Touch Of Class Aluminum & Ironworks Ltd

An education in wireless technology may seem like an unlikely start to a business in designing and constructing aluminum and iron fences and gates, but for Hootan Mihanyar it was a natural transition. Shortly after completing school, a family friend asked for his assistance installing driveway gates in Washington State. “He wanted me to do the automation, and wanted me to help install and do all the electrical work,” Hootan recalls.

When he returned home, however, Hootan found himself at a crossroads. “I had just finished school that I had spent a lot of money on, and I knew I wanted to pursue that,” he explains. Over the next couple of years he worked various jobs installing antennas and wireless communications, but after spending a year employed by someone else he decided it was time for a change. “I didn’t want to do it anymore,” he says, “and the only other thing I could think I liked was the fabrication.”