Balmer Lawrie-van Leer Ltd.

You can find us at D-195/2 in the TTC Industrial Area, which is part of the MIDC. This whole place is filled with factories and warehouses, so Balmer Lawrie-van Leer Ltd. fits right in. It’s a very industrial setting. There’s no greenery to speak of, just concrete, steel, and a lot of trucks. Our building is a standard industrial unit. We’ve got the production floor and a small section for the administrative staff. It’s not the kind of place where you’d wear a suit and tie. Most of us are in work clothes because things can get a bit greasy or dusty. The TTC area is huge, so it’s easy to get lost if you don’t know the plot numbers. We’ve been here long enough that the security guards at the main gates know our delivery drivers. The work is steady and repetitive. We make containers and packaging stuff. It’s a lot of metal and plastic. During the monsoon, the roads around the MIDC get pretty flooded, which makes things interesting for anyone trying to get here. But we just keep going. We don’t have a fancy website with big promises. We just show up, do the shifts, and make sure the barrels and pails are ready for shipment. It’s a tough, honest environment for people who don’t mind getting their hands dirty. We drink a lot of tea to keep going through the afternoon slumps in the small office room.