Success Through Service

摘要

Tube city, LLC has become one of the largest scrap recycling and mill-service corporations in north America by taking care of its customers "no matter what." Rewind to about 1908. A young Lithuanian immigrant named David Coslov steps off a boat in New York. It's winter, and he's cold. He tells his relatives who greet him that he wants to go where it's warm. They suggest heading south-to Georgia. So Coslov went to Savannah where he became a pack peddler, going from town to town selling goods. Pack peddlers would take a pack of goods on consignment. When they sold the goods, they'd pay for the pack, keep the profit, and take out another pack. In this way, Coslov traveled throughout Georgia, peddling his goods and raising a family. In 1924, he moved to Mount Pleasant, Pa. His cousin, who owned a furniture store there, told him about a junk-shop owner in McKeesport who needed a partner. With his cousin's help, Coslov bought half interest in the business in 1925.