Delux Plastic Enterprise

Out here in Andheri East, things never really stop. Delux Plastic Enterprise is located inside the Universal Paint Compound on Ghod Dod Road. It’s an industrial sort of place. You walk in and you hear the machines humming and that specific smell of warm plastic that never really leaves your nose. We make all kinds of plastic items. Some days it’s smooth and other days a machine breaks down and we spend the whole afternoon with grease on our hands trying to fix it. We aren't some massive factory with thousands of workers. It’s just a group of us who know the routine. The compound gets quite muddy when it rains, and we have to be careful moving the crates so they don't slip. We spend a lot of time checking the shapes and making sure the edges aren't too rough. It’s repetitive work, but it keeps us busy. People come by to pick up their orders in small tempos, and we help them load up. The office is just a corner with a desk piled with papers and some old samples from years ago. We’ve seen the neighborhood change a lot, with new buildings coming up around the old compounds. We just keep our heads down and get the plastic goods ready. It’s a practical life, working with our hands and making sure the orders are filled by the end of the day. Sometimes we have to stay late to finish a batch or clean the molds.