With a 9-foot double-barrel drum seen in the background, Kris Nichols welds at Aztec Industries Thursday morning. Aztec produces paving equipment to be shipped overseas, part of a growing trend among local companies to boost export sales.
Photo by
John Rawlston .
published Saturday, August 20th, 2011
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