The Kleinfelder Group isn't afraid to get its hands dirty. Since its start as a materials testing lab in 1961, the company has expanded to become one of the largest engineering consulting and design groups in the US. Kleinfelder's operating subsidiaries offer soils and materials testing, geotechnical engineering, construction management, and environmental services. With about 50 domestic offices and locations in Australia and Guam, the group targets the energy, transportation, water, commercial/industrial, government, and education markets; projects run the gamut from building underground parking garages to establishing wind farms. Jim Kleinfelder, who retired in 1993, founded the employee-owned company.

F.A. Wilhelm Construction Company, Inc. provides construction and construction management in the Midwest, particularly in its home state of Indiana. The firm focuses on commercial, industrial, and institutional buildings for the health care, research, and education sectors. It also owns fabrication facilties that produce concrete formwork, process piping, sheet metal, and structural steel. F.A. Wilhelm is a subsidiary of Wilhelm Construction, which also operates mechanical contractor Freitag-Weinhardt and sheet metal contractor Poynter Sheet Metal. The group began in 1923 as a masonry contractor.

Italian-Thai Development Public Limited company ain't heavy, but its construction projects are. Italian-Thai Development (Italthai) builds some of the largest infrastructure and civil projects in Thailand and across Asia. Its project portfolio includes work on Thailand's rail system, Bangkok's mass transit development plan, and deep-sea port developments at Pak Bara and Pattani ports. The company has branched out across Asia, specializing in industrial, utility, transportation, and telecommunications projects. Italthai has also invested in energy and mining projects. Chaijudh Karnasuta (from Thailand) and Giorgio Berlingieri (from Italy) co-founded the company in 1958.

Comp-Utility Corporation provides engineering, design, procurement, and construction services for network operation centers, telecommunications facilities, and other IT systems. It specializes in creating reliable infrastructure systems, including uninterruptible power systems, voice and data cable installations, climate control, and room and storage design. The company has served corporate, government, and contractor customers primarily in Austin, Texas. President Randall Collier, who co-founded the company in 1992, owns Comp-Utility Corporation.

Aukett Fitzroy Robinson (formerly Aukett Group) has designs for urban sprawl. As one of Europe's leading architectural, design, and engineering services companies, the group offers master planning, landscape architecture, structural engineering, urban design, interior design, graphics design, and space planning. It has designed structures ranging from the Surrey Institute of Art and Design to a Procter & Gamble research center in Germany. Aukett purchased architectural design firm Fitzroy Robinson in April 2005.

Tata Group comprises more than 90 companies with activities ranging from manufacturing and chemicals to consumer products and business services. Its Tata Steel unit is India's largest private steelmaker, while Tata Power is the nation's largest private power utility. Tata Motors makes the world's most inexpensive car -- the Nano -- and owns the Land Rover and Jaguar automobiles. Other units include Tata Communications (international telephone network services), Tata Consultancy Services (outsourced business services), and Tata Global Beverages (one of the top tea producers and owner of the venerable Tetley brand). Tata Group is managed through holding company Tata Sons.

Skanska UK, the British subsidiary of Sweden-based global contractor Skanska AB, provides a wide range of engineering and construction services. The group specializes in private finance initiative (PFI) projects, and offers services in the building, civil engineering, mechanical and electrical, engineering design, and residential sectors. Skanska UK also offers specialty contracting services such as telecom network installations, piling and foundation work, and steel decking. The division has participated in such notable United Kingdom projects as the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, the remodeling of the Ministry of Defence headquarters in London, and new facilities for the Scottish Prison Service.

An air conditioner is nothing but a sum of its parts, with Air System Components (ASC) supplying the parts. Air System Components, Inc. manufactures components, such as grilles, registers, diffusers, and terminal devices for air conditioning, heating and ventilation systems, in addition to fans and other air distribution products. ASC's products are used in industrial facilities, institutions, and commercial and residential buildings, as well as the International Space Station. Brands include Titus, Krueger, Tuttle & Bailey, Reliable, Superior Rex, and PennBarry. Products are available worldwide through a network of wholesalers and distributors. ASC, which has about 10 manufacturing facilities, is a subsidiary of Tomkins.

A leader in the recycling of stainless steel, Keywell also recycles high-temperature alloys, titanium, and other scrap metals such as nickel, molybdenum, nickel-copper alloys and carbide, and tool steel. The company uses inbound and outbound radiation monitors, as well as X-ray analyzers, to identify the metal to be processed. Keywell, which has participated in the recycling business for more than 80 years, operates seven processing facilities in California, Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. Keywell's employees and private investors own the company.

Fairmount Minerals is responsible for a fair amount of the minerals mined in the Midwest. Operating through several divisions and subsidiaries, Fairmount Minerals, Ltd. is one of the United States' largest producers of industrial sand used for construction, metal casting, glass, landscaping, oil and gas stimulation, filtration, abrasives, and filler. Products include silica sand, resin-coated sand, lake sand, and other specialty sands, including those used in pool filters, golf course bunkers, and children's sand boxes. Fairmount Minerals has operations in seven states (primarily in the Midwest) and in Canada, Mexico, and China, 11 mining and mineral processing facilities and seven manufacturing plants.

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