Columbia Forest Products is one of North America's largest manufacturers of hardwood plywood, veneer, and logs. The employee-owned company manufactures plywood used to make cabinets, architectural millwork, commercial fixtures, and other products. Its veneer is used in cabinetry, doors, furniture, decorative plywood, and other applications. Columbia specializes in Northern Appalachian hardwoods such as oak, ash, birch, maple, hickory, walnut, and pine. It also imports hardwood plywood and panels from Asia, Africa, Russia, and South America. The company sells its products to manufacturers, wholesale distributors, and mass merchandisers.

Soave Enterprises is suave enough to manage multiple lines of business. The company's wide-ranging interests are divided into four main industries: real estate (residential and industrial development), auto dealerships, beer distribution, and a catch-all diversified holdings group that includes businesses ranging from waste collection and transportation to scrap metals processing as well as units engaged in hydroponic tomato gardening and taxi services. The bulk of Soave's operations are in Michigan. President and CEO Anthony Soave, who founded the company in 1961, owns Soave Enterprises.

Tembec is the little mill that could -- and did. Rescued by workers from a shuttered mill in 1973, the forest products company today maintains significant operations in the US, Canada, and France. Through about 30 manufacturing facilities it produces pulp, paper, paperboard, lumber, and chemicals from the by-products of its pulping process; these products are marketed worldwide. Tembec's pulp unit, the company's largest group, accounts for more than half of sales. Its wood products unit sells SPF (spruce-pine-fir) lumber and hardwood flooring products primarily in North America. Tembec also manages forest land in four Canadian provinces. Outside of North America, it has sales offices in Asia.

The Hollingsworth Companies develops and builds industrial parks and facilities in the southeastern US. It provides build-to-suit and finish-to-suit structures, primarily on its SouthPoint Business Park pad-ready sites located in Alabama, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Developments typically range from 50,000 sq. ft. to 500,000 sq. ft. Hollingsworth also provides facility expansion and funding services. All of the company's SouthPoint properties are located in areas convenient to interstate highways and airport services. CEO and owner Joe Hollingsworth, Jr., founded The Hollingsworth Companies in 1986.

Wilsonart International was founded as a producer of high pressure decorative laminate in 1956 in Temple, Texas, by Ralph Wilson, Sr., a retired laminate industry executive. Wilson’s intent was never to build a major competitor — the field in those days included 12 domestic competitors — but rather to fill his free time.Throughout the 1960s, Wilson’s “hobby” grew dramatically through a formula comprising a dedicated local work force, high-quality products and an old-fashioned commitment to customer service.

Clark Construction Group specializes in building landmarks. The general contractor has constructed iconic structures such as the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center and FedEx Field, the home of the Washington Redskins. Clark Construction serves commercial, institutional, and heavy construction customers around the US and is part of Clark Enterprises. It offers construction management, design/build, and general contracting services. Projects include convention centers, sports facilities, office complexes, hotels, airports, correctional facilities, manufacturing facilities, water treatment plants, highways and bridges, and high-rise apartments.

Delta Mutual, Inc., this development stage company has shifted its direction to being an environmental services provider. Delta Mutual offers waste processing and reclamation technology and equipment, as well as energy-efficient construction technologies to low-cost housing development projects. Its operations are concentrated in the US, the Asia/Pacific region, the Middle East, and Puerto Rico. In 2008 the company acquired American Hedge Fund LLC, a limited liability company that intends to make investments in South America.

Reliable is not the sexiest thing to be, but when it comes to HVAC controls, it's what you're after. Reliable Controls Corporation manufactures products that monitor and control HVAC equipment and lighting in commercial and industrial buildings. Founded in 1986, the British Columbia, Canada-based company also operates offices in the US and China. Reliable focuses on design and technical support as well as working relationships with independent distributors.

Hardwood Products Company manufactures woodenware items for applications in the dairy, foodservice, and crafts markets as well as for medical and industrial uses. Its food and craft products include skewers, sticks, spoons, and other items produced under the Gold Bond and Trophy brands. The company markets its single-use swabs, applicators, tongue depressors, and specialty products for medical and diagnostic applications under the Puritan brand. It also offers critical-environment cleaning applicators. Hardwood Products Company was founded in 1919.

Dryvit Systems, Inc. is the original Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems (EIFS) manufacturer in the United States and the company that spawned the highly-successful EIFS industry in North America beginning in 1969.Dryvit EIFS is an enormously popular insulated cladding system in commercial and residential construction, offering a highly energy efficient, lightweight engineered cladding system with a vast array of finish options to suit any design consideration. Available in a number of system configurations to meet any climate or building condition, more than 1 in every 11 commercial buildings in the United States features Dryvit EIFS on the exterior.

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