Editing East Midlands (section)

===Construction and building materials===
[[Topps Tiles]] are on [[Grove Park, Leicestershire|Grove Park]] in Enderby, with the national distribution centre of British Gas, the largest warehouse of gas spare parts in Europe, next door. [[Aggregate Industries]] (now part of [[LafargeHolcim]] since July 2015, when Paris-based Lafarge merged with Swiss-based Holcim) is based at Bardon Hall in [[Bardon, Leicestershire|Bardon]], next to the {{convert|912|ft|m|adj=on}} [[Bardon Hill]], Leicestershire's highest point. [[Mountsorrel]] has the largest [[granite]] quarry in Europe, owned by the French company, [[Lafarge (company)|Lafarge]] (owned by [[Redland plc]] until 1997). [[BPB plc]] (British Plasterboard), the world's largest manufacturer of [[Drywall|plasterboard]] ([[Calcium sulfate|calcium sulphate]]) who own [[British Gypsum]], is based in [[East Leake]], Nottinghamshire. They also have a large site at [[Barrow upon Soar]]. [[Artex Ltd.]], part of the same company, is in [[Ruddington]].

[[Hörmann (company)|Hörmann]] UK ([[garage door]]s) is in Coalville, off the A511. [[Barratt Developments]] (housing) is at the [[A511 road|A511]]/B585 roundabout in [[Ellistown and Battleflat]] (Bardon), southeast of Coalville; [[Ibstock plc|Ibstock]] is the largest brick manufacturer (900&nbsp;million a year, with twenty factories) in the UK, nearby to the southwest; . [[Lafarge Tarmac|Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete UK]] is in [[Syston]], next to the [[A607 road|A607]]. [[Roca (company)|Roca]] UK and [[Laufen (company)|Laufen]] UK ([[Plumbing fixture|sanitaryware]]) are in the north of Coalville, next to the A511 on the Hermitage Industrial Estate, towards [[Stephenson College, Coalville|Stephenson College]]. [[Krohne]] UK at Wellingborough make [[Coriolis effect|Coriolis]] mass [[Flow measurement|flowmeters]]. AvantiGas (former [[Shell Gas|Shell Gas LPG]]) is off the A6192 at junction 29A at [[Duckmanton]] in [[Staveley, Derbyshire|Staveley]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.avantigas.com/|title=LPG & Renewable Gas &#124; Local & Bulk LPG Suppliers &#124; AvantiGas}}</ref> [[Sandvik Mining and Construction]] UK are on the Astron Business Park, Swadlincote, near Brunel Healthcare. [[DSF Refractories & Minerals Ltd|DSF Refractories & Minerals]] are the UK's last main [[refractory]] company at [[Friden, Derbyshire|Friden]] at the A515/A5012 ([[Via Gellia]]) junction.

[[File:Finning-Caterpillar at Desford - geograph.org.uk - 863588.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Caterpillar at Desford]]
[[Caterpillar Inc.|Caterpillar Building Construction Products]] makes [[backhoe loader]]s, [[Loader (equipment)|wheel loader]]s, [[Telescopic handler|telehandler]]s, and mini [[excavator]]s. [[TEREX Pegson|Terex Pegson]] make mobile caterpillar-tracked [[Crusher|crushing machine]]s next to the railway in Coalville. [[SAME Deutz-Fahr]] UK, is a tractor manufacturer based in [[Barby, Northamptonshire|Barby]] in west Northamptonshire near the M6 north of Daventry, owned by [[Treviglio]] of Italy.

[[File:Building pylons At Eakring training centre - geograph.org.uk - 279712.jpg|thumb|left|[[National Grid plc]] has its main [[Ofsted]]-checked [[Eakring Training Centre]] in Nottinghamshire, where trainees learn how to build [[Transmission tower|electricity pylon]]s, including the new [[T pylon]]; National Grid has other training sites in [[Hollinwood, Greater Manchester|Hollinwood]] and [[Hitchin]]. ]]
[[Premier Pitches]] of [[Nether Handley]], off the [[A6052 road|A6052]] at [[Unstone]] in northeast Derbyshire, made the pitch for Wembley Stadium, as well as for many other main pitches. Hewitt Sportsturf, just south of Whetstone next to the M1 in [[Cosby, Leicestershire|Cosby]], supplied the turf (360 rolls) for the [[Olympic Stadium (London)|Olympic Stadium]] in March 2011, although it was grown near Scunthorpe; a division of the company, Petersfield Growing Mediums, which supplies compost, has a Royal Warrant. [[Werner Co.|Werner]] UK (Britain's leading manufacturer of metal [[step ladder]]s) moved its ABRU site, off the A6 in the south of Belper, to Essex in 2016.