Harsiddhi Industries

Our workshop is at Plot No 30 in the Purva Industrial Estate here in Ahmedabad. It’s a typical industrial area, so there’s always a lot of noise and trucks moving around. At Harsiddhi Industries, we spend most of our time on the shop floor. We have some heavy machinery that's been with us for a long time. It’s not the cleanest place, but that’s what happens when you’re making things out of raw materials every day. We’ve got dust on everything and the floors are concrete. Usually, there are about eight of us working shifts. We don't have a big office, just a small corner with a desk where we handle the bills and phone calls. Sometimes the heat in Gujarat gets to be a bit much in the afternoons, so we have a few big fans going. We make various industrial parts and components. It’s steady work. We know the other guys in the estate pretty well since we’ve been here a while. If you walk in, you’ll probably see us in our work clothes, probably covered in a bit of shop grime. We don't worry too much about appearances, we just want to get the orders finished on time. The gate is usually open during the day if anyone needs to drop by. We just focus on the machines and getting the job done right so we can go home to our families at night.