Pipeline to Power: BE’s Industrial/Service Company of the Year
“Bad times are great times for small, innovative, and emergent businesses to take advantage of instability in the marketplace,†says Hightower, who says the company does not have an 8(a) federal designation but is registered with the National Minority Supplier Development Council and has a minority business enterprise (MBE) in select states. “GM gave us the opportunity with 48 hours to implement it … nationally. We had carriers step up and we outperformed our suppliers. We worked 24 hours for two to three weeks but we never let any plant run out of fuel.â€
