Swastik Engineering Works

Our workshop is at Plot No. C1/2309 in the 3rd Phase of GIDC. It’s an industrial area, so it’s never really quiet. There is always the sound of someone grinding metal or a truck reversing somewhere nearby. We do a lot of engineering jobs, mostly fixing parts or making small components that bigger factories need. The floor is always stained with a bit of oil, no matter how much we sweep it. We have some old lathe machines and a couple of newer drills that we use every day. It’s hot work, especially when we are welding, so we keep the big shutters open to get some air moving. We aren't a big firm with hundreds of employees. It’s just a few of us who know how to handle the tools. We often have grease under our fingernails and our work shirts are always a bit worn out. People come to us when they have something broken that nobody else wants to mess with. We don't have a receptionist; you just walk in and find us near the back machines. Sometimes the power goes out in GIDC and we have to stop everything, which is when we usually sit outside for a bit. We don't have a mission statement or a fancy slogan on the wall. We just take the drawings or the broken parts people bring us and try to make them right. It’s what we’ve always done.