Athena Engineering specializes in the installation and design of heating, cooling, ventilation, lighting, building automation, and other systems services for the commercial, food processing, health, and telecommunications industries. Athena also offers general construction, energy management, and environmental systems services. The company mostly works for both public and private entities in Southern California. In addition to being privately owned, Athena Engineering is one of the top women/minority-owned companies in the region. Athena Engineering was founded in 1984.

Founded in 1919 in the UK, Altro Limited makes flooring and walling under brands such as AltroGrip and AltroShield for the retail, medical, and food industries, among others. In 1947 Altro Limited invented its Altro safety flooring, a sheet vinyl floor covering that promises a smooth, slip-resistant surface. To help customers understand flooring and walling issues, Altro also offers a variety of one-hour training seminars. Altro Limited distributes its products, including smooth, sports, and rubber flooring, in more than 50 countries worldwide. Whether you're walking the floors or climbing the walls, Altro is happy to have your business.

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.

Bovis Homes builds and sells single-family houses, apartments, retirement facilities, and social housing units in England and Wales. The company also builds mixed-use projects which include residential properties in combination with retail and/or office properties. Bovis targets the middle market buyer; it completed some 1,800 homes in 2008 (down from 2,900 in 2007) with an average price of 150,800 (some $249,600). The company maintains a land bank portfolio of approximately 11,500 plots held for development.

Pro2Serve Professional Project Services lives to serve. The contractor provides technical and engineering services that support the security of infrastructures in the US defense, energy, and environmental markets. Pro2Serve designs high-level security systems to protect national laboratories, government facilities, and US nuclear weapons. Its work with the US Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration aims to secure nuclear sites and dangerous radiological materials around the world. The company also offers environmental services, which include facility planning, compliance consulting, remediation, and waste management. Founded by president Barry Goss, Pro2Serve is privately held.

Elkay Manufacturing. Elkay makes sinks, cabinets, countertops, drinking fountains, faucets, water coolers, and water filtration products for reidential and commercial use. The family-owned company sells products such as stainless steel sinks under such names as Harmony, The Mystic, and Elite Gourmet. It also offers kitchen accessories (colanders, cutting boards, soap dispensers). Elkay's cabinet brands include Yorktowne, Medallion, Schuler, and MasterCraft. Elkay is the parent of a dozen privately held companies and one joint venture, Elkay Pacific Rim. The company was founded in 1920 by the Katz family to make sinks for butlers' pantries and sculleries.

Rosboro Lumber is deeply rooted in building supplies. The company produces a wide variety of products, including studs and plywood for the homebuilding market, laminated beams and frames for heavy construction, and hardwood door and window frames through subsidiary Washington Hardwoods. The company owns timberlands in western Oregon; it also buys timber from other public and private land owners. Rosboro operates about a half-dozen production facilities. It sells its products to customers in the US, Canada, Latin America, and Japan. A group of about 60 investors owns Rosboro. T. W. "Whit" Rosborough founded the company as a small lumber mill in the 1930s.

TM Deer Park Services Limited Partnership (which does business as Texas Molecular) helps chemical and petrochemical companies get rid of hazardous and nonhazardous industrial waste. Through subsidiaries, the company transports, treats, and stores the waste before disposing of it by injecting it into deep wells. Texas Molecular operates from facilities near chemical and petrochemical production complexes in Deer Park, near Houston. The company's chemicals unit manufactures specialty chemicals on a tolling basis (customers pay per unit of volume) using customer-supplied materials. Texas Molecular was formed in 2001 to purchase assets from the GNI Group, which had filed for bankruptcy protection.

Johnson Supply does what it can. Through about two dozen locations in hot spots like Houston and Lake Charles, Louisiana, Johnson Supply distributes air-conditioning and refrigeration equipment, supplies, and parts from more than 200 manufacturers. Since those places also get cold, relatively speaking, the company sells heating and ventilation equipment as well. Its 200 suppliers include names like York, Friedrich, Warren, Mueller, and Johnson Controls. The company was founded in 1953 by Carl I. Johnson, Sr.

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.

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