A Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary, Clayton Homes builds one- and two-story modular and manufactured houses and other buildings that range in price from $20,000 to more than $130,000 for upscale models and range in size from around 700 to more than 3,000 sq. ft. The homes are built at about 35 plants and distributed across the US through a network of about 1,800 mostly independent, but also company-owned retailers. Clayton's homes often contain products from fellow Berkshire Hathaway companies such as Shaw flooring, Johns Manville insulation and MiTek fasteners. Clayton Homes also offers home financing, loan-servicing, and insurance through subsidiaries.

Bear Creek Lumber (BCL) provides specialty lumber products to builders throughout the world. The company buys American and Canadian softwoods, as well as exotic hardwoods, from sustainable forest land managers in North and South America. Species include western red cedar, Alaskan yellow cedar, redwood, hemlock, teak, pine, spruce, mahogany, Douglas fir, and more. Its products range from decking, siding, paneling, flooring, fencing, trim, and shingles to timbers, peeled logs, and recycled wood. The company ships its offerings throughout the US. BCL was established in 1977 and is family-owned and -operated.

Everett J. Prescott helps ensure your pipes have integrity. Operating through a diverse family of companies (known collectively as The Prescott Companies), the firm manufactures, distributes, installs, maintains, and tests its lines of water, sewer, gas, and drain materials. Products include pipes, tubes, pipe fittings, valves, and fire hydrants. Red Hen Manufacturing makes brass meter adapters, compression fittings, couplings, and connectors. Meter and Backflow Services reconditions and modernizes water meters. PEP Transportation provides shipping to the continental US and part of Canada. Quality Water Products makes and distributes water, sewer, and drain utility products.

Bacon Veneer is not what happens when your breakfast meat spatters all over the kitchen. Bacon Veneer, the common name for R.S. Bacon Veneer Company, produces and imports decorative and architectural quality specialty veneer products for distribution to architectural, automotive, and other industries. The company also buys and sells logs from such species as American walnut, maple, white oak, rift red oak, birch, African cedar, aspen, and cherry. It has offices in the US (North Carolina, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, New York) and in Alberta, Canada. Robert S. Bacon and his wife Julia founded Bacon Veneer in Chicago in 1898.

Bayview Electric Company provides electrical contracting and construction services ranging from the installation of electrical, data, and communication systems to audio/visual interactive systems to plant renovations. The company serves industrial, commercial, service, and maintenance customers from two offices in the Detroit area. Projects have included Ford Field (home of the NFL's Detroit Lions), MotorCity Casino, the baggage handling system at Detroit Metropolitan Airport's North Terminal, and work for the Big Three automakers (Ford, GM, and Chrysler).

Gypsum Products would be glad to help. A subsidiary of Allied Building Products Corporation, which is a subsidiary of CRH, Gypsum Products distributes gypsum wallboard, acoustical ceiling grid and tile, insulation, and related materials such as steel framing, drywall screws and fasteners, joint compounds and trim, and tools. The company has facilities in Denver, Colorado Springs, and Fort Collins, Colorado.

Taiwan Cement is a hard act to follow. Taiwan Cement Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells a variety of cement and ready-mixed concrete products for distribution throughout Asia, the Middle East, and the US. As the largest cement supplier in Taiwan, Taiwan Cement Co., Ltd. produces some 25 million metric tons of cement annually from its plants in Taiwan. It plans to double capacity and expand by building new plants, especially in the growing Chinese market. In 2010 it bought Prosperity Minerals Holdings' cement unit for about $500 million, enhancing its holdings on the mainland. In addition to its cement operations, Taiwan Cement Co., Ltd. produces paper, paper bags, and sludge treatment agents.

Carrier shoulders the load of keeping things hot and cold. Carrier Corporation is the world's largest maker of heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration systems for residential, commercial, industrial, and transportation needs. Through Carrier Transicold, it makes truck/trailer and container refrigeration equipment and provides transport air-conditioning systems for bus, rail, and marine customers. Carrier also provides aftermarket services and components for its products. The company is a subsidiary of diversified manufacturer United Technologies Corporation (UTC); it accounts for about 20% of UTC's sales. Carrier operates around 50 manufacturing facilities and has dealers in more than 170 countries.

American Hardwood Industries (AHI) produces and exports lumber manufactured in some nine sawmills and operates sales offices in the eastern US. It markets products under the names Augusta, Blue Triangle, Graham Lumber, and Rossi American Hardwoods, as well as Montebello Flooring. Founded in 1955, the company exports Appalachian and northern hardwood logs, lumber and flooring to Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Rossi American Hardwoods and Hardwood Lumber Manufacturing merged in 2007 to create AHI. In 2009 Augusta Lumber acquired most of AHI's assets, with the new company retaining the American Hardwood name (Augusta became AHI's subsidiary). John O'Dea, former president of Augusta, is head of the new company.

Morris Architects has designs on your next big project. With offices in Houston, Los Angeles, and Orlando, the firm offers architecture and interior design, master planning, landscape architecture, and environmental design services. The firm has about a half dozen design studios; each dedicated to business areas such as corporate, education, entertainment, hospitality, public assembly, and health care. Morris Architects' diverse portfolio includes the Houston Astrodome, a 19,000-acre eco-tourism development in the Amazon Rainforest, and Hard Rock Cafe in Moscow. Morris also gained attention for a design proposal that transforms an oil rig into a luxury resort. Seth Irvin Morris founded the company in 1938.

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