Ishan Dyes & Chemicals Ltd.

We've got two plots here, 18/1 and 18/2, over in Phase-1 of the GIDC in Vatva. Ishan Dyes & Chemicals Ltd. has been part of this industrial landscape for quite some time. Vatva is a busy place, always full of smoke and the sound of trucks reversing. Our day starts with a look at the production schedule and checking the drums. There's a lot of plumbing involved in what we do, pipes going everywhere and pumps that sometimes decide to stop working at the worst possible time. We spend a lot of our day monitoring the reactions and making sure everything is stable. It's not exactly a clean job; our boots are usually stained with something or other. The lunchroom is just a small space with a few wooden benches where we eat our tiffins and talk about the cricket scores. We don't have a big corporate structure. If something breaks, the person who saw it first usually grabs a wrench and tries to fix it. The paperwork is a bit of a chore, especially with all the regulations, but we manage. We’re just a group of people making chemicals for other businesses to use. It’s hard, steady work and the weather in Vatva can make it pretty tough in the summer months. We just keep the exhaust fans running and stay focused on the batches. It's just about getting through the daily list.