Carrier shoulders the load of keeping things hot and cold. Carrier Corporation is the world's largest maker of heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration systems for residential, commercial, industrial, and transportation needs. Through Carrier Transicold, it makes truck/trailer and container refrigeration equipment and provides transport air-conditioning systems for bus, rail, and marine customers. Carrier also provides aftermarket services and components for its products. The company is a subsidiary of diversified manufacturer United Technologies Corporation (UTC); it accounts for about 20% of UTC's sales. Carrier operates around 50 manufacturing facilities and has dealers in more than 170 countries.

Hanson was quite a catch for HeidelbergCement, which bought the building materials giant in 2007 to become one of the world's top cement companies. Hanson Limited makes and delivers aggregates (crushed rock, sand, and gravel), ready-mixed and precast concrete, asphalt, bricks, flooring, and other building materials. Its products are used for civil as well as commercial, residential, and industrial jobs. Hanson also provides civil engineering services through Hanson Contracting (road surfacing) and Irvine-Whitlock (specialist brick and block laying). In the UK, Hanson Limited operates more than 350 manufacturing sites (more than half are cement plants) and maintains a delivery fleet of more than 1,000 vehicles.

Hunt Construction Group specializes in fields of dreams. A subsidiary of The Hunt Corporation, it is a leading builder of sports complexes, including the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, the Great American Ballpark for The Cincinnati Reds, and Citi Field for the New York Mets. It has strategic alliances with other construction firms such as Bovis Lend Lease for sports projects. It also works on aviation facilities (a UPS service hub), high tech centers (IBM chip facility), office buildings, hospitals, hotels, industrial facilities, and universities. The company completes about $7 billion in work each year. It was founded in 1944 as Huber, Hunt & Nichols. It is under its third generation of Hunt leadership.

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.

Sadi Servizi Industriali gets in on the ground floor and goes all the way to the top. The company, Italy's leading producer of architectural accessories, specializes in false ceilings (metal and gypsum) and raised technical floors. Together, the two product divisions account for more than half of Sadi's sales. The company's marine division makes related products for nautical applications, especially cruise ship interiors. Sadi's environmental division deals in environmental remediation, industrial waste treatment and disposal, production of electricity from renewable sources, and environmental engineering. Sadi is an acronym for Societ� Arti Decorative Interne, or Society of Interior Decorative Arts.

Skanska USA Civil builds some of the world's largest cable-stayed bridges. The US-based arm of Swedish engineering and construction giant Skanska AB focuses on civil engineering construction and infrastructure projects along the East coast, as well as operations dotting Colorado, and California. Skanska USA Civil represents nearly 10% of Skanska AB's construction revenues. It builds roads, tunnels, and rail systems in addition to bridges and industrial and marine facilities such as power and water filtration plants, gas-treatment plants, and dry docks. Projects have included the Meadowlands Football Stadium, New York's AirTrain light-rail system, and Boston's Central Artery.

Tulikivi might not be able to warm a cold heart, but it can warm a cold hearth. Branding itself as the largest soapstone processor in the world, this Finnish company manufactures heat-retaining fireplaces and processes architectural stone for indoor and outdoor landscaping. Tulikivi builds and sells soapstone fireplaces, bakeovens, and stoves that can be custom-made to client specifications. Its architectural stone segment produces sinks, countertops, tiles, and flooring made of soapstone, granite, marble, and limestone.

Dudek, where's my environmental consultant? California, apparently. The environmental firm , Dudek, works with private companies and municipalities to provide engineering, environmental consulting, construction, design, and project management services. The firm has overseen projects that involve natural resource management, infrastructure development, and regulatory compliance. Dudek specializes in water infrastructure, wastewater engineering, energy, transportation, urban forestry, education, and real estate development projects. Founded in 1980 by president Frank Dudek, the employee-owned company has seven offices in California.

AHI Linden Lumber has the goods for your sweet home Alabama. Also known as Linden Lumber, the company specializes in southern hardwood lumber, namely red oak, white oak, and ash. It can produce as much as 80 million board ft. of these species annually, placing Linden Lumber among the top producers in the South. However, the housing downturn and subsequent financial crisis hurt the company hard with a decrease in demand and lowered sales. Private equity firm H.I.G. Investments recapitalized Linden in 2008, but by the end of the year the lumber company had laid off most of its workforce. The company is undergoing a restructuring of its product line and operations to keep afloat.

Cole Hardwood processes and distributes a variety of hardwood lumber products from species that include ash, basswood, cherry, hard and soft maple, red and white oak, walnut, hickory, and poplar. Cole Hardwood operates a 32-acre facility, where it receives rough lumber at its on-premise rail spur. The company also has its own fleet of trucks for delivering hardwood orders to its Indiana customers.

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