Cajun Industries builds oil refineries, power plants, process plants, water-treatment plants, and other industrial and infrastructure projects, primarily in Louisiana and Texas. Subsidiary Cajun Constructors provides a full range of services from design/build to maintenance; Cajun Deep Foundations offers drilling, piles installation, and related services. Cajun Maritime focuses on marine, coastal, and oilfield services including construction, repair, and power distribution. Cajun Equipment Services manages a fleet of trucks and trailers that transport heavy and specialized loads. Chairman and owner Lane Grigsby founded the company as Cajun Contractors and Engineers in 1973.

Embree Construction Group develops, designs, and builds free-standing buildings for business chains across the US. The group serves as a general contractor or construction manager, primarily for major national companies. It is active throughout the US. Ground-up and remodeling projects include retail properties, restaurants, gas stations, convenience stores, automotive service centers, and correctional facilities. Operating companies include Embree Healthcare Group, which develops assisted-living and specialty medical projects, and Embree Asset Group, which develops build-to-suit single-tenant buildings and leases them back to clients. Owner and chairman Jim Embree founded the firm in 1979 in Kansas City.

Besse Forest Products Group is branching out and it wooden want it any other way. Consisting of about a dozen firms, the group manufactures and exports hardwood lumber, veneer, and plywood from nearly 20 species of trees. The group's manufacturing plants, including veneer cutting and splicing plants, rotary cutting mills, and sawmills, have the capacity to produce more than 850 million sq. ft. of veneer and some 40 million board feet of lumber annually. Besse Forest Products Group also exports lumber, logs, and veneer from its mills and warehouses in the US and Canada, with the bulk of its operations in Wisconsin and Michigan. Owned by the Besse family, the group was founded in 1966.

Sargent & Lundy is to deliver engineering, construction management, and consulting services to the global power industry. The company also offers project siting, construction start-up, operations and maintenance services, system upgrades, and decommissioning for fossil-fueled, nuclear power, and renewable energy plants. Sargent & Lundy has designed nearly 900 power plants in the Americas, Asia, and the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region. It also engineers transmission line and substation projects for power delivery. Clients include electric utilities, oil and gas companies, equipment manufacturers, and financial institutions.

Garcia Roofing provides a full range of contracting services for commercial and government projects throughout the US and abroad. It is one of the largest roofing companies in Kern County, California. It also has been expanding to include worldwide roofing services and continues to land international projects. The company has government clearance for projects and often works on federal buildings or US embassies overseas. Garcia Roofing is owned by president Michael Garcia, who founded the company in 1975.

Carrier shoulders the load of keeping things hot and cold. Carrier Corporation is the world's largest maker of heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration systems for residential, commercial, industrial, and transportation needs. Through Carrier Transicold, it makes truck/trailer and container refrigeration equipment and provides transport air-conditioning systems for bus, rail, and marine customers. Carrier also provides aftermarket services and components for its products. The company is a subsidiary of diversified manufacturer United Technologies Corporation (UTC); it accounts for about 20% of UTC's sales. Carrier operates around 50 manufacturing facilities and has dealers in more than 170 countries.

AUREA is Europe's #1 recycler of motor oil, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastics, and used rubber wheels and tires. Eco Huile, from its plant in northern France, recycles 45% of the country's waste oil. Belgian subsidiary Rulo NV is part of Europe's plan to recycle 200,000 tons of PVC by 2010, while ROLL GOM makes wheels and tires from recycled rubber, processing 50 tons of rubber every day. Through direct and indirect holdings, CEO Joel Picard controls half of the company. AUREA has been listed on the Paris Stock Exchange since the 19th century.

Stella-Jones is under pressure. In addition to utility poles, the company produces pressure-treated timber and railway ties from species that include maple, oak, ash, birch, pine, hemlock, and Douglas fir. It also produces marine and foundation pilings, guardrails, and other industrial treated wood products and such consumer products as dimension lumber, fence board, and plywood. Stella-Jones expanded its capabilities in the US railway tie market in 2010 with the acquisition of Tangent Rail. James Jones & Sons Limited (forest products, UK) and Stella SpA, through the Stella Jones International S.A. joint venture, control a majority of Stella-Jones Inc.

Norbord isn't bored making boards. The company is one of the world's largest producers of wooden panels, with oriented strand board (OSB), accounting for about two-thirds of the company's sales. OSB is a type of engineered wood product used in a variety of applications. Norbord also makes other wooden homebuilding products such as fiberboard, particleboard, and hardwood plywood. The company has about 14 mills in the US, Canada, UK, and Belgium. Products are sold under brand names including Trubord, Truflor, TallWall, Solarbord, Pinnacle, Rimboard, and Windstorm. Brookfield Asset Management owns more than 70% of Norbord.

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.

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