Shah Alloys Ltd, Ahmedabad

You can find us over at 1411 Nani Ali Pole in the Dabgarwad area of Dariapur. If you know Ahmedabad, you know how these old city lanes are. They are narrow and crowded, but they have a lot of life in them. Shah Alloys Ltd operates from here, and it’s a tight squeeze sometimes when we have stuff coming in or going out. The pole life is different; you know all your neighbors and they know exactly what you’re doing. We’ve been handling the metal and alloy side of things for quite a while now. The building is old, and it has that specific smell of old wood and metal. We don't spend money on fancy signs or shiny furniture. Most of our day is spent looking at spreadsheets or talking to suppliers on the phone. It gets really busy during the festival times when the streets are even more packed. Sometimes I think about how much steel has passed through our records while we sit in this little corner of Dariapur. It’s not a corporate headquarters with elevators. It’s a place where you walk up the stairs and see people working hard. We handle the local distribution and make sure the accounts stay straight. Dealing with alloys is heavy work, and doing it from Dabgarwad means we have to be smart about how we move things. It’s a simple setup, and we like it that way because it keeps us close to the ground.