Lafarge Cement UK, a subsidiary of Paris-based Lafarge, pours it on the competition. With about 6 cement plants located throughout the UK, the company supplies about 40% of the country's market. Major products include Portland cements and Portland composite cements, high performance cements (heat resistant, sulfate resistant, rapid setting), and special cements (shrinkage compensated concrete, granulated blast furnace slag, pulverized fuel ash, and Portland-slag cement). It also produces plasterboard. Lafarge made it big in the UK when it acquired Blue Circle Industries in 2001; Lafarge Cement UK still uses the Blue Circle name to sell its cement.

Shlemmer+Algaze+Associates (SAA). The company offers interior design and architectural services serving corporate California. SAA provides corporate design (consulting, construction elements, furniture procurement, and facility management) and landlord services (space planning, marketing, and tenant services) to Southern California businesses, building operators, and developers, the company operates through four offices. In 2009 it expanded its reach when it acquired fellow interiors firm City Spaces. SAA was founded in 2000 by Nelson Algaze and Rick Shlemmer.

Marshalls' mission is to be the UK's no.1 landscape transformation company with combined expertise in paving, walling, summerhouses, greenhouses, garages, water management, kerb, traffic management and street furniture. They supply the domestic, public sector and commercial markets with our ranges of hard landscaping products and our brand is synonymous with quality, distinction and innovation. Customers are at the heart of our business, and the core of our proposition is to supply the highest quality goods, backed by technical expertise and customer service excellence.

Based in Leigh, Lancashire, Deva supports the efforts of house builders, local authorities, housing associations, architects, interior designers, contractors, merchants, retailers and DIY stores. With over 140 employees, field based customer support and specification teams, Deva delivers the latest styles of kitchen and bathroom taps, showers and accessories, next day - nationwide.

Thomas Armstrong has muscled its way into being one of the leading aggregates producers in the UK. Thomas Armstrong Holdings Ltd. also makes custom joinery, concrete blocks, and prestressed concrete (flooring, stairs, and panels) and operates a general construction business (residential, commercial, and industrial) and a timber division. Thomas Armstrong, a joiner, cabinetmaker, and wheelwright, founded the business in 1830. A century later the firm converted to a limited company. It has grown through acquisitions of companies such as ACP (Concrete) Ltd., William Rainford Holdings, Barnett's, Robinson's Concrete, and Tayban Developments. Thomas Armstrong has about 15 locations across the UK.

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.

Roseburg Forest Products has branched out as a diverse producer of wood products. Formed in 1936, the company produces specialty panels (melamine, particleboard, and vinyl laminates), engineered wood products (joists, beams, and rimboards), and plywood products such as siding and concrete forming. Its products are available through dealers, home centers, and wholesale distributors. Roseburg manages more than 700,000 acres of timberland in California and southern Oregon. The company has more than a dozen manufacturing facilities in the Northwest and Southeast. Heirs of philanthropist Kenneth Ford, who established the Ford Family Foundation, own and lead the company.

Widom Wein Cohen O'Leary Terasawa can help clients plan and design their future crib, haunt, habitat, or headquarters. WWCOT (Widom Wein Cohen O'Leary Terasawa) provides architectural and interior design services to clients in a variety of industries, including civic, commercial, hospitality, historic, and retail. WWCOT also has an architectural forensics group that consults for construction defects. The company has several offices in Moorpark, Palm Springs, Riverside, and Santa Monica, California and one in China.

Permasteelisa North America Corp.,the company's cladding division makes and installs exterior facades of large buildings. A subsidiary of Italy-based Permasteelisa, the company has completed complex glass and metal cladding work on projects across the US, including Seattle's distinct Experience Music Project and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, both designed by architect Frank Gehry. Permasteelisa North America also designs commercial building interiors and fixtures for offices, restaurants, and showrooms. Projects include the Condé Nast cafeteria, Vespa boutiques, and Brooks Brothers shops.

HOK has designs on your project -- but in this case, that's a good thing. The global architectural company provides planning, design, and delivery services for a wide variety of sectors including aviation, entertainment/media, health care, and government. HOK tackles all phases of a project's life cycle, from pre-planning and engineering to landscape architecture and facilities management. Notable projects include the Priory Chapel in St. Louis; the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC; and King Saud University in Saudi Arabia. The firm has offices in two dozen countries in North America, Europe, and Asia. St. Louis architects George Hellmuth, Gyo Obata, and George Kassabum founded HOK Group in 1955.

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