SWP Group makes products that take a swipe at rainwater. It supplies water drainage products to the construction and civil engineering industries through three principal subsidiaries. Its Fullflow Group, which operates in the UK, France, and Spain, makes large roof syphons and distributes pipework fittings to gas, water, and petrochemical customers. Its DRC Polymer Products unit makes polymer-based sheet materials for structural waterproofing, as well as fire and soundproofing in the UK. Its Crescent of Cambridge subsidiary is a leading UK manufacturer and installer of steel spiral staircases. The company is about one-fifth held by chairman Alan F. Walker and director Alan G. Smith.

Bristol Compressors was sold to KPS Capital Partners by Johnson Controls in 2007. What would air conditioners be without compressors? Probably just hunks of lifeless metal and plastic. Fortunately, Bristol Compressors is well aware of this. Bristol Compressors International, Inc. manufactures compressors that are used inside residential and commercial air conditioning units and heat pumps. Compressors turn refrigerant (Freon) from a cool gas into a hot, high-pressure gas that is then passed on to the condenser. Bristol Compressors International, Inc. sells its products -- under the Benchmark and Bristol brand names -- to HVAC original equipment manufacturers and wholesale distributors in more than 50 countries worldwide.

Huitt-Zollars makes its dollars as a design firm. The company provides a wide spectrum of services including civil, traffic, mechanical, electrical, structural, and environmental engineering; construction and program management; surveying; landscape architecture; and architectural planning. Clients include government agencies, institutions, private corporations, and industrial firms. Huitt-Zollars has worked on a variety of projects such as schools, airports, highways, and urban development. The firm operates throughout the US, with 15 offices in Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Washington. E. Larry Huitt and Robert Zollars founded the company in 1975.

Founded in 1928, Apasco was acquired in full by Swiss cement giant Holcim in 2004. Holcim Apasco has some pretty concrete ideas for its customers. The company makes cement, ready-mix concrete, and aggregates for distribution throughout Mexico and the Caribbean. It also sells chemical additives and provides related technology services to distributors and other commercial customers. Holcim Apasco operates more than 130 concrete plants, distribution centers, aggregate plants, and maritime terminals in its home country and in Central America.

Dynamic Systems, Inc. (DSI) is dynamite with pipes. The company fixes and installs plumbing and exhaust systems (without blowing them to bits). The mechanical contractor specializes in HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning), plumbing, and sanitary and exhaust piping projects for facilities including cleanrooms, hospitals, high-rise office buildings, and industrial plants. Biopharmaceutical and semiconductor firms Biogen Idec and Infineon Technologies are among its clients. It serves others in the health care, hospitality, and commercial sectors. The company has regional offices in Arizona, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia. DSI is a holding of Austin, Texas-based FGI Group, Inc.

Fairmount Minerals is responsible for a fair amount of the minerals mined in the Midwest. Operating through several divisions and subsidiaries, Fairmount Minerals, Ltd. is one of the United States' largest producers of industrial sand used for construction, metal casting, glass, landscaping, oil and gas stimulation, filtration, abrasives, and filler. Products include silica sand, resin-coated sand, lake sand, and other specialty sands, including those used in pool filters, golf course bunkers, and children's sand boxes. Fairmount Minerals has operations in seven states (primarily in the Midwest) and in Canada, Mexico, and China, 11 mining and mineral processing facilities and seven manufacturing plants.

PYI Corporation invests in infrastructure and cargo port operations on China's Yangtze River. The company also provides commercial development related to its port facilities and owns a majority stake in Paul Y. Engineering Group. PYI's projects, including joint ventures, include the maritime rescue, bridge decking, railway, and surrounding development at Yangkou Port, located at the north end of the Yangtze River Delta. Paul Y. Engineering invests in, develops, and manages the construction of commercial, residential, hospitality, and institutional properties, primarily in Hong Kong.

Howard Building provides preconstruction, design/build, engineering, construction, and management services primarily for commercial projects throughout California. The company's portfolio includes projects ranging from corporate, legal, and financial buildings to entertainment, showroom, and high-tech facilities. Clients include BAE Systems, Trammell Crow, Deutsche Bank, The Endeavor Agency, Fox Television, and Pacific Investment Management Company. Howard Building, founded in 1983, maintains offices in greater Los Angeles and Orange County, California.

Cavalier Homes builds castles for regular Joes. Through about a half-dozen plants the company makes manufactured single- and multi-section homes for the low- to medium-priced market in the south-central and south-Atlantic US; it delivers around 4,000 homes annually. Louisiana is its largest market. Cavalier Homes also makes cabinetry and laminated wallboard. The company markets its products through a network of about 50 exclusive and about 240 non-exclusive dealers, as well as one company-owned retail center. Southern Energy Homes, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway portfolio company Clayton Homes, bought Cavalier Homes for nearly $50 million in 2009.

Strata Homes Limited company, founded in 1919 and still family run, builds single-family houses, townhouses, and apartments in the northwestern UK. Strata currently has about 16 projects in various stages of development throughout South and West Yorkshire and the Midlands. The company sells more than 450 new homes annually, with an average selling price of approximately $298,000. Its goal is to sell 700 new homes in 2008. Challenges that could keep Strata from achieving this include the limited supply and subsequent rising cost of land in the UK. To address this, subsidiary Strata Regeneration identifies opportunities for land regeneration.

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