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tures and willing to make new things hap-
pen, which is quite important to us.”
“When you have a company you’re always
looking for the next opportunity for growth,”
Rains continued. “The old saying goes: If
you don’t grow, you wither up and die, so to
speak.”
As a brand new, state-of-the-art inspection
and pipe repair facility within the Port of
Houston area prepares to be unveiled, a de-
velopment that Rains admitted was a neces-
sity for their long-term goals; AllTrans is al-
ready plotting their next venture.
“We’ve been working on this project for a
while and it’s one that is sorely needed,” she
said. “We’re looking at going into the pipe
threading and processing business, so this
will be another step. We’ve got people we’ve
been talking with who are also very interest-
ed in this project and others we cannot dis-
close at this time.”
INSTANT INSIGHT
An entrepreneur at heart, Rains has devel-
oped her business sense over several decades
from working in sales for a division of the
W. R. Grace Corporation, then the Atlantic
Richfield Company (ARCO) to becoming
a manufacturer’s representative in steel sales
(while raising her family on straight com-
mission work). Not a stranger to adapting
to changes in the marketplace, she worked
diligently to acclimatize herself with the
ever-changing technological trends that are
increasingly becoming commonplace in the
industries AllTrans serves.