Vazhakulam Agro Fruit Processing Company Ltd.

Our factory is tucked away in Nadukkara, near Avoly P.O. in Muvattupula. It’s a beautiful part of the country with a lot of green trees and fruit farms all around us. We are right in the middle of where the pineapples grow. The building is a big agro-processing center where we take the fresh fruit and turn it into juice or slices. When you walk inside, the smell of sweet fruit is everywhere, which is nice but it can get quite sticky on the floors. We have a lot of local people working on the lines, washing the fruit and watching the machines. It’s a busy place, especially when the main harvest comes in and the trucks are backing up to the loading docks all day long. We aren't a big city corporation with fancy offices. Our desks are right near the production floor so we can see what’s happening. Sometimes the weather makes things difficult, like when the heavy rains come and the roads get muddy. We just deal with it and keep the production going as best as we can. It’s a lot of hard work and staying on your feet, but we take pride in seeing the crates get loaded up and sent out to the markets.