Safire Industries

Safire Industries is located at Plot No. 69/4 in the Ramtekdi Industrial Estate. It’s a big area with a lot of trucks moving in and out every hour. Our unit is just one of many, but we’ve been here long enough that the security guards know us by name. Inside, it’s mostly just the sound of the cutters and the smell of coolant. We don't have a receptionist or a lobby. If you come by, you just walk straight onto the shop floor. I spend most of my time looking at blueprints or checking the tolerance on a finished piece. It’s repetitive work, but it’s what we do. The lighting isn't the best in the back of the shop, so we use portable lamps when we need to see the fine details. We’ve had the same group of guys working here for years now. We know each other's habits and how the machines like to run. Sometimes a part doesn't come out right and we have to start over from scratch. It’s frustrating, but it happens to everyone. Lunch is usually spent sitting on crates outside the door, watching the traffic go by on the estate roads. Then it’s back to the lathes until it’s time to lock up. We don’t make a big deal out of anything, just focus on getting the orders ready for whoever is picking them up. It is just a regular job for us every single day.