Persimmon is enjoying the fruits of its hard labor. One of the UK's largest homebuilders, the company designs and constructs homes, bungalows, and apartments; its Charles Church division builds larger luxury homes. Working with the UK government, Persimmon also undertakes social housing projects through its Westbury Partnerships business and its Space4 timber-frame housing operations. Persimmon's land bank is one of the largest in the country, with some 76,000 plots. The company constructs more than 15,000 homes annually, with an average selling price of around 185,000.

Engineering Solid Solutions company provides mechanical engineering and design services for the agricultural, automotive (engine, chassis, and interiors), consumer products, electronics, furniture, and medical industries. Engineering Solid Solutions also supplies crash and impact analysis (child restraints, head and side impact, and seat belt anchorage) for automobile accidents. The company uses computer-based kinematic and dynamic simulations to allows engineers to evaluate the characteristics of a design as it moves throughout its full range of force and motion.

VKR Holding lets the light shine in. The parent company of skylight and roof windows manufacturer VELUX and other building components manufacturers operates in more than 40 countries. The VKR group consists of manufacturers that supply windows, skylights, thermal solar energy products, sunscreening materials, natural ventilation products, and glass roofs. Members of VKR include Velfac (window systems), Rationel Vinduer (vertical windows and external doors), Svenska, GREENoneTec (solar panels), and WindowMaster (ventilation components). The company was founded in 1941 by civil engineer Villum Kann Rasmussen. VKR is owned by the Villum Fonden foundation.

MMC Corp serves as a holding company for Midwest Mechanical Contractors, MW Builders, and other units. The group of eight independently operated companies provide preconstruction, construction, HVAC, and plumbing services throughout the US including Kansas, Texas, Nevada, Nebraska, and New Jersey. It specializes in mechanical work for commercial, health care, industrial, pharmaceutical, and power generation facility projects. Employee-owned MMC is ranked as one of the top specialty contractors in the US and its division have completed projects for the University of Kentucky, AT&T, and Wal-Mart. Claude Sanders founded Midwest Mechanical Contractors as a residential plumbing company in 1932.

The original idea in 1979 recognized there was a niche available in the HVAC industry for a company that supplied high quality products, in a timely manner and backed up with outstanding customer service. Raymon fills those needs and continues to invent and reinvent the industry standards for quality, reliability, service and ingenuity.

American Woodmark has more cabinet selections than the prime minister of Russia. A top maker of kitchen cabinets in the US, the company manufactures and distributes more than 430 lines of low- to mid-priced kitchen cabinets in oak, cherry, hickory, and maple, as well as laminate finishes. Brands include American Woodmark, Shenandoah Cabinetry, Potomac, and Timberlake. Targeting the remodeling and new home construction markets, American Woodmark sells its products through home centers and independent dealers and distributors; it also sells directly to builders through about 10 US service centers. Lowe's and The Home Depot account for more than two-thirds of sales.

Uralita makes building materials including insulation, gypsum, roof tiles, and pipes. Product lines include Pladur plasterboard for building partitions, Cobert roofing tiles and bricks, and Adequa plastic pipes for commercial and infrastructure use. Insulation accounts for about half of the group's business. The company has about 45 production plants in operation or under development throughout Europe. Uralita is the market leader in Spain (where it makes about half of its revenues) and Portugal. The wealthy Serratosa family owns 79% of the firm through investment vehicle Nefinsa. Uralita was founded in 1907 as a fiber cement company.

Integrated Paving Concepts Inc. was founded in 1992 and is majority owned by management firm Trimin. Integrated Paving Concepts (IPC) has street smarts. The company's main product is StreetPrint -- decorative asphalt used as crosswalks and sidewalks, traffic medians, driveways, and parking lots. Other products include DuraTherm, LogoTherm, Imprint, and Ride-A-Way, all decorative surface treatments and materials designed to last longer than traditional stone or gravel applications. IPC's products are installed in about 40 countries by a licensed network of around 750 contractors for such end-users as government projects, commercial and residential developers, and homeowners.

Nor-Dec International has a window (not to mention doors, custom millwork, cabinetry, and wall paneling) on the world. Its products are sold for use in residential and commercial applications throughout the US and the Caribbean. Nor-Dec International also offers other manufacturers' products, including flooring by Italy's Berti Pavimenti Legno, which has been used in such precision woodcutting projects as flooring for the Kremlin and Windsor Castle. Other items include Weather Shield windows, Kentucky Wood Floors products, and hardware by Omnia Industries and Rocky Mountain Hardware.

Darlington Veneer Company mills and distributes hardwood plywood products to boat builders, cabinet and furniture makers, millwork manufacturers, wholesale distributors, and others from its plant in Darlington, South Carolina. It sells more than 20 varieties of wood in half round, plain sliced, rotary cut, rift, and quartered cuts. Prospective customers can request price quotes through the company's Web site. Darlington Veneer, founded in 1918, is owned by the Ramsey family, including president John Ramsey and secretary Jim Ramsey. The Ramseys also own Diamond Hill Plywood.

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