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Anchor
Fabrication
Our strengths are based in our local management teams
Tra Willbanks , owner , reached out to him about joining Anchor .
“ One of my first actions after joining the business , was to consolidate two of our other companies ,” he says . “ We found a stable footing , from which we could devise a plan for our next steps and set our initial goals . We then spent maybe four or five years fully stabilizing the business , before setting a fiveyear target of hitting $ 500 million , which is pretty good going , given that we ’ ve hit $ 300 million in the last three or so years .
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“ By rationalizing the customer base and rolling out a lean process of operational excellence at the Fort Worth facility , we were able to then implement the same model across both Mississippi and Tennessee , which we can also employ at any newly acquired enterprises . Another successful policy that we ’ ve thoroughly adopted is to promote from within . If you look across the entire
Since 1940 , nexAir has provided Gases , Dry Ice , Welding Equipment & Supplies .
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