Founded in 1866 by David Saylor as Coplay Cement, the company is now a part of the Italian cement and building materials group, Italcementi. Essroc Cement likes to mix it up. The company operates about a dozen cement plants and other facilities in the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico, and has an annual capacity of more than 6.5 million metric tons of cement. Essroc makes bulk and packaged cement products, including portland cement, ready mix concrete, and masonry cement. Its AXIM Concrete Technologies subsidiary creates concrete admixtures used to improve the performance quality of cement. Essroc's brands include BRIXMENT, Saylor's PLUS, and VELVET masonry. Its BRAVO line includes masonry chemical products.

Denne Construction builds affordable housing, apartments, schools, office buildings, and other structures throughout London and in southeast England. The regional contractor focused primarily on clients in the public sector, with an emphasis on subsidized housing, public construction, education, and senior living projects. The company is part of The Leadbitter Group, which was acquired in a Bouygues-led management buyout from Dutch construction firm Heijmans in late 2010. Denne Construction traces its roots to 1803, when it specialized in building coffins (among other things).

Pfluger Associates Architects is a pfull-service architecture pfirm that specializes in educational pfacilities. The "p" may be silent, by this firm speaks out across Texas and the southwestern US, helping independent school districts, universities, colleges, and municipalities with pre-design services, bond support, architectural and interior design services, and construction administration. Pfluger Associates Architects' clients include the Diocese of Austin, Round Rock Independent School District, The University of Texas, and the US Border Patrol. The firm operated as Pfluger + Polkinghorn from 1972 until 1983, when it adopted its current name. Today, it operates offices in Austin, Houston, and San Antonio.

Holcim entered the Canadian market in 1951 as St. Lawrence Cement with the commissioning of a cement plant near Quebec City. Since then, through ongoing capital investment and strategic acquisitions such as Associated Quarries & Construction (1961), Dufferin Construction Company (1961), De-Mix (1965), H. Boehmers (1973), and TCG Asphalt & Construction (2001), the company has grown into one of the largest vertically integrated building materials and construction companies in Canada , recording sales of over $1.3 billion in 2008. In 2009, St. Lawrence Cement became Holcim (Canada) Inc., introducing the parent company name in Canada. We are a member of the Holcim Group, a global company employing some 85,000 people, with production sites in over 70 countries. With a market presence on every continent, Holcim Group is more globally spread than any other building materials company. The Holcim Group business strategy is based on continuous growth in both developed economies and emerging, high-growth markets.

Winalta Inc. rents, delivers, and maintains modular camp units, trailers, and power and water systems for use at well sites, mines, and lumber camps in western Canada. Winalta shed its manufactured home building and construction services business in 2010 after emerging from creditor protection. The company disposed of several assets, including land, homes, manufacturing plants, and gravel pit leases, in order to reduce its $46 million debt. Some of that debt likely came from the 2009 acquisiton of Winalta Envirocore, a road builder for the oil and gas industry. The recession drove down demand and Winalta's revenues and stock prices plunged that same year.

Kingspan is busy spreading its wingspan in the energy-efficient and insulation building materials business. The company is also a top supplier of raised flooring. Other products include steel and wooden frames, rigid building insulation, insulated cladding panels, and structural products. Kingspan also makes environmental containers such as rainwater collection systems and oil, water, and septic tanks. The company operates mainly in Europe, but also has facilities in Asia and North America. Kingspan has grown through numerous acquisitions, including its 2011 purchase of CRH's European insulation business.

ARB, Inc. company has benefited from power plant construction booms in low-supply regions of the western US, particularly in California, where it maintains the majority of its offices. ARB also stays busy building underground pipelines. Other services include cable and conduit installation, structural steel fabrication and installation, water treatment plant construction, and horizontal directional drilling. Core customers include companies in the mining, oil and gas, and utilities industries. ARB is owned by holding company Primoris Services Corp., which comprises several construction and engineering subsidiaries.

Sukut Construction just wants to smooth things over. The site preparation contractor provides mass grading, excavation, and clearing services for commercial developments, residential communities, public works projects including landfills and storm water systems, and other developments in California. Other services include slope repairs, compacting, and environmental cleanup. The firm moves some 150 cu. yds. of earth each year, making it the largest mass excavation contractor in California. Affiliate Sukut Equipment leases earthmoving equipment; other affiliates are active in real estate development and investment. Chairman Myron Sukut co-founded the employee-owned company in 1968.

Huggy Bear's Cupboards is all about creating that warm kitchen glow. The company custom handcrafts wood kitchen and bath cabinets from its 65,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Portland, Oregon. Its products include Hayden Bay cabinets with solid wood face frames and overlay or inset doors, Shoreline frameless cabinets, and such accessories as roll-out can racks to make narrow cabinets more functional, warming oven drawers, and recycling bins. Huggy Bear's wood is supplied by an on-site lumber broker. The company has been building cabinets for more than 25 years.

Palm Harbor Homes, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and marketing of factory-built homes in the United States. The company manufactures a range of single and multi-section manufactured and modular homes, including ranch-style homes. It also builds single-section homes, split-level homes, cape cod style homes, and two and three story homes, as well as multi-family units, such as apartments and duplexes. In addition, the company offers conforming mortgages to the purchasers of factory-built homes sold by company-owned retail sales centers, as well as through certain independent retail dealers, builders, and developers. Further, it provides property and casualty insurance, as well as extended warranties for the owners of manufactured homes. As of September 24, 2010, the company sold homes through 54 of the company-owned retail sales centers and builder locations, as well as through approximately 135 independent retail dealers, builders, and developers. Palm Harbor Homes, Inc. was founded in 1977 and is based in Addison, Texas. On November 29, 2010, Palm Harbor Homes, Inc. along with its affiliates, filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, Delaware.

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