K U Sodalaimuthu & Co

If you ever drive down Mettupalayam Road, you might have passed by our place at 428. K U Sodalaimuthu & Co has been around this part of town for quite some time now. We aren't a huge flashy operation, just a group of people who know their way around the workshop. The building has that old smell of grease and metal that you find in places that have actually been working for decades. We usually start quite early, before the road gets too clogged with trucks and buses heading out of the city. Most of the guys here have grown gray hairs while working at these benches. We deal with various types of machinery and parts, and there is always something that needs tightening or a piece of steel that needs cutting. It gets loud when all the machines are running at once, so we've all learned to talk a bit louder than most people. There is a small corner where we keep the registers and the old phone that rings more often than it should. We don’t really do much in the way of fancy talk or presentations. Usually, someone just walks in through the main gate with a question or a part in their hand, and we see what we can do. It’s a simple way of working, but it has kept the lights on and the doors open all these years. There is always a lot to do, and we just take it one day at a time.