Agrawal Plywood Corporation

We are based at 5-5-677/1 in Sanaplaza, which is in the Goshamahal area of Hyderabad. Agrawal Plywood Corporation is a busy spot. If you come by, the first thing you’ll notice is the smell of sawdust and wood. We have stacks of plywood everywhere—different thicknesses and types for all kinds of construction work. Sanaplaza is a well-known building, but our unit is more of a warehouse than a showroom. We don’t have fancy lights or a lounge for customers. Most people who come here are contractors or carpenters who know exactly what they want. We just pull the sheets from the stacks and load them up. It’s heavy work, and our backs usually ache by the end of the day. My brother and I run the place, and we’ve been in Goshamahal for a long time. The traffic around here is pretty bad, so we always tell people to come early if they want to get their wood loaded quickly. We don't use any high-tech systems, just a big ledger where we write everything down by hand. It’s a simple, honest way to do business. We provide the wood, we take the payment, and we move on to the next order. It's just a regular plywood shop in a busy part of town. Sometimes we have to stay after hours to organize the new deliveries that come in on the big lorries.