Bharath Fibreglass Industries

If you ever come visit us at 'Vishal Udyog' on Plot 48-B in the Baikampady Industrial Estate, the first thing you’ll notice is the smell. Fibreglass work involves a lot of resins and chemicals, and that scent just sticks to your clothes and the walls. Bharath Fibreglass Industries is a place where we are constantly making things by hand or with moulds, and it’s a very physical process. The floor is usually covered in a bit of fine white dust, so we are always wearing masks and old clothes that we don't mind ruining. It’s a big open shed-like space because we need the ventilation and the room to move around large parts. Being out in Baikampady means we are surrounded by other factories, so there is always a background noise of heavy machinery and trucks reversing. It’s not a glamorous job, and your skin can get pretty itchy from the glass fibers if you aren't careful. We have a small area partitioned off for the paperwork, but most of us spend our time out where the actual manufacturing is happening. We deal with a lot of different shapes and sizes, and every day there is something new to figure out. It’s a tough environment, especially when it gets humid, but there’s a certain satisfaction in seeing a finished product come out of a messy mould. We just keep at it, one layer at a time, until the resin sets.