Halliburton Electrical keeps northwest England wired. The company -- no relation to engineering/construction giant Halliburton -- provides electrical services to commercial and industrial clients. The company's offerings include cabling systems, switchgear, fire alarm systems, heating, security lighting, and office refurbishment, among others. Halliburton Electrical serves clients mainly in the aerospace, food, manufacturing, hospital, and brewery industries, as well as local authorities and housing associations. Partner Brian Halliburton founded the company in 1963 and operates with his son and co-partner Stephen Halliburton.

O'Brien & Gere provides a range of engineering consulting and project management services throughout the US, including wastewater management and water resources, environmental compliance and remediation, civil and facilities engineering, and utility services. It also provides contract operations and maintenance. The company, which employs hundreds of scientists, engineers, construction, and other personnel, operates some 30 offices located throughout the eastern half of the US. Employee-owned O'Brien & Gere was formed by Earl O'Brien, William Gere, and Glenn Holmes as a water and wastewater engineering partnership in 1945.

North American Technologies Group (NATK) made ties that bind. Its TieTek Technologies subsidiary produced composite railroad crossties made from 75% recycled materials such as plastics and rubber from old tires. It has sold its products to various transportation agencies and railway companies in the US, Australia, Asia, South America, and India. However, due to the recession, the company closed its plants and ceased production of its ties in 2009. TieTek is the worldwide leader in developing and manufacturing composite ties, an innovative product for railroad track construction, maintenance and operation. There management consists of experienced business people, railroad executives, and materials scientists who are committed to bringing the highest quality, most reliable, and cost effective product to there customers.

Am-Mex Products helps companies set up maquiladora operations in the McAllen, Texas, and Reynosa, Mexico, border region. The maquiladora program allows US firms and other foreign companies to import raw materials into Mexico duty-free for assembly there by lower-wage Mexican workers. The program also offers faster startup, lower shipping costs, and central distribution. Its services include contract manufacturing, engineering factory management, warehousing and distribution, cross-border trucking, training, and other services required for international trade. Am-Mex has been in business since 1990 and has around 1 million sq. ft. of manufacturing and warehouse space in Mexico, in addition to its US operation.

Georgia-Pacific (GP) is the world's largest tissue products producer and the force behind such household items as Brawny paper towels and Quilted Northern bath tissues. Not one to be pigeonholed, the company makes a wide variety of other products including cardboard packaging, plywood and lumber, related chemicals, fertilizers, recycled paper fibers, Dixie-brand paper cups, touchless towel dispensers, and office paper. GP is the second-largest US forest products manufacturer (behind International Paper). A subsidiary of diversified group Koch Industries, GP has more than 300 manufacturing facilities in the Americas and Europe.

Athena Engineering specializes in the installation and design of heating, cooling, ventilation, lighting, building automation, and other systems services for the commercial, food processing, health, and telecommunications industries. Athena also offers general construction, energy management, and environmental systems services. The company mostly works for both public and private entities in Southern California. In addition to being privately owned, Athena Engineering is one of the top women/minority-owned companies in the region. Athena Engineering was founded in 1984.

Carmeuse was founded in 1860 in Liege, Belgium. Perhaps Carmeuse could amuse you with some lime or lime derivatives? Carmeuse company, a subsidiary of Netherlands-based L.V.I. Holding, produces lime and lime-related products for industrial and commercial customers the world over. Carmeuse handles all forms of limestone and its derivatives, including quicklime (calcium oxide), slaked lime (calcium hydroxide), and dolomite (calcium and magnesium carbonate), and it delivers its products in bulk, in bags or containers, or on pallets. Carmeuse company, which primarily serves Europe and North America, has numerous production facilities with an annual output capacity of more than 13 million tons of lime.

Baltimore may be cool, but Baltimore Aircoil Company is cooler. Baltimore Aircoil (BAC) makes, sells, and installs evaporative cooling and heat transfer equipment, with manufacturing and distribution facilities throughout North America and around the globe. Its sells its products, which include cooling towers, condensers, thermal storage systems, remote sump tanks, and related parts and controls, to customers in the HVAC (heating, ventilating, and air conditioning), refrigeration, chemical and petroleum processing markets, as well as to electric power generators, light industrial manufacturers, metal producers, and cooling plant operators.

Sofame further developed markets for industrial process water heating and heating of institutional and multiple-unit rental buildings. The year 1997 marked a turning point for Sofame as it was listed on the Toronto Exchange under the symbol SDW. That year, Sofame also obtained a patent for its Ultra-High Efficiency water heater, of which it is still the world'S only authorized manufacturer. In 1999, Sofame achieved a breakthrough in the European market. Its first major contract was the installation of a Percotherm on the site of the Gaz de France Montoire de Bretagne LNG terminal. During that year, it also received one of its numerous awards(20 over the years), from the prestigious ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers).

Koppers Holdings treats wood right. The company makes carbon compounds and treated-wood products for the chemical, railroad, aluminum, utility, construction, and steel industries around the world. Its carbon materials and chemicals unit makes materials for producing aluminum, polyester resins, plasticizers, and wood preservatives. The railroad and utility products unit supplies treated crossties and utility poles and treats wood for vineyard, construction, and other uses. Koppers Holdings owns 50% of KSA Limited -- subsidiaries of Heidelberg Cement own the other half -- which produces concrete crossties. The company's manufacturing facilities are located in Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America.

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