Shree Laxmi Foundry

Working at Shree Laxmi Foundry at Plot No. 6023/2 in the 4th Phase of Gidc Vapi is definitely not for everyone. It’s hot, it’s loud, and there’s always a bit of smoke in the air. We deal with metal casting, so we spend our days around furnaces and heavy molds. It’s the kind of place where you’re going to get dirty, no matter how careful you are. The machinery is big and makes a lot of noise, so you have to yell sometimes just to be heard. We’ve got a big yard where we keep the scrap and the finished pieces before they go out. Vapi is a crowded industrial town, and our plot is tucked in among a lot of other similar shops. You can hear the sounds of hammering and grinding from the neighbors all day long. We start early, usually before the sun is fully up, to beat the worst of the heat from the furnaces. The break room is just a small corner with a fan and some chairs where we sit and eat. We don’t have a lot of fancy offices, just one room with a couple of computers and a filing cabinet that’s seen better days. It’s honest work, and we’ve been doing it this way for years. We just focus on getting the molds right and the metal poured into them without making too much of a mess.