Daya Cast & Forge

You’ll find us at 536/21 on Sua Road in Dhandari Kalan. It’s a gritty part of town, which suits us just fine since we do casting and forging. It’s a lot of fire and hammers around here. The shop is usually covered in a bit of soot, but that’s just the nature of working with molten metal. We spend our days making parts that need to be strong. We don't really do the delicate stuff. It’s mostly heavy-duty items for various industries. We have a couple of furnaces that stay hot for most of the shift. It gets pretty warm in the summer, but we’re used to it. We don't have a fancy office or air conditioning in the back. Just a desk for the bills and a lot of space for the molds. People come to us because they know we don't mess around with the quality of the metal. If it needs to be forged, we forge it right. We aren't big on talking; we’d rather just show you what we finished. The sounds of the hammers are like a clock for us. Dhandari Kalan is full of shops like ours, but we’ve carved out our own little space. It’s not a glamorous life, but it’s steady and we take a bit of pride in the things we make with our hands. We try to keep the yard organized but with all the raw materials coming in, it’s a constant battle.