Formed in 1976, the Keltbray has performed work on such high-profile projects as the London Underground, the Royal Opera House, and Windsor Castle.

U.S. GreenFiber makes cellulose building insulation from 85% recycled content including newsprint and other paper products, much of which is collected at community recycling centers. The company operates a dozen manufacturing plants; its products are sold to the US and Canadian construction industries (both residential and commercial) as well as the do-it-yourself market. Founded in 2000 and active in the US and Canada, GreenFiber is a joint venture between Louisiana-Pacific's GreenStone Industries and Casella Waste Systems' U.S. Fiber.

Nobility Homes, Inc., through its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and sells a line of manufactured homes in Florida. It offers homes under the trade names of Kingswood, Springwood, Springwood Special, Tropic Isle Special, Regency Manor Special, and Special Edition. The company sells its manufactured homes through a network of its own retail sales centers; and to independent manufactured home retail dealers and manufactured home communities on a wholesale basis. It also provides retail insurance services, which involves placing various types of insurance, including property and casualty, automobile, and extended home warranty coverage, with insurance underwriters on behalf of its customers in connection with their purchase and financing of manufactured homes. As of October 31, 2009, the company operated 15 retail sales centers in north and central Florida. Nobility Homes, Inc. was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Ocala, Florida.

Messer Construction Company, the company provides commercial construction services including design/build and construction management for projects in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee. It completes some $700 million in construction each year. Projects have included one of the only LEED-certified research buildings in the US (at the University of Louisville) and the Newport Aquarium in Newport, Kentucky. The company boasts a return-customer rate of about 80%. Frank Messer founded the employee-owned firm in 1932.

WR Refrigeration is a part of the refrigeration services division of Finland's Huurre Group. The company provides installation, reactive service, maintenance, and other connected services in the refrigeration and air-conditioning sectors in the UK. The unit primarily serves clients in various segments of the food industry such as the dairy and convenience food sectors, as well as hospitals and laboratories. It operates a network of some 30 branches throughout the UK, including Scotland and Northern Ireland. The company traces its roots to the 1903 founding of T.H. Wathes & Co.

Servidyne turns a dime by helping its clients keep their energy costs down. The company provides commercial and industrial energy engineering and management products and services to lower energy consumption and increase environmentally sustainable practices. Offerings include energy design, energy audit, and retrofitting of mechanical and electrical systems. Servidyne's Fifth Fuel Management demand response product tracks and optimizes energy usage to prevent brownouts and blackouts that occur during peak periods. The company also owns a handful of third-party-managed commercial property and land holdings. Members of the founding Abrams family, including CEO Alan Abrams, control Servidyne.

Veneer Technologies produces a variety of veneer products from domestic woods and imported exotic species. Its veneer products include face veneer (decorative hardwood veneer faces), sheet veneer, and wood veneer and melamine edgebanding. The wood species range from ash, cedar, cherry, oak, and pine to rosewood, mahogany, koa, zebrawood, and more. The company has 10 continuous cross-feed splicers, which can produce about 72 million finished sq. ft. of face veneer annually. Veneer Technologies was formed in 1993; it upgraded its facilities, increasing production capacity by 20%, in 2007.

Therma Corporation is a mechanical contractor that specializes in the design, installation, and service of piping systems for the transmission of fluids and gasses. The company also designs and manufactures air-conditioning systems, duct systems, and clean rooms. It serves commercial, industrial, and biomedical concerns in Northern California. President Joe Parisi and CFO Nicki Parisi co-founded the company in 1967 to serve the burgeoning semiconductor and biomedical industries in the San Francisco Bay area. Its clients have included Intel, Varian, Texas Instruments, and Hewlett-Packard.

End Systems knows absolutely no end in providing a variety of services in HVAC and electrical contracting. The company primarily manages, documents, and tests the work of installers. Included among these services are creating computer-generated fitted drawings for building services and testing buildings for air tightness and water treatment. End Systems also provides energy log books to building managers to document their property energy requirements. Clients have included Bovis, AstraZeneca, and Amec. Managing director Brian Townsend started the company in 1976.

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