Biffa, one of the UK's leading waste management companies, it offers collection (curbside, light commercial, hazardous/special waste), landfill, groundwater and soil treatment, and industrial cleaning services. Its operations include more than 1,500 collection and transportation vehicles to handle its curbside and manufacturing, pharmaceutical, medical, petroleum, chemical, and electronics industry customers. Biffa has about 75,000 customers. It operates more than 30 landfills in the UK. It also is a provider of renewable energy with 109 MW of installed capacity. Biffa was taken private in 2008 by a group of private investors led by Global Infrastructure Partners.

Intequest has seen the utility of utility locating. The company provides technological products and services used for researching utility locations. Through its Canadian Locators subsidiary, the company provides locating services for underground utilities, including gas, electric, telephone, and cable lines, for members of the utilities sectors, primarily in Alberta. Among its customers are Bell West, ATCO Electric, EPCOR, TELUS Communications, and the City of Edmonton. The company has been focusing on its utility service operations and plans expansion into other markets, including Ontario and Europe.

Layne Christensen Company and its subsidiaries provide drilling and construction services and related products to the water infrastructure and mineral exploration markets. The company’s Water Infrastructure division provides water and wastewater related services and products, including soil stabilization, hydrological studies, site selection, well design, drilling and well development, pump installation, and well rehabilitation. This division also designs and constructs water and wastewater treatment facilities; and provides filter media and membranes to treat volatile organics and other contaminants, such as nitrates, iron, manganese, arsenic, radium, and radon in groundwater, as well as offers environmental drilling services to assess and monitor groundwater contaminants. Layne Christensen Company’s Mineral Exploration division provides a range of drilling services for the mineral exploration industry. It offers aboveground and underground drilling services, which include various phases of core drilling, diamond, reverse circulation, dual tube, hammer, and rotary air-blast methods. The company’s Energy division focuses on the exploration and production of unconventional gas properties primarily in the mid-continent region of the United States. As of January 31, 2010, it had 586 net producing wells. Additionally, Layne Christensen Company offers specialty energy services. The company provides its services to municipalities, investor-owned water utilities, industrial companies, mining companies, consulting and engineering firms, heavy civil construction contractors, oil and gas companies, and agribusiness. It has operations in the United States, Australia, Africa, Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Italy, and South America. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Mission Woods, Kansas.

Conundrum Technologies. The company designs and installs everything from lighting and security systems to computer networking and audio/video for home theaters. Its services include specification development, wiring, configuration, technical maintenance, and system upgrades. Conundrum Technologies mainly targets owners of custom homes who need help with the architectural planning and integration of their electrical systems -- specifically, high-end systems that rely on ease of use and remote control. The company has three offices in Colorado and another in Dallas.

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.

Seddon Homes, a speculative housing subsidiary of privately held construction group Seddon Group Limited, builds residences from one and two-bedroom apartments to three-story luxury homes primarily in the Cheshire area of England. The company develops brownfield and greenfield real estate and also refurbishes homes. Seddon Homes delivers about 100 homes annually. The homes generally cost from 135,000 to more than 450,000. The company got its start back in 1897 when brothers George and John Seddon established a building firm in Little Hulton, Manchester.

I.E.-Pacific provides general construction, engineering, and landscaping services to federal, state, and local agencies in the Southwest, primarily in California. The company performs new construction, renovations, alterations, revitalization, and repairs on projects that include industrial buildings, firing ranges, wastewater pre-treatment facilities, and housing. Many of its projects are military contracts. Clients have included the Navy, the Department of Labor, and Southern California Edison. President and owner Dianne Koester- Dion founded I.E.-Pacific in 1993.

Toll Brothers builds luxury homes in the US, targeting move-up, second-home, and retired buyers. Its single-family detached houses and apartments range in price from about $230,000 to some $2 million. The company also develops communities for active adults and operates country club communities. Subsidiaries offer related services and products including insurance coverage, title and mortgage services, and landscaping. Like its peers, Toll Brothers closed on fewer homes with the housing downturn and financial crisis: It went from delivering nearly 8,600 homes in fiscal 2006 to fewer than 3,000 in fiscal 2009.

NCI has become one of the largest integrated manufacturers and marketers of metal coil coating solutions, metal components and custom metal building systems for the non-residential construction industry in North America. Product innovation, organic growth and numerous strategic and highly advantageous acquisitions have led to the continued development of this successful organization. In 1992 NCI joined NASDAQ and by 1998 NCI moved to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) where it remains today as “NCS” under the name NCI Building Systems, Inc.

The Adams Manufacturing Company cares for the air. The company makes oil and gas furnaces for residential, commercial, and light industrial applications in the US and Canada; the furnaces, can also be adapted for use as air conditioners. The company also manufactures humidifiers, air cleaners, oil and gas burners, and related components such as it also sells component parts such as pilot ignition systems, hygrometers, and draft control mechanisms. Sidney Schonberger founded The Adams Manufacturing Company in 1945.

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