Vaasan Engineering Works

We have been here at Sp-157/E in the Industrial Estate for quite some time now. It is a noisy place with all the factories around, but it is home for us. My father started things here, and we just keep the machines running every day. Some days the lathes are humming from morning until late at night because there is a lot to get through. We do mostly metal work and custom parts for the other businesses nearby. People just walk in through the big metal doors with a drawing or a broken piece of steel, and we see what we can do to fix it or make a new one. It is not a fancy office, just a concrete floor and a lot of grease and iron filings. You usually find us covered in oil by noon. The tea stall around the corner is where we spend our breaks talking about the jobs for the week. We don't have a big marketing department or anything like that. It is just a few of us who know how to handle the tools and get the dimensions right. Sometimes the power goes out in the estate and we have to wait it out, which is just how it goes here. We try to keep the shop organized, but when we get busy, tools end up everywhere. It is a practical way of living. We just focus on the work right in front of us and try to do a decent job with the steel.