Madras Carbons Pvt Ltd.

Down here at Maraimalai Nagar Industrial Estate, things are always moving. Madras Carbons Pvt Ltd. is located right at A3/ A1. It’s a heavy industrial area, so it’s not exactly a quiet or clean place to work. There’s the sound of trucks and big machinery from morning until night. We work with carbon, which is messy work. You can’t really keep your shirt clean for more than an hour in this place. We’ve got machines that have been running for years and they need a lot of looking after. Our team is mostly guys who know their way around a factory floor and don't mind getting their hands dirty. We don't spend much time in fancy meetings. Usually, we're just checking the output or fixing a belt that’s jammed. The air smells like heat and industrial processes. It’s a practical life. We get here early before the sun gets too hot, though it’s always warm in the shed anyway. We make sure the carbon products are up to the standard our buyers need. It’s a lot of heavy lifting and keeping track of temperatures. People in the estate know us as the carbon folks. We’ve been in this spot for a while now and we know the rhythms of the industrial park. When the shift ends, we’re tired, but the work is honest. It’s just what we do here in Maraimalai Nagar, and we’ve become a small part of the landscape over the years.