Karthik Exim

If you head down the Teppakulam-anuppanadi Road and turn into Pandian Nagar, you’ll find us at 5 Panagal Street. That’s where Karthik Exim is based. It’s a bit of a mix of houses and small businesses around here. Our place is pretty easy to spot once you get onto the street. We’ve got a modest setup where we handle all the day-to-day tasks. It’s not a corporate office with glass walls; it’s more of a sturdy building that’s been here for years. The air gets a bit humid, especially in the afternoons, so we keep the windows open. You can hear the sounds of the neighborhood, kids playing or someone selling vegetables from a cart. Inside, it’s all about the orders and making sure everything is lined up. We use a lot of tape and boxes, so there’s always that ripping sound in the background. The desks are a bit cluttered with notes and samples we’ve been looking at. We don't have a big marketing team or anything, just a few of us making sure the work gets finished. Sometimes the power goes out and we just sit outside on the steps until it comes back on. It’s a simple way of doing things, but it works for us. We like being in this part of town because it feels like a real community where people actually work and live.