Companiesfor advanced energy

Great Plains converts camelina, an oilseed crop similar to canola and in the same family as the mustard seed, into a biodiesel fuel that can be used in cars, trucks and jets.

Environmental Quality Management was founded in 1990 by four environmental consultants in the Cincinnati suburb of Forest Park. It has grown to include 10 more offices across the United States and subsidiaries in Chicago, Slovakia and Serbia.

Based in Highland Heights, Kentucky, General Cable Corp. is looking to developing markets overseas for growth. General Cable is one of the largest manufacturers of copper, aluminum and fiber optic wire and cable for the energy, industrial, and communications markets. The firm completed four acquisitions in 2007 designed to bring it into growing international markets.