Brownlee Lumber Company (BLC) sells lumber products and veneer logs from species that include red oak, white oak, cherry, ash, poplar, and hard maple. Its manufacturing complex is comprised of sawmills, dry kilns, and a planer mill. The company's foresters also provide services to help timber owners manage standing timber lots. The enterprise was started in 1973 by brothers Charles and Dan Brownlee, who contracted themselves as loggers to sawmills in western Pennsylvania. In 1978 they established their own mill. Dan is president of the family-owned and -operated company.

Bacon Veneer is not what happens when your breakfast meat spatters all over the kitchen. Bacon Veneer, the common name for R.S. Bacon Veneer Company, produces and imports decorative and architectural quality specialty veneer products for distribution to architectural, automotive, and other industries. The company also buys and sells logs from such species as American walnut, maple, white oak, rift red oak, birch, African cedar, aspen, and cherry. It has offices in the US (North Carolina, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, New York) and in Alberta, Canada. Robert S. Bacon and his wife Julia founded Bacon Veneer in Chicago in 1898.

Joseph Wong Design Associates (JWDA) provides architectural, master planning, interior design, project management, and programming services for public and private sector clients in China and the western US. Its portfolio of completed and in-progress projects includes the mixed-use residential and corporate Deep Blue Plaza towers and the Lotus Creative Center industrial complex (in China) and the San Diego Convention Center and the San Diego Marriott Del Mar Hotel (in the US). China-born architect Joseph Wong established JWDA in San Diego in 1977.

Western Forest Products Inc. company harvests softwood timber (mostly from government-owned land), manages woodlands, and produces lumber, logs, and wood chips from about a dozen mills and plants. Lumber accounts for about three-fourths of total sales; specialty products include oversized lumber and western red cedar products. Western Forest Products primarily operates in coastal British Columbia. Its products are sold in more than 30 countries, primarily Canada, Asia, and the US. Subsidiary MacMillan Bloedel Kabushiki Kaisha sells to wholesale and manufacturing customers in Japan.

ABI (UK) makes a wide range of manufactured second homes, known in the UK as holiday homes. Its models have one, two, or three bedrooms; options include electric fireplaces and kitchen islands. Prices range from about £16,000 ($26,000) to some £61,000 (approximately $99,000). The company sells its homes to dealers and holiday parks throughout the UK and Ireland and in about a dozen European countries. Top customers include Parkdean Holidays and Park Resorts. ABI (UK) was formed as Ace Belmont International in 1972 following the merger of travel trailer company ACE International and leisure home company Belmont.

One of Spain's largest civil engineering and construction groups, OHL operates through six divisions that specialize in infrastructure projects in the Americas and Europe. It also frequently undertakes work on airports, marine ports, railways, oil and gas pipelines, and water treatment plants. Environmental services include desalination of seawater and purification of urban sewage. In 2010 OHL spun off part of its OHL Concesiones Mexico unit, which operates more than 20 toll roads, in order to raise capital to fund road-building projects in Mexico and make other acquisitions.

Redlon's Supply was started in Bath, Maine in 1887. Redlon's was both a Wholesale Distributor of Plumbing Supplies as well as a Manufacturer of Plumbing Products (the Redlon Roof Flange and Redlon Closet Bend for example). Redlon's grew into Maine's largest Plumbing and Heating Distributor with locations throughout the State.

Bristol Compressors was sold to KPS Capital Partners by Johnson Controls in 2007. What would air conditioners be without compressors? Probably just hunks of lifeless metal and plastic. Fortunately, Bristol Compressors is well aware of this. Bristol Compressors International, Inc. manufactures compressors that are used inside residential and commercial air conditioning units and heat pumps. Compressors turn refrigerant (Freon) from a cool gas into a hot, high-pressure gas that is then passed on to the condenser. Bristol Compressors International, Inc. sells its products -- under the Benchmark and Bristol brand names -- to HVAC original equipment manufacturers and wholesale distributors in more than 50 countries worldwide.

NCI has become one of the largest integrated manufacturers and marketers of metal coil coating solutions, metal components and custom metal building systems for the non-residential construction industry in North America. Product innovation, organic growth and numerous strategic and highly advantageous acquisitions have led to the continued development of this successful organization. In 1992 NCI joined NASDAQ and by 1998 NCI moved to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) where it remains today as “NCS” under the name NCI Building Systems, Inc.

DAVACO helps national retailers show off their goods. Originally established as Fixture Perfect in 1990, the private company has grown from a store fixture installer to a full-service retail designer, remodeler, and logistics and merchandising specialist. DAVACO offers architectural, construction, and installation services. The company is capable of conducting both small and large-scale rollouts, from five to 5,000 stores. Clients range widely in size from big-box to convenience stores, as well as restaurants and department stores. Clients have included Blockbuster, Dunkin' Donuts, and Pier 1 Imports. Beyond its primary US client base, DAVACO has done work for retailers in Canada, Guam, Mexico, and Puerto Rico.

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