Olymbia Exports & Imports

Olymbia Exports & Imports is run out of Flat No. 8 in the Dhanalakshmi Flat building. That is on No. 24 Govindan Road in West Mambalam. Since it is an apartment building, it feels a lot more like a home than a regular office. We have converted the main room into our primary workspace. There are desks where the dining table should be and the walls are covered in calendars and maps of the port. West Mambalam is a very busy area with lots of narrow streets and tiny shops. We have to be very careful about where we park our scooters because space is tight. We do a mix of exporting and importing various goods. It involves a lot of coordination over the phone all day long. We are often shouting over the noise of the traffic outside just to be heard by the person on the other end. We have a lot of paperwork that we keep in big plastic crates because we ran out of shelf space months ago. It is a bit disorganized at times, but we know exactly where everything is. We have been here for a few years now and the other residents in the building are mostly used to our activity. We don't have a fancy website or a big marketing team. We just rely on the people we know and the work we’ve done before. It’s a practical way to run a business. We like being in the heart of the city.