Taiwan Cement is a hard act to follow. Taiwan Cement Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells a variety of cement and ready-mixed concrete products for distribution throughout Asia, the Middle East, and the US. As the largest cement supplier in Taiwan, Taiwan Cement Co., Ltd. produces some 25 million metric tons of cement annually from its plants in Taiwan. It plans to double capacity and expand by building new plants, especially in the growing Chinese market. In 2010 it bought Prosperity Minerals Holdings' cement unit for about $500 million, enhancing its holdings on the mainland. In addition to its cement operations, Taiwan Cement Co., Ltd. produces paper, paper bags, and sludge treatment agents.

Jurong Engineering Limited may not have a green thumb, but it is really into plants. The company is a complete one-stop shop for the planning, engineering, and construction of industrial and utility plants. The company's specialties include power plants, petrochemicals plants, pulp and paper mills, water and wastewater treatment facilities, cement plants, steel mills, and incinerators. The company can handle all aspects of a project from early feasibility studies, to construction, and just about everything in between. Jurong engineering has completed projects in 25 countries in South East Asia, China, India, the Middle East, Africa, and the Southern Caribbean. The company was founded in 1971.

HKS is a good sport when it comes to building design. One of the largest architectural firms in the world, HKS has designed sports and entertainment, health care, hospitality, industrial, and corporate buildings in the US and across the globe. The company offers structural engineering, architecture, project management, and interior and graphic design services. Some of the firm's most notable work includes the Dallas Cowboys football stadium, the Whole Foods Market world headquarters, The Blue Man Group theater in Las Vegas, and the King Hussein Cancer Center in Jordan. HKS has more than 20 offices in the US, Mexico, Brazil, Dubai, China, and the UK. Harwood K. Smith founded the firm in 1939.

MasTec, Inc. operates as a specialty contractor in the United States. It involves in the building, installation, maintenance, and upgrade of utility and communications infrastructure. The company builds wind farms, solar farms, and underground and overhead distribution systems, such as trenches, conduits, cable, power lines, and pipelines, which provide wireless and wireline communications, electrical power generation and delivery, and natural gas, crude oil, and refined products transport. It also installs buried and aerial fiber optic cables, coaxial cables, copper lines, electrical and other energy distribution systems, transmission systems, and satellite dishes, as well as deploys and manages network connections. In addition, MasTec offers regular maintenance of distribution facilities and networks, as well as provides emergency services for accidents or storm damage. It serves utility, communications, and government customers. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida.

Big-D builds big things. With offices in Utah, Arizona, California, and Wyoming, the construction firm offers design/build services to customers in about 20 states. Big-D focuses on projects for clients in such industries as manufacturing, health care, hospitality, food processing and distribution, manufacturing, and retail. The company's Signature Group builds high-end luxury homes, as well as and condominiums, spas, and other special projects in resort communities. Clients have included SYSCO and Marriott. The company also operates a concrete division devoted to architectural, structural, and parking garage projects. Big-D was founded in 1967 by Dee Livingood. His family continues to lead the company.

Manrochem can take care of that Honey-do list. The company is an engineering service provider for chemical, food, pharmaceutical, and other industries with offices in the UK and India. Its staff of engineers-for-hire comes versed in heat exchanger design, plant design, and pollution control. It also runs cryogenic technology applications with US partners Arencibia and Kelvin Cryo Systems. In order to concentrate on its core chemical engineering business, Manrochem has formed Manrotech to provide contract research, intellectual property management, and other services. Manrochem was established in 1990 by managing director Anil Goel.

A and L, Inc. company provides construction management, site development, and demolition services for such projects as airports, bridges, dams, roads, tunnels, manufacturing facilities, railways, toll plazas, and water treatment plants. Clients run the gamut from businesses to school districts to government agencies and include CONSOL Energy, US Steel, Volkswagen, Westinghouse, and the Pittsburgh Zoo. It largest contracts are for the construction or rehabilitation of highways and public transportation systems. A & L, which was founded in 1963 by president Louis Ruscitto, operates offices in Illinois, New York, and Pennsylvania.

Headquartered in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Buzzi Unicem USA is one of the leading cement manufacturing companies in the US. The company’s eight cement plants have a production capacity of approximately 8.5 million metric tons. Buzzi Unicem USA, which stems from the merger, early in 2004, of RC Cement (Buzzi Unicem SpA) and Lone Star Industries (Dyckerhoff) serves the Midwest, Southwest, Northeast and Southeast sections of the country. Buzzi Unicem USA Inc. operates 29 cement terminals across the US to distribute the cement into 21 states. Buzzi Unicem USA, with over 1,400 valued employees, supplies cement and masonry cement to over 3,800 ready-mix concrete, highway and airport paving firms, concrete block companies and concrete product firms. The company’s cement manufacturing locations are as follows: Cape Girardeau, MO; Chattanooga, TN; Festus, MO; Greencastle, IN; Maryneal, TX; Oglesby, IL; Pryor, OK and Stockertown, PA.

American Asphalt is paving the way for a smooth ride in northeastern Pennsylvania. American Asphalt Paving, Co. provides asphalt paving products and services through its crushed aggregates, paving, and grading and excavating divisions. American Asphalt Paving, Co. also offers used equipment (aggregate, asphalt, mobile, and lab equipment) for sale. American Asphalt operates from locations in Shavertown and Plains, Pennsylvania, and has plants in Chase and Keystone. Bernard Banks Sr. founded American Asphalt in 1951. American Asphalt Paving, Co. continues to be owned and managed by the Banks family.

Albany company's 1968 invention of the high-speed rolling door led Albany International to create the Albany Door Systems unit. Getting in and out quickly is key for Albany Door Systems. The division of Albany International, designs, manufactures and installs high-performance industrial doors. It also offers after-market replacement parts for its products. Albany Door Systems products include roll-up doors, folding doors, bifold doors, and overhead doors. Albany's interior and exterior doors are used at cold storage facilities, parking garages, auto dealerships, and manufacturing facilities. The division operates production plants and service centers in the US, Sweden, Germany, China, and Australia.

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