S. M. Heat Treatment Works

S. M. Heat Treatment Works is situated at Plot No. 903-10 in the GIDC Ind. Estate. As you can probably guess, it gets very hot in here. We have the furnaces running most of the time, so the temperature inside is always a lot higher than it is outside. We are used to it by now, but visitors usually notice it right away. Our clothes always have a bit of soot or oil on them, no matter how much we wash them. It is just the nature of the job. The shop floor is where we spend ninety percent of our day. We do not have a big fancy office to sit in; we just have a small corner with a table and a couple of ledgers. Everything here is built for heavy work. We have got some big machines that make a lot of noise, so we have to shout sometimes to be heard over the din. It is a tough environment, but we have been doing this for a long time. We know the rhythms of the machines and can tell if something is wrong just by the sound it makes. The GIDC area is always busy with trucks coming and going, so there is never a quiet moment. We do not really do much in the way of talking about ourselves. We just focus on the metal and the heat and making sure the cycle is finished on time. It is hard work.