Carmeuse Lime & Stone is the North American subsidiary of Belgium-based Carmeuse. It supplies lime and limestone products in North America, producing some 7 million tons annually of lime products and around 25 million tons of limestone aggregates and chemical limestone from more than 30 plants. It makes quicklime (calcium oxide), dolomitic lime (a mixture of calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate), milk of lime, and hydrated lime (calcium hydroxide). Industrial customers use Carmeuse Lime & Stone's mineral products in steel production, water treatment, road construction, heavy construction, and other applications. Carmeuse Lime and Stone Inc. primarily sells its products in the eastern US and Canada.

Pine Grove Manufactured Homes designs and builds manufactured homes in the mid-Atlantic and northeastern regions of the US. Its single-section homes range in width from 12 ft. to 16 ft.; its multi-section homes range from 20 ft. to 32 ft. in width and can be built up to 76 ft. in length. Special features offered include gourmet kitchens and spa baths. Sister company Pleasant Valley Modular Homes manufactures ranch, split-level, and two-story residences, as well as log-sided homes and duplexes, in a variety of styles, ranging in size from around 1,000 sq. ft. to 3,000 sq. ft. Pine Grove markets its homes through independent retailers and developers. Privately held, Pine Grove was established in 1982.

Perkins Eastman Architects stands tall as one of New York City's top architecture firms. It offers urban, interior, and sustainable design and planning services not only in the Big Apple, but other parts of the US and internationally in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and South America. Perkins Eastman specializes in buildings and facilities that serve the cultural, education, government, health care, technology, hospitality, office, retail, and senior living sectors. Notable projects include the TKTS Booth -- one of the world's most complex all-glass structures -- in New York's Times Square. The privately held firm was co-founded in 1981 by chairman Bradford Perkins and principal Mary-Jean Eastman.

Velosi keeps quality in check for oil and gas companies around the globe. The company provides quality assurance, quality control, inspection, and certification services to such multinational bigwigs as BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Shell. It has also served public utilities, engineering contractors, manufacturing facilities, and small fabrication workshops. Services range from equipment testing to vendor audits to engineering and construction management. Velosi has regional offices in the US, the UK, United Arab Emirates, and Malaysia, as well as local offices in more than 25 countries worldwide. The Carlyle Group is buying the company for some 88 million (about $140 million).

Dandi Systems makes prefabricated rigid-frame buildings and offers design services for customers, mainly within a 500-mile radius of its Kentucky headquarters. The company constructs its buildings from Southern yellow pine and clads them with steel sheet metal, which it rolls at its own facility. Dandi offers delivery or on-site assembly of its buildings, which are often used as barns, churches, garages, and small commercial businesses. Various additions such as windows, trim, and doors can be selected to customize each building. The company was founded in the early 1980s and is owned by company president Robert Cook.

Engineering and consulting firm BHE Environmental provides services related to remediation, resource management, and brownfield restoration to industrial, commercial, and government clients. The company's specialties include industrial hygiene and safety, land reuse, management of cultural and natural resources, site assessment, and wind energy support services. It uses Ultimap technology to provide an online means to collect, store, and communicate geospatial information, and to display it on aerial photographs and maps. BHE Environmental operates from offices in Ohio, Missouri, Tennessee, and West Virginia. The company was founded in 1988.

Herbeau Creations of America, cleanliness is next to elegance and luxury. The company specializes in decorative plumbing fixtures, tiles, and furniture for kitchens and bathrooms. Products include faucets, washbasins, tubs, and sinks. Formed in 1991, the company operates as the US and Canada distributor of items handcrafted from copper, brass, vitreous china, wood, and ceramics. Hearbeau Creations of America also offers select items painted by hand.

Acoustics Incorporated. The contractor specializes in interior installation of ceilings, floors, walls, drywall, insulation, and monitoring systems at industrial, commercial, and institutional facilities. It also has expertise in interior installation for sterile cleanroom environments for the automotive, biotech, chemical, food processing, and microelectronics industries. Its INSCAPE product suite is a line of office furniture that customers can move, dismantle, and reconfigure. Acoustics, which began operating in 1946, serves the Research Triangle and other areas of the Carolinas and southern Virginia.

Manufactured Housing Enterprises builds modular, sectional, and singlewide homes as well as commercial and retail developments for clients in the Midwest. The company is the largest manufactured home builder in Ohio and among the 20 largest in the country. It offers more than 80 floor plans for singlewide homes as well as two-story homes of more than 3,000 sq. ft. The company has delivered homes to Illinois, Indiana, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Manufactured Housing Enterprises was established in 1965, when being "mod" was fab.

Southern Energy Homes, Inc. builds manufactured homes in single or double sections. Its homes range range from less than 1,000 sq. ft. to more than 2,500 sq. ft. The company operates under brands including Southern Estates, SE Texas, Southern Homes, and Giles Industries. It sells its homes primarily through dealers in the southern and southeastern US. Southern Energy Homes bought fellow manufactured home company Cavalier Homes for nearly $50 million in 2009.

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