Madhav Chemical Industries

Our place is at Plot No. 3450/B, right across from Panama Petro Chem Ltd. in the G.I.D.C. Estate. It is easy to find if you know that landmark. We handle different chemical processes here. It's a job that requires us to be careful all the time. The air often smells a bit like sulfur or cleaning agents, depending on what we are mixing that day. We have big vats and a lot of piping running along the walls. It’s not a quiet place, especially when the pumps are going. I spend a lot of time checking the gauges and making sure the drums are sealed properly. The floor is concrete and stays cool even when it’s bright outside. We don’t have a big office, just a small desk in the corner where we keep the logs. My brother and I run the daily shifts. We hire a few local hands when the workload gets heavy. Logistics can be a headache sometimes because the roads in the estate get blocked by big tankers. We’ve learned to schedule our pickups early in the morning to avoid the worst of it. It’s steady work. We don’t try to be anything we’re not. Just a small chemical outfit doing our bit in the industrial area. Every Saturday we do a deep clean of the equipment to make sure everything stays in working order for Monday morning. It takes most of the afternoon but it’s worth it. We just keep things moving.