International Tools & Engineering Works

You can find us at number 14 on M G Road, right in Lamji Chawl on Shuklaji Street. It is an old building, and the stairs are a bit narrow, but we’ve made it our home. International Tools & Engineering Works is a long name for such a small workshop. We spend most of our time fixing things or trying to figure out why a part doesn't fit quite right. The machines make a lot of noise, so we usually have to shout to hear each other over the clanking. It’s not a quiet office job, that’s for sure. Grease gets on everything, even the ledgers where we write down the orders. We have a few old lathes that have been running since I was a kid. They still work better than some of the newer stuff you see these days. People from the neighborhood bring in all sorts of broken bits. Sometimes it is a part for a car, other times it is something from a factory. We just take a look and see what can be done. It is honest work. We don't have a big marketing team or anything like that. Just some guys with dirty hands and a lot of experience. The street outside is always full of life, which makes the days go by fast. We keep the doors open mostly to let the heat out. It’s just us, doing our thing every day.