A doorstep repair and upkeep service for the industrial sewing, skiving and cutting machines used in Kolkata's leather and garment workshops. Small units lose a day's work every time a machine stops.
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This is a small repair service for workshop machines: industrial sewing machines, overlock machines, skiving machines (which thin the edges of leather so it folds cleanly) and cutting presses. You fix breakdowns on call, do regular servicing, and sell common spare parts such as needles, belts and motors.
Kolkata has dense clusters of small leather workshops in Topsia and Tiljala and garment units in Metiabruz and central Kolkata. NABARD's 2023-24 credit plan counts 1,980 MSME clusters in the city across leather, shoemaking and readymade garments. Most of these units are too small to keep their own mechanic, and a stopped machine means lost work and late orders. The same plan asks ITIs and engineering colleges to give hands-on training so young people can start their own units.
You need a trade licence, a two-wheeler, a good tool kit and a small stock of spares. The real skill is finding faults quickly in machines of many makes and ages, so work alongside an experienced mechanic first. The hard part is cash flow: small units often pay late, so fix clear rates and ask for payment on the spot for small jobs.
Get work by visiting workshops lane by lane, leaving your number with machine dealers and offering yearly upkeep contracts to units with ten or more machines.
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