K. G. Mehta Manufacturing Textile Parts & Accessories

You can find us on the first floor of the Gheewala Building. We don't have a sign that stands out much, but K. G. Mehta Manufacturing is where we make all sorts of small parts and accessories for the textile machines used in the area. It’s a bit of a climb up the stairs, and the hallway is often cluttered with boxes from the other tenants. Our workspace is filled with lathes and small hand tools. There is a constant smell of machine oil and metal shavings in the air. We spend our days measuring things and making sure the parts fit exactly how they should. If a loom breaks down somewhere, they often come to us for a replacement part or a repair. We try to keep a stock of the common things, but sometimes we have to make something from scratch. It’s precise work, but we’ve been doing it long enough that it feels natural to us. The building itself is old, so we have to deal with some quirks like flickering lights or noisy neighbors on the floor above. We drink a lot of chai throughout the day to keep our energy up. It’s just us and the machines, really. We aren't a big corporation. Most of our customers are people we've known for years. They just drop by, tell us what they need, and we get to it. It’s a practical way to earn a living, and we take pride in getting the metal bits just right.