To TOTO, going to the restroom is not just a bodily function, it is a sublime experience. The #1 toilet brand in Japan, TOTO toilets incorporate electronic, water-saving, and grime-resistant technologies, and feature options from elevating toilet seats for the elderly to heated-seat toilets with warm-water bidet functions. The company makes plumbing and other home products and bathroom and kitchen units (about half of sales). TOTO also develops new metals, ceramics for the semiconductor industry, and photocatalyst technology used in making films, tiles, and auto body coatings. Its Hydrotect film is used to protect car mirrors.

Viceroy Homes Limited designs and manufactures modular, panelized, pre-engineered custom home packages for both owner/builder clients and professional contractors. Its packages, which include all materials needed to construct a home (doors, windows, flooring), are sold throughout North America and also are shipped around the world. Viceroy constructs what is called a "healthy house" (built with products free of formaldehyde and other solvents). The company, which was founded in the mid-1950s, operates manufacturing plants in Ontario and British Columbia. In 2008 the company was taken private by Open Investments (OPIN) of Russia.

Danya Cebus builds everything from homes to highways to office buildings to bridges. One of Israel's largest construction companies, it provides residential, commercial, and industrial construction services, as well as design/build, infrastructure, and engineering services. Danya Cebus, part of the Africa-Israel Investments group of companies, operates in Israel, Canada, and Russia. It is constructing the Cross-Israel Highway, the most complex infrastructure project in the country's history. The company got its start in 1934 when Africa Israel began its first building projects.

Irving Materials, Inc. (IMI) digs deep for business. One of the largest privately held concrete suppliers, Irving Materials, Inc. produces stone, sand, gravel, and concrete materials for customers in Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee. It operates four regional operations centers and more than 150 ready-mix plants, about 15 asphalt plants, and 10 stone quarries. IMI also sells used equipment ranging from haul trucks and fleet cars to portable crushing equipment and other heavy equipment. C. C. "Skunk" Irving founded Irving Materials, Inc. in 1946. It is employee owned.

Brown and Caldwell,the employee-owned firm provides environmental consulting and engineering services to industrial, governmental, and utility clients. Brown and Caldwell designs and builds water, wastewater, and solid waste systems for clients in the paper and pulp, food processing, and chemical manufacturing industries. It offers watershed and stormwater management services, as well as pipeline engineering and repair services. The company provides soil and groundwater remediation, underground storage-tank management, risk assessment, and customized data management systems. It operates from 45 offices spread throughout the US.

Russell Eppright Custom Homes specializes in custom residential projects in and around Austin, Texas, and on the eastern edge of the Texas Hill Country. The company builds homes in the $500,000 to $2 million range. In 1996 president Russell Eppright acquired the assets of Russell Parker Homes (where he had previously served as a superintendent of custom-home construction) and renamed the company.

Chiles Architects provides architectural design, land planning, and landscape design services throughout the southern US. The firm's architectural services range from artistic renderings, master planning, landscape design, and site planning to project management and construction administration. Chiles Architects specializes in upscale condominiums and multi-family apartment buildings in Central Texas.

EMLab P&K, LLC, the company, an affilate of TestAmerica Laboratories, offers a full array of indoor air quality (IAQ) testing services to analyze allergens, bacteria, chemicals, and mold. The group even screens nasal swabs for the microbial agent that causes anthrax. EMLab P&K also offers industrial hygiene, consumer product and food safety, water/wastewater, and hazardous waste services to ensure that work and consumer environments remain desirable levels of hygiene and cleanliness. EMLab P&K is TestAmerica Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, Inc., Aerotech Laboratories, Inc., and P&K Microbiology Services, Inc., operating under consolidated management.

Anthony & Sylvan Pools Corporation. The company, created through the 1996 union of industry leaders Anthony Pools and Sylvan Pools, installs custom in-ground concrete swimming pools for private residences. The company has roots dating back to 1946 and has installed more than 360,000 pools during its history. It operates a network of more than 35 company-owned locations, consisting of sales and design centers, pool and spa renovation centers, and retail service centers that sell pool accessories such as chemicals, heaters, filters, pumps, and pool toys. The company is active in Texas, Nevada, and 10 East Coast states.

Wilbur Smith Associates provides engineering, design, planning, construction, and economic consulting services for municipal works and infrastructure jobs including highways, bridges, railroads, waterways, airports, and public buildings. Wilbur Smith is active throughout the US, where it has more than 50 offices, as well as Europe, Central America, the UK, the Middle East, and Asia; it has completed projects on every continent. Pioneer transportation engineer Wilbur Smith and his brother James founded the firm in 1952.

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