Founded in 1866 by David Saylor as Coplay Cement, the company is now a part of the Italian cement and building materials group, Italcementi. Essroc Cement likes to mix it up. The company operates about a dozen cement plants and other facilities in the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico, and has an annual capacity of more than 6.5 million metric tons of cement. Essroc makes bulk and packaged cement products, including portland cement, ready mix concrete, and masonry cement. Its AXIM Concrete Technologies subsidiary creates concrete admixtures used to improve the performance quality of cement. Essroc's brands include BRIXMENT, Saylor's PLUS, and VELVET masonry. Its BRAVO line includes masonry chemical products.

Jelec engineers and installs safety electrical systems, instrumentation, and control systems, as well as provides facility inspection for its customers in the oil and gas industries. Specific products include basic and detail engineering, fire and gas detection systems, automation systems, telephone and talkback systems, CCTV systems, drilling instrumentation, and gauging technology. The company owns and operates facilities in Texas, Louisiana (manufacturing, operating as Jelec USA), and South Korea (Jelec Asia). Jelec was founded in 1996.

Halex Corporation wouldn't mind if you walk all over them. In fact, you may be stepping all over the flooring products it makes and not even know it. Halex manufactures and distributes products used in flooring installation, such as carpet tack strips, seam tape, flooring nails, plywood underlayment, and height adjustment spacers. The company's Southern California headquarters location houses a technical lab that conducts stability and resilience testing on items such as plywood and nails; from that facility it also distributes products to North and South America, Europe, and Japan.

SNEF has grown into a powerful business. Founded in 1905, the company (known as Groupe SNEF) specializes in climate control (HVAC), communications systems, electrical engineering, industrial processes, and security systems. Its customers include large firms, government agencies, and building administrators. Groupe SNEF works from about 100 offices in France and through more than a dozen international subsidiaries, mostly in Europe and Africa. The firm works on more than 40,000 projects a year. Among its most notable: Op�ra de Lyon; the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier; and the national stadium, Stade de France.

Paric Corporation pairs design/build services with construction management and general contracting services. The contractor manages commercial, civic, institutional, industrial, and health care construction projects in the Midwest. Its offerings include interior design, construction management, and historic renovation services. Paric specializes in senior living, education, residential, and municipal projects. CEO Joe McKee owns Paric Corporation, which his father Paul McKee, Jr., and Richard Jordan co-founded in 1979.

Eastern Environment Solutions, Corp., through its subsidiary, Harbin Yifeng Eco-Environment Co., Ltd., operates as an environmental engineering company in the People’s Republic of China. It offers non-hazardous municipal solid waste processing and disposal services. The company also provides environmental engineering consulting services, including environmental project investment and operation; production site environmental protection design and construction; non-hazardous waste disposal solutions; air, water, soil, and noise-related environmental product development; and ecological and environmental project consulting services. Eastern Environment Solutions, Corp. is based in Harbin, the People’s Republic of China.

Carmeuse Lime & Stone is the North American subsidiary of Belgium-based Carmeuse. It supplies lime and limestone products in North America, producing some 7 million tons annually of lime products and around 25 million tons of limestone aggregates and chemical limestone from more than 30 plants. It makes quicklime (calcium oxide), dolomitic lime (a mixture of calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate), milk of lime, and hydrated lime (calcium hydroxide). Industrial customers use Carmeuse Lime & Stone's mineral products in steel production, water treatment, road construction, heavy construction, and other applications. Carmeuse Lime and Stone Inc. primarily sells its products in the eastern US and Canada.

Altoon + Porter Architects wants to be in tune with its customer's design needs. The company provides architectural planning and design services for institutional, historical, retail, mixed-use, and transit projects in the US and around the world. Altoon + Porter often works with cities, community groups, and commercial developers. The company can design both exteriors and interiors of buildings, as well as streetscape and master plan projects. Altoon + Porter has worked for a variety of customers including University of California, Los Angeles, the National Football League, andSamsung. Partner James Porter founded Altoon + Porter Architects in 1984.

company specializes in heavy construction, infrastructure, transportation systems, and housing and recreation facilities in the western continental US and Hawaii. Goodfellow Bros. also offers earth moving and paving services. Its Blasting Technologies subsidiary blasts, drills, and demolishes rock and other structures. The company was founded in 1921 by brothers Jack, Bert, and Jim Sr. Their early business included the first excavation work on the Grand Coulee Dam in 1933. Now the company has a number of planned communities, public facilities, and other projects under its belt.

Philip Services Corporation (PSC) undertakes a wide range of industrial and environmental cleanup projects throughout the US, Mexico, and Canada. Besides scrap metal recycling services, which have been the company's longtime focus, PSC provides on-site waste disposal and recycling, cleaning of industrial equipment, transportation of commercial and industrial waste, and emergency response to spills. In addition, PSC alos offers oil field services both onshore and offshore along the US Gulf Coast. Entities owned by investor Carl Icahn control PSC. The initials PSC also stand for the company's operating philosophy -- People, Safety, and Commitment.

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