Akar Granites Pvt. Ltd.

We are located over at 5, Kalaignar Karunanidhi Salai, right on that link road between OMR and ECR. Sholinganallur has changed a lot since we first started out here. It used to be much quieter, but now the traffic is constant. We spend our days mostly handling granite slabs. It is a lot of heavy lifting and making sure the edges don't get chipped. Our warehouse isn't a showroom with air conditioning; it’s a working space where the real work happens. You’ll find us mostly in boots and work clothes because the stone can be rough. We get all sorts of people coming in, from neighbors to builders. We just show them what we have in the yard. Sometimes a piece has a natural vein that looks interesting, and other times it’s just standard gray or black stone. We don't spend much time on the computer; we’d rather be out where the materials are. The sun can get pretty hot on this side of town, but that is just part of the job. We have been part of this community for a while now, just doing our thing with the granite. It’s steady work and we like the routine of it. Most of the staff has been with us for years, so we all know how the yard runs. We just try to get the orders right and keep the trucks moving.