alfanar Group ("al fanar" is roughly translated as "the light" in Arabic) is primarily engaged in building power plants, substations, and water treatment plants in Saudi Arabia. Other subsidiaries manufacture electrical systems and industrial equipment needed for the utility plants, while alfanar IT provides information technology services to the Saudi government and other private corporations doing business in the Middle East. The alfanar Group has locations in Egypt, India, Qatar, Syria, and the United Arab Emirates. The alfanar Group and alfanar Construction were founded in 1976; alfanar IT came along in 1995.

Family-owned Facemyer Lumber Co. produces and distributes high-grade wood products from its locations in Ohio and West Virginia. The company owns four facilities -- Facemyer Forest Products, Facemyer Lumber, Facemyer Resources, and Ohio Pallet Company -- that annually produces more than 30 million board feet of lumber and veneer logs, mainly from the region's Appalachian hardwood species. They also make railroad ties, timber, pallets, mulch, sawdust, and woodchips. Founded by brothers Dennis and Eugene Facemyer in 1964, Facemyer Lumber ships its products nationwide.

Founded in 1819 in Vienna and traded since 1869 on the Vienna Stock Exchange, Wienerberger can look back on a great tradition. Only in 1986 the company started its dynamic expansion, which has focused on building materials since the introduction of Value Management in 1997. This transformed Wienerberger from a local Austrian brick-maker into the world’s largest producer of bricks within a few years. During this time the number of production facilities rose from 11 to a level of 229 plants in 27 countries.The construction industry was hard hit by the worldwide recession in 2009, which triggered a sharp drop in the demand for building materials. On the one hand, new residential construction is heavily dependent on bank financing and, on the other hand, consumers tend to postpone investment decisions as a reaction to the weak economy and uncertain expectations for the future. Wienerberger implemented a wide-ranging action plan to adjust capacity to reflect these developments, which also included active working capital management to reduce inventories, a decrease in administrative and selling costs and a cutback in investments to the necessary minimum.

Baxall Construction looks outside the box for its building projects. The company is involved in all areas of high-end construction -- residential, industrial, commercial, historic renovation, and design-and-build. Baxall's projects are primarily around the London area and southeast England. Some of its notable jobs include a 7.6 million home renovation in Kensington, the 5.8 million Hampstead Town Hall, and the 1.9 million new construction of St. John's Church Centre in Tunbridge Wells. The company maintains an annual turnover of 12 million to 15 million.

Rooney Holdings, through Manhattan Construction and other subsidiaries, builds hospitals, schools, government buildings, roads and bridges, and sports facilities including the Dallas Cowboys Stadium and Reliant Stadium in Houston. Rooney's family of companies offer construction management, general contracting, and design/build services in the US, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. The family-owned company also operates an insurance agency and manufactures electronics through OAI Electronics.

Process Plus provides engineering services, such as facilities design, construction, and plant automation. It also provides information systems services and construction management. The employee-owned company targets such markets as the specialty chemicals, agribusiness, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, and food industries. Clients have included Procter & Gamble, Cognis, and Roxane Laboratories. The late Bryan Speicher (who had served as president), Dan Prickel (current president and CEO), and investment firm Fink, Roberts & Petrie founded Process Plus in 1996.

Caddick Group offers construction, civil engineering contracting, and property development services throughout the UK. The group's construction and development projects cross over multiple sectors, including commercial, industrial, institutional, leisure, retail, and residential. Clients include J Sainsbury, LINPAC, and Croda International. Firm founder Paul Caddick shares ownership of the Headingley Carnigie Stadium near Leeds and is part owner of two professional rugby teams in the city. In 2007 Leeds Metropolitan University bought a majority of one of the teams, known as Leeds Carnigie. The Caddick Group remains a main sponsor of the teams.

A. O. Smith Water Products Company makes commercial and residential water heating equipment under such brands as Cyclone, Genesis, and Vertex. It also makes solar panel water heaters under the Cirrex name. Products include commercial boilers, commercial natural gas water heaters, residential electric and natural gas water heaters, expansion tanks, and pump tanks. Products are sold through a network of wholesale distributors, as well as through retail chains Sears and Lowes. More than 15 manufacturing plants are located in North America, Mexico, China, the Netherlands, and India. A. O. Smith Water Products Company, a division of A. O. Smith, is always in hot water -- and it works to assure that its customers are, too.

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.

High Tech Electric provides electrical contracting services for commercial and industrial projects including office, retail, municipal, entertainment, and utility facilities. Services include new construction, voice data and video communications, security and alarm systems, lighting protection, and electrical maintenance and troubleshooting. The company has offices in Sioux City and Des Moines, Iowa, and another in Pickstown, South Dakota. President Mark Pottebaum founded High Tech Electric, which he still owns, in 2001.

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