Ciments Francais is owned by Italian cement group Italcementi. Ciments Francais expects business to be rock solid, as it has since 1881. Ciments Francais is one of the largest cement producers in France, but it also has operations in about a dozen countries across Europe, Asia, and North America. Ciments Francais' annual production includes some 50 million tons of cement (its largest segment), in addition to aggregates and ready-mixed concrete. Ciments Francais operates more than 40 cement plants, some 90 aggregate quarries, and more than 350 ready-mixed concrete plants. It owns more than 50% of Egypt's Suez Cement.

Lochinvar knows that being in hot water doesn't always mean trouble. The family-owned company makes commercial and residential hot water generators, pool heaters, water heaters, storage tanks, boilers, and related parts and accessories. The company also offers high-efficiency products. Lochinvar distributes its products throughout the US and Canada, and exports to Europe, Australia, the Pacific Rim, and the Middle East. Walter Vallett Sr. founded the predecessor to Lochinvar in 1919.

MCG Architects (which does business as MCG Architecture) specializes in designing and planning shopping centers and other retail buildings, as well as urban renewal projects and hotels. The firm provides consulting, surveying, site analysis, cost control, computer-aided design, and project management services; it also offers interior and graphic design services. Projects include the Centennial Centre in Las Vegas; Independence Corporate Center in Cleveland; and Natomas Town Center in Sacramento, California.

Roseburg Forest Products has branched out as a diverse producer of wood products. Formed in 1936, the company produces specialty panels (melamine, particleboard, and vinyl laminates), engineered wood products (joists, beams, and rimboards), and plywood products such as siding and concrete forming. Its products are available through dealers, home centers, and wholesale distributors. Roseburg manages more than 700,000 acres of timberland in California and southern Oregon. The company has more than a dozen manufacturing facilities in the Northwest and Southeast. Heirs of philanthropist Kenneth Ford, who established the Ford Family Foundation, own and lead the company.

Skanska USA Building Inc., one of four US-based units of the Swedish construction giant Skanska AB, the company is one of the nation's top general contractors and construction groups. Offerings include pre-construction consultation, design-build, and construction management. It serves sectors ranging from infrastructure, sports and entertainment, education, and health care. The company also provides specialist validation services for pharmaceutical and biotech customers. Skanska's other US companies are Skanska USA Civil, Skanska Infrastructure Development, and Skanska Commercial Development.

The Appalachian Hardwood Lumber Company processes and distributes kiln-dried hardwoods -- such as red oak, hard maple, cherry, and poplar -- to cabinet makers and manufacturers, millwork companies, pattern shops, and retail lumber yards. The company harvests the lumber from trees in the northeastern US and delivers its products throughout the country. It uses its own fleet of trucks within a six-state delivery area and also uses common carriers to ship to other regions. The Appalachian Hardwood Lumber Company also exports wood to Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. The Appalachian Hardwood Lumber Company was founded in 1911.

Precision Boilers entered the hydronic heating and plumbing industry in 1946, when the Precision Sump Pump was engineered, developed and put into production. A year later, the first Precision electric boiler was designed and fabricated. The company continued to grow, and its reputation and capabilities kept expanding.

Clear Lake Lumber is well known for its hardwood. Clear Lake Lumber, a family-owned business, produces hardwood lumber products from species that include white oak, red oak, hard maple, soft maple, ash, beech, hickory, black walnut, poplar, cherry, and more. Clear Lake Lumber distributes its products to clients worldwide. The company promotes sustainable forestry practices and offers logging and timberland management services. Clear Lake Lumber was founded in Spartansburg, Pennsylvania in 1973 and began the business by selling only green lumber.

Enterprise Electric welcomes the power hungry. The full service electrical firms specializes in construction and design of electrical systems for institutional, commercial, industrial, and services projects from planning through construction. The company completes projects large and small and has completed design and installation of wiring and electrical systems for health care, correctional, commercial, and industrial clients. Services include temporary power installations, voice, data, and fiber optic cabling systems, emergency generator and substation installations, maintenance services. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, the company serves clients throughout the US.

Burns & McDonnell provides construction services, not legal advice. A top design/build firm in the US, the company provides engineering, architectural, construction, environmental remediation, and consulting services. It is one of the leading constructors of electric transmission and distribution infrastructure, airports, and fossil fuel and chemical plants. Burns & McDonnell also serves the government, manufacturing, health care, telecommunications, transportation, and water and wastewater sectors, among others. Burns & McDonnell has about 20 offices throughout the US.

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