Strathclyde Homes is a builder of both residential and commercial properties. In addition, the company operates a home and apartment rental business, Strathclyde Homes Residential Letting. Since the company sold its first homes in 1988, it has ventured into a small portfolio of commercial developments with further plans to develop across the country.

EcoStar's roof is the first recycled one I've seen tonight. EcoStar, a division of Carlisle SynTec, manufactures roofing tiles that are composed of up to 80% recycled post-industrial plastic and rubber. The materials are remnants of such products as car bumpers and baby diapers. Its products are meant to be wind, rain, fire, and hail resistant; they offer a durable alternative to traditional tile, slate, and shake. EcoStar also makes polypropylene underlayments (Aqua Guard), sheet membranes to protect against moisture (Glacier Guard), copper snow retention brackets (Snow Guards), fasteners, tapes, and walkway pads (NOVA). Its products are sold in the US and Canada.

The Holland Roofing Group installs commercial and industrial roofing systems for clients throughout the midwestern and southeastern regions of the US. The company's services include new construction; roof replacement, repair, and maintenance; and roof coatings. Holland Roofing operates from locations in Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee. President Hans Philippo founded Holland Roofing in 1986.

Bergelectric provides design/build and design/assist services on projects that include office buildings, educational and other public-sector facilities, bioscience labs, entertainment complexes, hotels, data centers, hospitals, parking garages, water treatment plants, residential towers, and state-of-the-art prisons. Established in 1946, Bergelectric operates mainly in the western and southeastern US from about a dozen offices in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Nevada, North Carolina, Texas, and Oregon.

Integrated Electrical Services (IES) has a hand in all three. The company installs and maintains electrical and communications systems for residential, commercial, and industrial customers. Work on commercial buildings and homes includes custom design, testing, and maintenance on low-voltage systems such as lighting, fire alarm, audio/video, and Internet cabling. On the industrial side, IES performs high- and medium-voltage systems installation and construction on power stations, oil and gas pipelines, and processing plants. The company has a network of some 70 locations serving the continental US.

Caprius, Inc., through its subsidiary, M.C.M. Environmental Technologies, Inc., engages in the infectious medical waste disposal business in the United States and internationally. It develops, markets, and sells SteriMed and SteriMed Junior compact systems that shred and chemically disinfect regulated medical waste, including sharps, dialysis filters, pads, bandages, plastic tubing, and glass utilizing Ster-Cid, a biodegradable disinfectant solution. The company markets its products to dialysis clinics, surgical centers, laboratories, plasmapheresis centers, and hospitals, as well as blood banks, cruise ships, and military medical facilities directly, as well as through distributors. Caprius was founded in 1983 and is based in Paramus, New Jersey.

Pioneer Millworks is blazing a trail in the reclaimed-wood millworks industry. The firm reclaims or harvests a variety of wood species with a range of grades and finishes to produce timbers, flooring, and millwork. Much of the wood Pioneer Millworks reclaims comes from old barns and industrial buildings. The company has also launched a unit that manufactures engineered flooring that uses recycled material and formaldehyde-free adhesives. Sister company New Energy Works Timberframers focuses on creating timber-frame structures. Founder and president Jonathan Orpin owns Pioneer Millworks.

Meaden Precision Machined Products makes and sells precision turned parts and screw machine products from brass, steel, aluminum, stainless steel, plastic, and other materials. The company offers engineering assistance and has the capability of turning bar stock with diameters as small as 1/16-inch to stock with diameters as large as 3-1/4-inch. Other services include grinding and finishing operations (broaching, drilling, tapping, threading, and tumbling). The family-owned company was founded in Chicago in a four-car garage in 1939 as a joint venture between John Meaden and his son John Jr., who later served as the company's chairman.

Multi-trade subcontractor Ecker Enterprises specializes in drywall installation, painting, plastering, insulation and other specialty contracting services for commercial clients in Illinois and Florida and for residential customers in Illinois, California, and Nevada. Immigrant house painter Morris Ecker started the company that bears his name in 1923. Ecker Enterprises today is owned by employee shareholders.

La Canada Design Group provides architectural, interior design, and facilities management services to education, technology, and corporate customers in Southern California. The medium-sized, regional architectural practice specializes in serving clients in private industry, research, and defense. Its strengths include the design of laboratories and supporting facilities with special environmental requirements such as contamination control, humidity, and temperature, vibration isolation, and electronic security. La Canada Design Group also engaged in the design of elementary schools, community colleges, and universities, as well as churches and other non-profits.

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