Business View Magazine | Volume 8, Issue 8

60 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 8, ISSUE 8 Barge Unloading & Loading in Houston, TX Barge loading and unloading Handling of speciality products that must remain free of contaminants Handling of supersacks Inside and outside storage Truck scaling/weighing Trucking Transloading from barge to container Inventory control/management www.sundbeckinc.com 713-818-5894 or 281-804-5894 TEXAS' PREMIUM TIRE & SERVICE PROVIDER Car, Truck & SUV Commercial Truck OTR Equipment Industrial & Forklift SERVING SOUTHEAST TEXAS (281) 449-2365 www.beasleytire.com Our mission is to provide our customers with premium tires and the highest quality professional service in the industry. We proudly serve all of Central and Southeast Texas. workforce taken by Allied Alloys concerns the company’s recruitment process. In a tight labor market, it can sometimes be difficult to hire good members of staff but this is a challenge that has been overcome by outside-of-the-box thinking. “Even before COVID-19, I had put in place a few processes to help with recruitment,” says Turakhia. “We teamed up with the local rehab center to give drug addicts a second chance. Individuals are picked up from the Center and driven to our site every day. I have around 15 second-chance employees on our team right now and out of those 15, four of them are transitioning to become full-time employees. We also have programs that work with ex-convicts, community colleges, and students from our local universities. It’s all about being creative around where you’re recruiting from and giving something back.” Turakhia believes that by adopting a company culture that looks after the local community, morale at Allied Alloys has been maintained throughout the pandemic. “I think our employees have benefitted from the positivity around our community engagement programs,” she says. “We put on a food drive last year and partnered with the Houston Police Department on a Halloween drive-through for local kids. These efforts have been huge for our employees to see that we do give back to the local community.” Currently, Allied Alloys operates out of two facilities, each located just a stone’s throw away from one another. Each site is roughly 10 to 12 acres but plays a distinct company role. “One of our facilities is where we store heavy stainless steel and nickel alloys, solid pieces held predominantly in an outdoor storage space that doesn’t need any cover,” Turakhia explains. “That’s where a lot of our heavy operations and heavy equipment are also placed. The other facility is entirely indoors because this is where we store our stainless steel turnings and shavings. These