Shell Tech Engineering

You can find us at No. 17-Ab on Palaniappa Chettiar Street. We are tucked away in the 6th Cross of Thanneer Pandal in the Peelamedu area. It’s an industrial sort of neighborhood, so there is always the sound of machines or metal clanging nearby. We do engineering work here, which basically means we are surrounded by tools, scraps of metal, and a lot of grease. The shop floor isn't exactly clean, but that’s because we are actually working. My hands are usually dirty by nine in the morning. We don’t have a big front office with a receptionist. Usually, if you walk in, you’ll just find one of us working on a lathe or fixing a part. It’s a small team, and we’ve all been doing this for a long time. Peelamedu has a lot of shops like ours, so we just fit right in. We take on whatever jobs come through the door, some big and some small. Sometimes a machine breaks down and we spend the whole night trying to get it running again. That’s just the nature of engineering. We don't have a website or anything like that, we just rely on people knowing where we are on Palaniappa Chettiar Street. It’s honest work and it keeps us busy. The tea stall at the corner is where we spend our breaks. It’s a simple life but the work is interesting and pays the bills.