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.

Grasim is in touch with its soft side and its tough side. Once primarily a textile manufacturer, Grasim Industries Limited is also engaged in the production of cement and chemicals. Grasim makes 18 million meters of textiles a year in its Haryana and Madhya Pradesh plants in India; its synthetic suiting (sold under the Grasim and Graviera brand names) is sold in a network of more than 250 showrooms and wholesalers. Grasim Industries Limited also produces viscose staple fiber (VSF). Grasim is a major producer of cement; it ventured into cement production in the 1980s and now operates about two dozen plants throughout India. A subsidiary of Aditya Birla, Grasim was established in 1948.

Cox Industries is no splinter group; its wood products are pressure-treated to stay together. The company is a manufacturer of pressure-treated wood products for such applications as outdoor furniture, playground equipment, decking, fences, arbors, gazebos, and more. Its Utility Products Division makes treated wood products used in utility poles, cross arms and brace arms, guard rails and posts, retaining walls, and marine construction. Products are distributed through building supply dealers, distributors, and specialty stores in the eastern US and internationally in Belgium and the UK. The company, founded as Wood Preserving in 1954, is still run by the Cox family.

AC Martin Partners get a charge out of engineering projects. The design firm provides architectural and engineering services in California to clients such as corporations, developers, churches, educational institutions, and government agencies. Its portfolio includes a new 75,000 sq. ft. Segerstrom Science Building at Azuza Pacific University, Our Lady Queen of Angels church in Newport Beach, and the Merle and Melanie Fish Interfaith Center at Chapman University. AC Martin operates from offices in Los Angeles and Sacramento. Albert C. Martin Sr. founded the company in 1906. His grandsons, Christopher and David, co-chair the company today.

Opus Group Berhad -- operating primarily through its subsidiaries, including Opus International Consultants (Opus IC) -- provides asset development and asset management services for clients who are developing or maintaining such massive projects as highways, airports, hospitals, sports complexes, and mixed-use developments. The company's primary source of revenue comes from its engineering, planning, and other related consultant services. Opus Group Berhad, a subsidiary of engineering and health care group UEM Group Berhad, has more than 80 offices in Malaysia, New Zealand, Australia, the UK, Canada, Vietnam, and India.

Pfleiderer AG makes engineered wood products including particle board, medium- and high-density fiberboard, wood panels, and laminate flooring. Pfleiderer sells its products to furniture makers and building supply stores in 80 countries. Germany accounts for about a third of sales.Pfleiderer AG company makes its wood products at more than 20 plants in North America and Europe. Among its subsidiaries are Swedish laminate flooring maker Pergo and Canada's Uniboard.. JPMorgan Chase affiliate One Equity Partners owns nearly 30% of Pfleiderer. The Pfleiderer family owns about 10%.

T. Clarke provides electrical engineering and contracting services in the UK. Its vast menu of services includes building management systems, data cabling, instrumentation, street lighting, and telephone systems. The firm and its 13 subsidiaries have taken on projects ranging from hospitals and sports arenas to railways and shopping centers for the likes of British Telecom, Financial Times, The British Land Company, the Metropolitan Police, and BUPA Hospitals, among a host of others. Tommy Clarke founded his namesake company in 1889. The company is known for its electrotechnical apprentice training program which supports hundreds of young electricians yearly.

Environmental Mill & Supply specializes in the rustic look. The company provides a variety of wood products for residential or commercial applications. Environmental Mill & Supply produces such wood products as post oak and aromatic cedar paneling, pine decking, cedar and pine siding, trusses, beams, flooring, and more. Environmental Mill & Supply uses planers, edgers, bandsaws, and other equipment to make mouldings and custom woodwork that have a more finished look. The company sells leftover cedar sawdust and shavings by the bag or truckload for stable and stall use.

MI Windows and Doors is one of the nation's largest suppliers of vinyl, aluminum and composite windows and doors. With plants across the country, MI offers a broad spectrum of windows and patio doors-backed by exemplary customer service.The company that now manufactures on a nationwide level began with J.T. Walker and Robert J. Word in 1947 at a Florida airplane hangar making screens. These hardworking, visionary founders never forgot the value of good people as the company continued to expand.

Einhorn Yaffee Prescott Architecture & Engineering (EYP) turns concepts into reality. The architectural and engineering firm specializes in master planning and design for the higher-education, energy, government and science and technology markets. EYP also is known for its expertise in historic preservation projects. The firm, which has more than half a dozen East Coast offices, provides services such as energy consulting, fire protection, electrical an mechanical engineering, and interior design. EYP has completed projects for General Electric, Boston College, the US Army, and Johns Hopkins University. Steve Einhorn and Eric Yaffee started the firm in 1972.

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