Jai Toolings, Bengaluru

If you are driving down Hosur Road, you know how hectic it gets around Bommanahalli. That is where Jai Toolings is based, right at No. 21. It is a practical spot for us because so many other businesses are nearby. The workshop isn't something out of a magazine. It’s got concrete floors and the smell of metal and coolant in the air. We’ve got our machines lined up and we spend most of our hours making sure they are running like they should. Sometimes the power goes out or a machine acts up, and we just deal with it as it comes. It’s mostly just a handful of us working here. We don't have a marketing department or a fancy website. Most people hear about us from someone else in the neighborhood. We just take the orders, look at the specs, and get to work. It can get pretty hot in the afternoons under the roof, but we just keep the fans going. There’s always a pile of scrap metal in the corner waiting to be cleared out. We don’t mind the dirt or the hard work. It’s what we know how to do. Living and working around Hosur Road means you have to be patient with the traffic, but we’ve been here long enough that it’s just part of the life. We just keep doing our thing.