Sierra Pacific Industries company owns and manages about 2 million acres of timberland in California and Washington. With a network of sawmills, it is among the top lumber producers in the US. SPI's manufacturing plants also produce mouldings and millwork, windows and doors, fencing, and wood fiber by-products, such as chips, bark, and shavings. Several of its sawmills also house cogeneration facilities that recycle wood waste into power for its plants; excess electricity is sold to local public utilities. Additionally, SPI is involved in residential and commercial real estate. The company traces its roots to the 1920s when it was founded by R. H. "Curly" Emmerson.

Lum Chang Holdings invests in, develops, builds, and renovates commercial, civil, and institutional properties, primarily in Singapore and the Pacific Rim. It also develops luxury residential properties in Singapore and, with joint venture partner GIC Real Estate, in Malaysia. Its portfolio includes upscale condominiums, bungalows, and golf resorts and country clubs. Another partnership with Tokyo-based Nishimatsu Construction provides construction on Singapore's mass transit system. The company's Lum Chang Building Contractors subsidiary was established in the 1940s and has become one of Singapore's largest construction firms.

Masco's ideal customer is a home improvement junkie with a thing for cabinets -- and a hand-washing fetish. The company is a leading manufacturer of a variety of home improvement and building products. Its cabinet and plumbing products businesses account for more than half its sales. Cabinet brands include KraftMaid, Quality Cabinets, and Merillat in the US and The Moores Group and Tvilum-Scanbirk in Europe. Faucets and bath and shower accessories are sold under the Delta and Peerless brands in the US and as Hansgrohe in Europe. Masco also makes BEHR paints and stains, windows, doors, staple guns, locksets, and HVAC products. If you're more comfortable on the couch, Masco also provides installation services.

USG Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and distribution of building materials primarily under SHEETROCK, DUROCK, and FIBEROCK brands worldwide. The company manufactures and markets gypsum and related products, including gypsum wallboard, joint compounds used for finishing wallboard joints, cement boards, gypsum fiber panels, poured gypsum underlayments, and various construction plaster products. Its gypsum products are used in various building applications to finish the interior walls, ceilings, and floors in residential, commercial, and institutional construction.

PKL Group can help feed you and make sure you get surgery, if necessary -- not because of their food, of course. Established in 1985 as Portable Kitchens Ltd., its PKL Foodservice unit equips temporary or mobile kitchens and dining areas. PKL set up kitchens to feed the athletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics, which prepared some 50,000 meals a day, and performed the same duties at the 2004 Olympiad in Athens. PKL Healthcare also constructs temporary or permanent diagnostic imaging facilities, operating theatres, and recovery wards on a fast-track basis. It has performed contracts for the National Health Service and private medical entities in the UK.

Architects Delawie Wilkes Rodrigues Barker (A|DWRB) has designs on the Southern California market. A|DWRB provides design/build architectural services that range from analysis (including due diligence, code analysis, and site analysis of existing conditions to determine specific use suitability of a site or building) to master planning and interior design services. Its portfolio includes designs for biotech and advanced technology firms, educational facilities, and hospitality projects. A|DWRB, which was founded in 1961, focuses on projects in Southern California, but has also served clients around the globe.

spear for Speer Industries Incorporated. Doing business as Speer Mechanical, the company offers mechanical design, construction, and preventive maintenance services for industrial, commercial, and institutional markets throughout Ohio. Speer Mechanical offers mechanical expertise for plumbing, HVAC, and building automation systems as well as custom fabrication prefabricated components from its in-house workshop. The company's portfolio includes state, local, and federal government projects and work for private colleges, manufacturers, and health care facilities.

Roesling Nakamura Terada Architects provides architectural design services to customers in California. The company's offerings include planning, implementation, renovation, urban design, site studies, interior design, and program management. The firm operates from offices in Oxnard and San Diego, California; it also has a sister office, Gelfand Partners, in San Francisco. Ralph Roesling founded the firm in 1980; Kotaro Nakamura joined the company shortly thereafter. The firm changed its name from Roesling Nakamura Architects to Roesling Nakamura Terada Architects in 2004.

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.

Nortek delivers a breath of fresh air. The company makes and distributes heating, air conditioning, ventilation (HVAC), and home technology products for the residential and commercial construction, remodeling, and renovation markets. In addition to HVAC systems, Nortek's wares include range hoods and other ventilation products, indoor air-quality systems, lighting controls, and home entertainment and security system equipment. Products, which are sold primarily in North America and Europe, bear the Nortek name, along with other brands including Broan-NuTone, as well as such licensed names as Frigidaire and Maytag.

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