Maruti Utensils

If you’ve ever been to Wazirpur, you know how busy the Group Industrial area is. Our unit, B-36, is right there in the middle of all that noise. Maruti Utensils has been making basic kitchen items for a long time. It’s loud because of the machines and the metal hitting metal, but you get used to it after a week or two. My brother and I take turns managing the floor. We have about ten guys working with us, and some of them have been here since we first opened the doors. The air is always a bit dusty and the smell of grease is everywhere, but that’s just how an industrial area works. We make stuff that people actually use in their kitchens every day. Nothing fancy, just sturdy plates and pots that last. Dealing with the suppliers is probably the hardest part of the job, especially when the price of steel goes up out of nowhere. We spend a lot of time on the phone arguing about delivery dates. In the evenings, we lock up and head home, usually exhausted. Wazirpur is a tough place to work but it’s where we belong. We don’t have a website or anything like that, just our address and a landline that rings all day long. It's just honest work and we try to keep things moving so that the shop stays running. There is always something that needs fixing or a stack of pots to be moved.